Podcast appearances and mentions of David G Victor

As leaders gather in Brazil to discuss international climate policy at this year's COP30 summit, major questions remain regarding a warming climate and investments in renewable energy. In this conversation, experts discuss the future of global climate negotiations and reflect on lessons learned from past climate diplomacy, including the legacy of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol adopted at COP3.   Background Reading: This article unpacks the lack of cooperation among COP30 members to strengthen climate initiatives and the recent withdrawal of the United States from global climate commitments.   Host: Alice C. Hill, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations   Guests: David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University; Former Senior Director, National Security Council (1997–1999)   David G. Victor, Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Public Policy and Director of the Deep Decarbonization Initiative, University of California, San Diego   Want more comprehensive analysis of global news and events straight to your inbox? Subscribe to CFR's Daily News Brief newsletter.   To keep tabs on all CFR events, visit cfr.org/event. To watch this event, please visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcIsuBLObcY 

Alasdair speaks with Jessica F. Green, author of the new book Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them, about why thirty years of climate policy have failed to reduce emissions. They discuss why carbon pricing has been largely ineffective, how net zero pledges are misleading, and why focus must shift from measuring emissions by the tonne to measuring profitability.  Jessica is a professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, and an expert in carbon pricing and global governance. Her new book addresses the climate crisis through asset revaluation and is available to preorder from Princeton University Press here.   Further reading:  The Decarbonization Bargain: How the Decarbonizable Sector Shapes Climate Politics, Nils Kupzok and Jonas Nahm, Cambridge University Press, 2024 The False Promise of Carbon Offsets, Jessica F. Green, Foreign Affairs, 2023 Collaborative Advantage: Forging Green Industries in the New Global Economy, Jonas Nahm, Oxford University Press, 2021 Follow the Money, Jessica F. Green, Foreign Affairs, 2021 Does carbon pricing reduce emissions? A review of ex-post analyses, Jessica F. Green, Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Making Climate Policy Work, Danny Cullenward and David G. Victor, Wiley, 2020 Click here for our website to read all our most recent Land and Climate Review features and pieces.

In this episode, Michael speaks with Danny Cullenward. Danny is a lawyer and climate economist working on the design and implementation of scientifically grounded climate policy. He is the Policy Director at CarbonPlan and a Research Fellow at American University's Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy. He holds a PhD and a JD from Stanford University. Danny talks with Michael about his book, Making Climate Policy Work , which he co-authored with David Victor. In this book, Danny and David critique the dominance of carbon markets in the climate change policy space. They argue that such markets are layered onto existing regulations that are doing most of the work to mitigate carbon emissions. A central challenge that markets face is that their implementation is highly political and often coopted by those who are regulated. Danny and David also discuss carbon offset policies, which is essentially a payment for ecosystem services scheme that is often added to carbon market policies to provide regulated actors with an option to pay for carbon sequestration elsewhere to enable them to keep polluting where they are, with the presumption that the carbon budget can balance out. Danny and David are also critical of these, in particular due to their lack of additionality, or the lack of credible proof that the carbon sequestration being paid for is occurring because of the offset program and wouldn't have happened without it. Danny and Michael conclude the conversation by talking about the future of voluntary carbon markets and the promise of carbon removal technologies.   Carbon Plan website: https://carbonplan.org/   References: Cullenward, Danny, and David G. Victor. 2020. Making Climate Policy Work. Polity Press. Badgley, Grayson, Jeremy Freeman, Joseph J. Hamman, Barbara Haya, Anna T. Trugman, William R. L. Anderegg, and Danny Cullenward. 2022. “Systematic over-Crediting in California's Forest Carbon Offsets Program.” Global Change Biology 28 (4): 1433–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15943 (open access) Propublica reporting on Badgley et al. (2022) article: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-climate-solution-actually-adding-millions-of-tons-of-co2-into-the-atmosphere https://www.propublica.org/article/a-nonprofit-promised-to-preserve-wildlife-then-it-made-millions-claiming-it-could-cut-down-trees

Your intrepid hosts failed to start a flame war with friends of the pod over the relative merits of IAMs so we were forced  to reconvene ENERGY CRISIS CORNER. And wowser, the past week has provided plenty of fodder there! We recap Russia's brinkmanship on threatening to cut off gas supply to Europe altogether, triggering an emergency meeting of EU energy ministers last Friday at which several policy responses were discussed but nothing agreed. Will the EU move to put price caps on all imported gas? It's looking likely but the ramifications will be far and wide and certainly bound to touch us here in Australia. Stay tuned as we continue to watch what comes out of a very tense period of negotiations amongst our European friends! Our deep dive this week sees us consider a paper recently published in Nature Climate Change, “Determining the credibility of commitments in international climate policy” brought to us by David G. Victor, Marcel Lumkowsky, and Astrid Dannenberg. Attempting to assess the credibility of pledges made by countries in the Paris Agreement, they've surveyed 800+ climate “elites” with decades of experience to inform some analysis with some interesting conclusions - listen on folks to hear what we made of it!Frankie's One More Thing this week was the passing of the Climate Change Bill through the Australian parliament last Thursday, meaning we now have legislated targets for 43% emissions reduction by 2030 and Net Zero by 2050! Frankie happened to be at Parliament House that day to soak up the elation amongst those who managed the Bill's passage, surely a turning point in Australia's journey towards stronger climate action :-)Tennant's One More Thing was to flag the very important and live independent review of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) being led by former Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb. The panel led by Chubb is doing a short sharp period of public consultation until 26 September, so if ACCU integrity keeps you up at night dear listeners it's time to get a move on and lodge a submission while you can! This review will maybe definitely most assuredly be the subject of a future pod.Luke's One More Thing was yet more good news in recapping the agreement of Building Ministers at their recent meeting on 26 August to adopt proposed increases to the minimum energy efficiency requirements for new homes in the National Construction Code. It's been over a decade since these were last increased and these changes represent lots of hard work by public servants and advocates over an extended period of time. A time to celebrate this win and massive shout out to all involved!  That's all folks, see you next time! Please keep tweeting your thoughts to us at @LukeMenzel, @TennantReed and @FrankieMuskovic and email us your suggestions for papers to read at mailbag@letmesumup.net!

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by David Victor, author of Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World. David G. Victor is professor of international relations and industrial policy at the University of California, San Diego. His books include Global Warming Gridlock. He lives in La Jolla, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I was excited to invite back David Victor into the virtual studio to discuss the consequences of the COP26 Glasgow Summit on climate change and whether technology is the answer to our transition to a low carbon world. David was at Glasgow and he has been a voice for the importance of technologies in the effort to transition to a low carbon emission world. David G. Victor is a global thought leader on climate change policy and the energy-systems transformation that is required if we hope to create a low-carbon future. David is a professor of innovation and public policy at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego where he holds the Center for Global Transformation Endowed Chair in Innovation and Public Policy. He has published over 200 articles and books on climate change and the transition to a low carbon world. Come join David and I as we discuss COP26 and what comes after.

This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Jonathan Koomey, researcher and book author.This episode is sponsored by PumaPay.io.Koomey, the author of “Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving” and “Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs,” spent a lot of time studying and debunking the current narrative around bitcoin's impact on the environment. In 2019, he conducted a study for CoinCenter, titled “Estimating Bitcoin Electricity Use: A Beginner's Guide,” where he separates real numbers from baseless assumptions. Koomey likes to run numbers and he's indifferent to bitcoin, so he stays cool above the raging fire of the bitcoin climate debates. How much electricity does bitcoin actually consume? Is it a lot, and compared to what? What are the most reliable sources of actual numbers? Is buying carbon offsets a good way to make your bitcoin “green”? Listen as Anna, Ben and Danny discuss these complicated topics with Jonathan. Jonathan Koomey's Twitter handle is: @jgkoomey.Materials mentioned in this episodes:Jonathan Koomey's research for CoinCenter: “Estimating Bitcoin Electricity Use: A Beginner's Guide”Jonathan Koomey's books: “Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving” and “Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs”Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance: Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) Danny Cullenward and David G. Victor, Making Climate Policy Work-750,000,000 PMA tokens are now up for grabs. By depositing today, you will become part of the next evolution of DeFi payments. Go to PumaPay.io.Image credit: D-Keine /iStock/Getty Images Plus/ modified by CoindeskSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson are talking to Jonathan Koomey, researcher and book author.This episode is sponsored by PumaPay.io.Koomey, the author of “Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving” and “Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs,” spent a lot of time studying and debunking the current narrative around bitcoin's impact on the environment. In 2019, he conducted a study for CoinCenter, titled “Estimating Bitcoin Electricity Use: A Beginner's Guide,” where he separates real numbers from baseless assumptions. Koomey likes to run numbers and he's indifferent to bitcoin, so he stays cool above the raging fire of the bitcoin climate debates. How much electricity does bitcoin actually consume? Is it a lot, and compared to what? What are the most reliable sources of actual numbers? Is buying carbon offsets a good way to make your bitcoin “green”? Listen as Anna, Ben and Danny discuss these complicated topics with Jonathan. Jonathan Koomey's Twitter handle is: @jgkoomey.Materials mentioned in this episodes:Jonathan Koomey's research for CoinCenter: “Estimating Bitcoin Electricity Use: A Beginner's Guide”Jonathan Koomey's books: “Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving” and “Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs”Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance: Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) Danny Cullenward and David G. Victor, Making Climate Policy Work-750,000,000 PMA tokens are now up for grabs. By depositing today, you will become part of the next evolution of DeFi payments. Go to PumaPay.io.Image credit: D-Keine /iStock/Getty Images Plus/ modified by Coindesk

What would happen if businesses were expected or even required to remove a tonne of carbon for every tonne they emitted? A Carbon Takeback Obligation is a policy framework that aims to make that the new standard. Today we learn more about how such a system might operate. Margriet Kuijper is a former civil engineer for Shell, where she focused on the development of carbon capture and storage projects. Today, she serves as an independent consultant working on a Carbon Takeback Obligation, otherwise known as CTBO. On this episode of Reversing Climate Change, Margriet joins Ross to share the simple idea behind a Carbon Takeback Obligation and explain how it addresses the common concerns associated with oil and gas carbon capture projects. Margriet discusses how CTBO makes polluters pay to clean up their emissions and describes how CTBO policy could work in tandem with a carbon tax or emissions trading system, incentivizing both emitters and producers to find solutions together. Listen in to understand Margriet's take on the role of offsets under CTBO and in a net-zero world, and learn how businesses would benefit from the long-term policy certainty of a Carbon Takeback Obligation. Connect with Nori Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Join Nori's book club on Patreon Nori's website Nori on Twitter Nori on YouTube Join Nori's weekly newsletter, The Wrap Email podcast@nori.com Check out our other podcast, Carbon Removal Newsroom Resources Carbon Takeback website Carbon Takeback Obligation: A Producer's Responsibility Scheme on the Way to a Climate Neutral Energy System Myles Allen TED Talk Clean Air Task Force The Paris Agreement IPCC International Energy Agency Eli Mitchell-Larson on Reversing Climate Change S2EP62 Myles Allen EU Emissions Trading System Europe's Extended Producer Responsibility Policy Making Climate Policy Work by Danny Cullenward and David G. Victor --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/support

Markham interviews Dr. Danny Cullenward, Stanford energy economist and lawyer, and co-author with Dr. David G. Victor, of the new book, "Making climate policy work."

In this episode, part of Sinica's California series, Kaiser chats with Alex Wang, a professor of law at UCLA and an expert on China's environmental law. Just back from the COP25 meeting in Madrid, Alex provides an informed and dispassionate assessment of China’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.8:26: China and the EU on climate change21:42: Is coal making a resurgence in China? 26:22: The carbon impact of the Belt and Road Initiative30:15: How California collaborates with China on climate change39:21: Predictions for the 2020 UN Climate Change ConferenceRecommendations:Alex: The report Accelerating the low carbon transition, by David G. Victor, Frank W. Geels, and Simon Sharpe, and The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate, by Andrew Dressler.Kaiser: The Netflix miniseries Trotsky, available with subtitles in English.

Welcome to the Extinction Rebellion Podcast! In this first episode, Jessica Townsend and Marijn Van de Geer from Extinction Rebellion (XR) will be answering the kind of questions new rebels ask when they first join XR. Some useful links to documents, articles, videos and people we refer to throughout this episode: -The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change https://www.ipcc.ch/ - How to get to zero net carbon emissions: . Victory Plan by Ezra Silk (co-founder and Policy Director, The Climate Mobilization) https://www.theclimatemobilization.org/victory-plan/ . The concept of climate mobilization in mainstream political conversation (Bill McKibben) . Other climate mobilization plans: Paul Gilding, Lester Brown and Michael Hoexter - The XR structure . Quick overview of the changes XR UK has undergone since its inception by one of the founders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDwRLKioIvE - Examples of civil disobedience: . Gandhi's defiance of British colonial rule laws (started March 1930) . The children in 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA . The suffragette movement - The science on climate breakdown and mass biodiversity loss: . The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/ . Recount: It’s Time to ‘Do the Math’ Again (David Spratt, 2015) and . Climate Reality Check: After Paris, Counting the Cost (David Spratt, 2016) . Naomi Klein 'This Changes everything' (2015) . 'Global warming will happen faster than we think' Yangyang Xu, Veerabhadran Ramanathan and David G. Victor https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07586-5 . 'Two degree is prescription for disaster (former NASA scientist James Hansen) https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/two-degree-global-warming-limit-is-called-a-prescription-for-disaster/ . '1.5C warming limit means fossil fuel phase out by 2030' (climate researcher Glenn Peters) https://www.climatechangenews.com/2015/12/07/scientists-1-5c-warming-limit-means-fossil-fuel-phase-out-by-2030/ . Kevin Anderson, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research University of Manchester, has written numerous articles which we quote from a lot, check them out here: https://tyndall.ac.uk/people/kevin-anderson . Dr. Katherine D. Marvel - NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies: https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/authors/kmarvel.html Producer - Dave Anderson Sound Editor - Dave Stitch Research - Jessica Townsend & Marijn van de Geer

As sea levels rise, winters become harsher and crop patterns are disturbed. All eyes look towards Paris and the UN climate change conference to see if the international community can make meaningful progress towards curbing emissions. While the role of states in negotiating a treaty can be expected, what roles do philanthropy and the private sector play in creating state agendas and implementing change? This discussion will focus on the current state of the environment, what we can expect from upcoming negotiations and how we can work across sectors to implement solutions. Speakers Guillermo Castilleja, Chief Program Officer, Environmental Conservation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, David G. Victor, Professor of International Relations, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego, and Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, BSR, are in discussion. Alicia Seiger, Deputy Director, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University, moderates the discussion. For more information about this event please visit: http://www.worldaffairs.org/media-library/event/1547

Q and A with J.R. DeShazo, Brenda Goehring, Steven Hoch, Simon Mui, David G. Victor, Perry Wong

Panel 1 with J.R. DeShazo, Brenda Goehring, Steven Hoch, Simon Mui, David G. Victor, Perry Wong

Q and A with J.R. DeShazo, Brenda Goehring, Steven Hoch, Simon Mui, David G. Victor, Perry Wong

Panel 1 with J.R. DeShazo, Brenda Goehring, Steven Hoch, Simon Mui, David G. Victor, Perry Wong