Anthony Cox

Anthony Cox

Senior Policy Advisor

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Anthony Cox is a Senior Policy Advisor at Ecologic Institute. From 2000 to 2021, Anthony led research and analysis on environmental policy issues in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He focused on bringing an economic lens to multilateral and national challenges ranging from climate, water, fisheries, ocean and biodiversity to subsidies, economic instruments and the political economy of reform. Anthony was responsible for major multi-disciplinary projects such as "Investing in Climate", "Investing in Growth" and "Financing Climate Futures". From 2013 to 2021, Anthony was Deputy Environment Director and also led the OECD delegations to the G7 and G20 on climate, energy and environment.

 

Prior to joining the OECD, Anthony was a Senior Economist in various areas of the Australian Government.

Selected publications by Anthony Cox
PublicationReportIdentifying Environmentally Harmful Agricultural Subsidies at the International Level
 
Cover of a TESS report titled “Identifying Environmentally Harmful Agricultural Subsidies at the International Level,” published in May 2025. The report is by an international expert group and features a close-up photo of green agricultural plants on the right side.

© Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS), 2025

How can international policy better align agricultural subsidies with environmental and sustainability goals? This report addresses that question by synthesising the current state of knowledge and offering concrete approaches for identifying and reforming... Read more

International Expert Group on Environmentally Harmful Agricultural Subsidies. (2025). Identifying environmentally harmful agricultural subsidies at the international level. Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS).

PublicationPolicy BriefIdentifying and Tackling Environmentally Harmful Agricultural Subsidies in the WTO
 
Cover of a TESS Briefing Note titled “Identifying and Tackling Environmentally Harmful Agricultural Subsidies in the WTO: Note on Greenhouse Gas Emissions” by Anthony Cox, published in May 2025. The cover features a photo of black and white dairy cows grazing on green grass.

© 2025 Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS)

Prepared by Anthony Cox (Senior Policy Advisor at Ecologic Institute), this briefing note offers an up-to-date overview of how the agricultural sector contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It identifies key social, economic, and environmental trade-offs and... Read more

Cox, A. (2025). Identifying and tackling environmentally harmful agricultural subsidies in the WTO – Note on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS).

PublicationPolicy BriefA Place-based Approach to Climate Action and Resilience
 
Cover of the OECD Net Zero+ Policy Paper No. 8 titled “A place-based approach to climate action and resilience.” The cover features images of green skyscrapers covered in plants, a woman riding a bicycle next to a tram, and wind turbines in a field. The OECD and Net Zero+ logos are also included.

© OECD, 2025

Current climate action is falling short of meeting global climate goals. To get back on track, action is needed at all levels. Place-based climate action – i.e. policies targeted or tailored to the circumstances of different places – can work with the grain of local... Read more

OECD (2025), "A place-based approach to climate action and resilience", OECD Net Zero+ Policy Papers, No. 8, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/fafbf518-en.

PublicationArticlePractical First Steps Towards Comprehensive Subsidy Reform
 

© TESS 2024

In this article, the authors, including Anthony Cox of Ecologic Institute, highlight there is little appetite among WTO members for modernizing multilateral subsidy rules at a time when many countries are introducing new forms of support that could potentially... Read more

Ash, K., Cox, A., & Draper, P. (2024, May 29). Practical First Steps Towards Comprehensive Subsidy Reform. TESS. Retrieved June 3, 2024, from https://tessforum.org/latest/practical-first-steps-towards-comprehensiv…

PublicationReportDesktop Analysis of Agricultural Subsidies and Environmental Impacts
 
Cover of working paper 12 "Desktop analysis of agricultural subsidies and environmental impacts"

© The University of Adelaide

Based on the available literature, this report explores the impacts of production and trade-distorting domestic support in agriculture on climate (i.e., greenhouse gas emissions) and the environment (i.e., water, biodiversity, and land degradation). The World Trade... Read more

Ash, Ken and Anthony Cox 2022: Desktop analysis of agricultural subsidies and environmental impacts. Working paper 10. Adelaide: The University of Adelaide.

PublicationPolicy BriefFood, Agriculture and Climate at COP28 – and beyond
 
1st page of Ecologic Institute's policy brief "Food, agriculture and climate at COP28 – and beyond"

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As governments engage in final preparations for COP28 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Presidency continues to prioritise its Food Systems and Agriculture Agenda. The aim to have governments at COP28 commit to integrating sustainable agriculture in their... Read more

Cox, Anthony and Ken Ash 2023: Food, agriculture and climate at COP28 – and beyond. Policy Brief. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

PublicationPolicy BriefResilient Supply Chains for the Energy Transition
 
Cover of the Ecologic briefing "Resilient supply chains for the energy transition Issues for the G20"

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Since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, global efforts towards achieving net zero emissions have been intensifying. However, progress has been sluggish, and current pledges and commitments fall far short of what is needed to limit global temperature rise to 1... Read more

Anthony Cox and Michael Jakob (2023): Resilient Supply Chains for the Energy Transition: Issues for the G20. Ecologic Institute, Berlin.