Journal Articles
How do developing countries estimate their climate finance needs under the Paris Agreement? (2025) Global Environmental Change (with Egli, F., Schmidt, S., & Stünzi, A.,)
Quantifying climate finance needs in the nationally determined contributions of developing countries. (2025) Climate Policy (with Egli, F., Schmidt, S., & Stünzi, A.,) Media: University of St. Gallen; Top 10 most read papers in Climate Policy for 2024 - 25.
Unlocking renewables amid rentierism: Market constraints to Nigeria's energy transition. (2023) Energy Research & Social Science, (with Adeniyi, F.)
Financing renewable energy: policy insights from Brazil and Nigeria. (2023) Energy, Sustainability and Society, (with Dioha, M., Debnath, R., Abraham-Dukuma, M., & Butu, H.) Media: Cambridge University
Scrutinizing countries’ climate commitments: Insights from recovery spending. (2023). One Earth, (with Egli, F., Schmid, N., Fransen, T., Stünzi, A., Isah, A., Pineda, A., ... & Schmidt, T. S.)
Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future. (2022) Nature Energy, (with Mulugetta, Y., Sokona, Y., Trotter, P.A. et al.) Media: Oxford University; Mercator Center for Global Commons
A marriage of convenience or necessity? Research and policy implications for electrifying upstream production systems with renewables. (2021) Energy Research & Social Science, (with Abraham-Dukuma M., Dioha M., Aholu O., Emodi N M.)
Words against injustices: A deep narrative analysis of energy cultures in poverty of Abuja, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro. (2021) Energy Research & Social Science, (with Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., Darby, S., Mohaddes, K., Sunikka-Blank, M., Coelho, A. C. V.)
Nigeria's Vision 30:30:30 and beyond: Exploring the techno-economic and environmental implications (2021). ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Journal, (with Bugaje, A., Dioha, M., Saka, B., & Anene-Nzulu, O.)
Exchange rate dynamics and trade balance in selected African countries. (2020) Journal of African Trade, (with Shuaibu, M.)
The impact of COVID-19 on off-grid renewable energy sector in Nigeria. (2020) IAEE Energy Forum, (with Jelilov, G.)
Ongoing Research
Drivers of concessionality of major multilateral climate funds
Worldwide job losses due to natural hazards
Disasters without diversification: Long-term labor responses to floods in Nigeria
Natural disasters, risk perceptions, and labor supply (with Biscaye, P.) Media: Center for Effective Global Action, AEA RCT Registration ID 11881
Fiscal and macroeconomic impacts of natural disasters
Op-eds
Property Rights and Transaction Costs in Developing Countries: A Political Settlement Perspectives, Developing Economics.
Closed for Business: Lessons from Nigeria’s Border Closures, The Republic.
A Common Currency for West Africa: Why ECOWAS Needs the Eco, The Republic.
On Policy Reluctance and Economic Peril: Nigeria and the AfCFTA, The Republic.