Stéphane Hallegatte

Stéphane Hallegatte is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States and specializes in research spanning economics, environmental science, and social sciences. Their work is concentrated in the subfields of economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, global and planetary change, soil science, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Key topics in their research include climate change policy and economics, agricultural risk and resilience, disaster management and resilience, flood risk assessment and management, environmental impact and sustainability, energy, environment, and transportation policies, as well as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recent academic papers authored or co-authored by Stéphane Hallegatte include:

• From Poverty to Disaster and Back: a Review of the Literature (2020, Economics of Disasters and Climate Change)
• Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures (2020, Nature Human Behaviour)
• Global evidence of rapid urban growth in flood zones since 1985 (2023, Nature)
• Climate policy models need to get real about people - here's how (2021, Nature)
• Quantification of disaster impacts through household well-being losses (2020, Nature Sustainability)

Frequent co-authors working with Stéphane Hallegatte include Paolo Avner, Florent McIsaac, Julie Rozenberg, Jun Rentschler, and Vincent Viguié.

Their publications are commonly found in venues such as Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, SSRN Electronic Journal, Nature, Nature Sustainability, and Nature Human Behaviour.

In addition to numerous articles, Stéphane Hallegatte has contributed extensively to book publications, particularly through the World Bank eBooks. Notable titles include:

• Revised Estimates of the Impact of Climate Change on Extreme Poverty by 2030 (2020)
• Counting People Exposed to, Vulnerable to, or at High Risk From Climate Shocks: A Methodology (2023)
• "Building Back Better" in Practice: A Science-Policy Framework for a Green Economic Recovery after COVID-19 (2021)
• The Climate Implications of Ending Global Poverty (2023)
• Best Investments for an Economic Recovery from Coronavirus (2020)
• Rapid Urban Growth in Flood Zones: Global Evidence since 1985 (2022)
• Integrating Climate Change and Natural Disasters in the Economic Analysis of Projects (2021)
• Climate Policy and Inequality in Urban Areas: Beyond Incomes (2022)
• The Macroeconomic Implications of a Transition to Zero Net Emissions: A Modeling Framework (2023)
• Adaptation Principles (2020)
• Efficiency and Equity in Urban Flood Management Policies: A Systematic Urban Economics Exploration (2023)

Additional book publications are associated with the Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks series, featuring works such as:

• How Delayed Learning about Climate Uncertainty Impacts Decarbonization Investment Strategies (2024)
• Does Global Warming Worsen Poverty and Inequality? An Updated Review (2024)
• Climate Policies are Path-Dependent: Implications for Policy Sequencing and Feasibility (2025)
• Flood Protection and Land Value Creation - not All Resilience Investments are Created Equal (2021)
• The Timing versus Allocation Trade-off in Politically Constrained Climate Policies (2024)
• Global Socio-economic Resilience to Natural Disasters (2025)
• The Macroeconomic Implications of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Options: A Modeling Approach (2025)

Works published under the World Bank policy research working paper series include:

• Macroeconomic Consequences of Natural Disasters: A Modeling Proposal and Application to Floods and Earthquakes in Turkey (2022)
• Rapid Urban Growth in Flood Zones: Global Evidence since 1985 (2022)
• Measuring Total Carbon Pricing (2023)

Other publications include "Rapid Urban Growth in Flood Zones" (2022) in World Bank eBooks and "Within Reach: Navigating the Political Economy of Decarbonization (Advance Edition)" (2023) by The World Bank eBooks.