Luke Thompson

Associate

[email protected] United Kingdom, London
+44 (0) 20 7636 1531 London local time - 12:45 PM

Luke Thompson is a senior member of the City Economics team at Arup in London. Luke has over 15 years of experience working as an economist specialising in economic development and infrastructure investment advisory.

He has worked with a range of clients including national governments, UN agencies and multilateral development banks.

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UNDP Local Economic Development Planning and Urban Learning Center

Eastern Partnership countries

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9 November 2022 Nature based solutions

How do we get emerging economies to invest more in large scale nature-based solutions?

Nature-based solutions will provide huge value to our society and economy - helping improve resilience to climate change. But the scale of the task is immense, and governments are unable to fund all the interventions needed. This is of even greater concern in emerging economies. We look at what investment options are needed to drive more adoption.

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4 April 2023 Nature based solutions

Beyond funding: how to grow the biodiversity capability the world needs

COP15 brought together governments from around the world to negotiate an agreement to halt and reverse nature loss. Whilst funding and finance are key, there are other development dynamics that need to be addressed before the funding turns into benefits to nature and the environment.

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