Massimo Tavoni
Professor at Politecnico di Milano and Director of the European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE)
Massimo Tavoni is full professor of climate change economics at Politecnico di Milano, and director of the European Institute on the Economy and the Environment (EIEE) at CMCC. He has been fellow at the Center for Advanced Studied in Behavioural Sciences at Stanford University, and post doctoral fellow at Princeton University. He has been a lead author of the IPCC (5th and 6th reports), and co-directs of the International Energy Workshop. He has been awarded two grants from the European Research Council (ERC).
Featured work
Planning for the rising fiscal costs of climate disasters
Low insurance coverage is turning EU governments into disaster insurers of last resort, strengthening the case for prevention and adaptation finance
Sovereigns on thinning ice: debt sustainability, climate impacts and adaptation
Climate change could trigger debt crises, with adaptation providing only partial relief
Climate change is likely to significantly undermine sovereign debt sustainability, especially from the mid-2040s
Backstage: Making the most of climate modelling
Bruegel senior fellow Georg Zachmann interviews Massimo Tavoni, professor at the Politecnico di Milano and director of EIEE, on the purpose of climate
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Policy Brief
16 June 2026
Planning for the rising fiscal costs of climate disasters
Low insurance coverage is turning EU governments into disaster insurers of last resort, strengthening the case for prevention and adaptation finance
Working paper
19 May 2025
Analysis
16 April 2025
Climate change could trigger debt crises, with adaptation providing only partial relief
Climate change is likely to significantly undermine sovereign debt sustainability, especially from the mid-2040s
Podcast
06 June 2019
Backstage: Making the most of climate modelling
Bruegel senior fellow Georg Zachmann interviews Massimo Tavoni, professor at the Politecnico di Milano and director of EIEE, on the purpose of climate