Deneault, Andrew

Andrew Deneault
Department
Environmental Governance
Function
Associated Researcher
Specialization
Development economics
Work areas
- Climate action by non-state and subnational actors
- Impact evaluation of cash transfer programmes
Vita
6/2020-12/2024 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research Department “Environmental Governance” |
7/2019-12/2019 | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Internship: 'NAZCA' Global Climate Action Portal |
9/2018-6/2019 | University of Rome, Italy M.Sc. Development Economics |
9/2017-6/2018 | Technische Universitat (TU) Darmstadt, Germany M.Sc. International Cooperation and Urban Development |
Refereed Publications
- Boran, Idil / Nathalie Pettorelli et al. (2024)
Making global climate action work for nature and people: priorities for race to zero and race to resilience
159) - Kuramochi, Takeshi / Andrew Deneault / Sander Chan / Sybrig Smit / Natalie Pelekh (2024)
Supporting the Paris Agreement through international cooperation: potential contributions, institutional robustness, and progress of Glasgow climate initiatives
in: npj Climate Action 3, article 31 - O'Garra, Tanya / Viktoriya Kuz / Andrew Deneault / Christopher Orr / Sander Chan (2024)
Early engagement and co-benefits strengthen cities’ climate commitments
in: Nature Cities, first published 19.03.2024 - Hsu, Angel / Sander Chan / Mark Roelfsema / Marco Schletz / Takeshi Kuramochi / Sybrig Smit / Andrew Deneault (2023)
From drumbeating to marching: assessing non-state and subnational climate action using data
in: One Earth 6 (9), 1077-1081 - Widerberg, Oscar / Idil Boran / Sander Chan / Andrew Deneault / Marcel Kok / Katarzyna Negacz / Philipp Pattberg / Matilda Petersson (2023)
Finding synergies and trade-offs when linking biodiversity and climate change through cooperative initiatives
in: Global Policy 14 (1), 157-161 - Chan, Sander / Thomas Hale / Andrew Denault / Manish Shrivastava / Kennedy Mbeva / Victoria Chengo / Joanes Atela (2022)
Assessing the effectiveness of orchestrated climate action from five years of summits
in: nature climate change 12, 628-633
Non-refereed Publications
- Kuramochi, Takeshi / Sander Chan / Sybrig Smit / Andrew Deneault / Natalie Pelekh (2022)
Global Climate Action 2022: how have international initiatives delivered, and what more is possible
Cologne: NewClimate Institute - Kuramochi, Takeshi / Sybrig Smit / Frederic Hans, [...], Andrew Deneault et al. (2021)
Global climate action from cities, regions and businesses – 2021
Cologne,Utrecht,Bonn,Oxford: New Climate Institute / Data-Driven EnviroLab - Utrecht University / German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) / CDP / Blavatnik School of Government / University of Oxford. Global climate action from cities, regions and businesses. 2021 (3rd) edition research report
Opinion Pieces
- Chan, Sander / Idil Boran / Andrew Deneault (2022)
Promising action for nature and climate is easy, credible action a whole different matter
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 7 November 2022
Projects
- Klimalog: Climate-resilient and nature-compatible sustainable development through socially just transformation (Klimalog III)
- Klimalog: Research and dialogue for a just and SDG-compatible implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement ("Klimalog II")
- Sustaining and Strengthening City Climate Action in the COVID-19 crisis for a green and climate-resilient recovery (ClimateCitiesRecovery)
Current Publications
![[Translate to English:] Cover: The making of an International Investment Facilitation Framework: legal, political and economic perspectives](/fileadmin/user_upload/bilder/publikationen/Cover_externe_publikationen/Berger_Chi_Making_of_Int_Investment_Fascilitation_Framwork.jpg)
The making of an International Investment Facilitation Framework: legal, political and economic perspectives
Berger, Axel / Manjiao Chi (eds.) (2025)

Trump’s tariffs as a risk for the Global South and possible options
Kornher, Lukas / Clara Brandi (2025)

Umbau statt Zerfall: Entwicklungspolitik jetzt anders aufstellen
Kloke-Lesch, Adolf (2025)

Trump stoppt USAID: Mithilfe dieser fünf Punkte sollte Deutschland seine Entwicklungshilfe jetzt neu aufstellen
Klingebiel, Stephan (2025)