publications

Rickman, J., Falkenberg, M., Kothari, S., Larosa, F., Grubb, M. and Ameli, N. (2024). The challenge of phasing out fossil fuel finance in the banking sector. Nature Communications. 15, 7881 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51662-6  

Nijsse, F., Mercure, J.F., Ameli, N., Larosa, F., Kothari, S., Rickman, J., Vercoulen, P. and Pollitt, H. (2023). The momentum of the solar energy transition. Nature Communications. 14, 6542. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41971-7  

Rickman, J., Kothari, S., Larosa, F. and Ameli, N. (2023). Investment suitability and path dependency perpetuate inequity in international mitigation finance toward developing countries. One Earth. 6,10, 1304-1314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.09.006 

Larosa, F.; Rickman, J.; Ameli, N. (2022). Finding the right partners? Examining inequalities in the global investment landscape of hydropower. Global Environmental Change, 74, 102518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102518    

Rickman, J., Larosa, F., Ameli, N. (2022). The internal dynamics of fast-growing wind finance markets. Journal of Cleaner Production, 375, 134129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134129 

Larosa F., Ameli N., Rickman K., Kothari S. (2021). Beyond standard economic approaches: complex networks in climate finance. Working Paper Series Ca’ Foscari University, Department of Economics. ISSN: 1827-3580. No. 19/WP/2021. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3873739 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3873739 

Varelas, P., Larosa, F., Hoyas, S., Conejero A.J., Contino, F., Fuso Nerini, F., García-Martínez, J., Garibo-i-Orts, O., Parente, A. and Vinuesa, R. (2025). Artificial intelligence reveals unbalanced sustainability domains in funded research. Results in Engineering 25, 104367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.104367 

Larosa, F., Hoyas, S., Conejero A.J., García-Martínez, J., Fuso Nerini, F., Vinuesa, R. (2025). Large language models in climate and sustainability policy: limits and opportunities. ArXiV.CS. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.02191 

Larosa, F., Wickberg, A. (2024). Artificial Intelligence can help Loss and Damage only if it is inclusive and accessible. npj Climate Action 3, 59. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-024-00139-9  

Larosa, F., Hoyas, S., García-Martínez, J., Conejero A.J., Fuso Nerini, F., Vinuesa, R. (2023). Halting generative AI advancements may slow down progress in climate research. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01686-5   

De Masi, F.; Larosa, F.; Porrini, D.; Mysiak, J. (2021). Cultural heritage and disasters risk: a machine-human coupled analysis. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 59, 102251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102251  

Crochemore, L., Materia, S., Delpiazzo, E., Bagli, S., Borrelli, A., Bosello, F., Contreras, E., Dalla Valle, F., Gualdi, S., Herrero, J., Larosa, F., Lopez, R., Luzzi, V., Mazzoli, P., Montani, A., Moreno, I., Pavan, V., Pechlivanidis, I., Tomei, F., Villani, G., Photiadou, C., Polo, M. and Mysiak, J. (2024). A Framework for Joint Verification and Evaluation of Seasonal Climate Services across Socioeconomic Sectors. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 105(7) pp. E1218-E1236. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0026.1  

Essenfelder, A.H.; Larosa, F.; Mazzoli, P.; Bagli, S.; Broccoli, D.; Luzzi, V.; Mysiak, J.; Mercogliano, P.; dalla Valle, F. (2020). Smart Climate Hydropower Tool: A Machine-Learning Seasonal Forecasting Climate Service to Support Cost Benefit Analysis of Reservoir Management. Atmosphere, 11, 1305. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11121305  

Larosa, F. and Mysiak, J. (2019). Mapping the landscape of Climate Services. Environmental Research Letters. 14, 9. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab304d  

Larosa F. and Mysiak J. (2019). Business models for climate services: an analysis. Climate Services. 17, 10011.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2019.100111 

Falkenberg M., Galeazzi A., Torricelli M., Di Marco N., Larosa F., Sas M., Mekacher A., Pearce W., Zollo F., Quattrociocchi W. Baronchelli A. (2022). Growing polarisation around climate change on social media. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01527-x   

Ferrara M.; Mavilia R.; Larosa F.. (2017). Inventive activity and Knowledge Flows in the Mediterranean Area: A Social Network Analysis based investigation approach. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2017.1396651 

Romanello M.,...., Larosa F., et al. (2023). The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. The Lancet. 402, 10419, P2346-2394. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01859-7 

 European Environmental Agency (EEA) Report. (2021). Nature-based solutions in Europe: Policy, knowledge and practice for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Chapter 5: Financing nature-based solutions. EEA Report Series No 1

Reyes B; Vásquez M; Larosa F; Gómez L; Espinal M; Wiegel J; van Loosen I; Jäger M; Rodríguez I; Lundy M.. (2016). Traditional markets for poverty reduction and food security: Exploring policy options in Honduras and Nicaragua. CIAT Policy Brief No. 29. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, Colombia. 6 p. 

Larosa, F. (2025). Co-production and Collaboration: Building Transdisciplinary Science. In: Lotti, L., Barile, L. (eds) The Circular Role of Higher Education. International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78603-7_7 

Ameli, N., Kothari, S., Larosa, F., Rickman, J., & Sciarra, C. (2024). "Chapter 22: Complexity in low-carbon finance markets". In The Elgar Companion to Energy and Sustainability. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved Nov 25, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035307494.00033 

Larosa F., Mysiak, J., Jeuken, A., Goosen, H., Prijden, R., van der Horst, S., Peña Cerezo, N., Lizundia Loiola, J., Fitton, J., Brolsma, R., Endendijk, T. (2023). Opportunities and barriers report 2023. Deliverable 4.1 REACHOUT – Shaping climate resilient cities.

Cantone C. et al. Recommendation and synthesis report. (2020). Deliverable 5.4 CLARA - Climate forecast enabled knowledge services. Grant agreement 730482.

Larosa F.; Opportunities and barriers report. (2018). Deliverable 5.1 CLARA – Climate forecast enabled knowledge services. Grant agreement 730482.

Hamaker-Taylor R., Perrels A., Canevari L., Nurmi V., Rautio T., Rycerz A. and Larosa F. (2018). Results of explorations of the climate services market for the financial sector.; Deliverable 2.1 EU-MACS - European Market for Climate Services. Grant agreement 730500.

Larosa F. and Perrels A. (2017). Assessment of the existing resourcing and quality assurance of current climate services. Deliverable 1.2 EU-MACS - European Market for Climate Services. Grant agreement 730500.