Andrew Simms is the co-author of “The New Economics” and the policy director and head of climate change and energy at NEF, the New Economics Foundation.

Andrew Simms is the co-author of “The New Economics” and the policy director and head of climate change and energy at NEF, the New Economics Foundation.

Andrew also is the author of “Ecological Debt: Global Warming and the Wealth of Nations” as well as numerous other publications about human development and the environment. He is co-editor of “Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth?” and author of “Tescopoly: How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why It Matters.”  

Andrew studied at the London School of Economics and has worked for a variety of development and environmental organizations, including Oxfam and the International Institute for Environment and Development and has been a regular contributor to the International Red Cross’s annual World Disasters Report. He is a board member of Greenpeace UK and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Europe. He is also a member of the Green New Deal Group.

His work at  NEF is focused on climate change, the increasing global interdependence and what that means for different models of economic development.