Reuben College
Professor Sam Fankhauser
Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Academic profile
About
Professor Sam Fankhauser works at the intersection of research and public policy and is interested in the policy interventions and governance arrangements that are needed for a smooth transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. He also works with developing countries on climate change adaptation and sustainable growth.
Professor Fankhauser was an inaugural member of the UK Climate Change Committee and its Adaptation Sub-Committee, and he served as a non-executive Director of CDC Group, the UK's development finance institution.
Expertise
- Net zero
- Climate change policy and legislation
- Climate change adaptation
- Development finance
- Carbon pricing
Selected publications
- The meaning of net zero and how to get it right (2022)
- The influence of climate change advisory bodies on political debates: Evidence from the UK Committee on Climate Change (2021)
- Global lessons for climate change legislation and litigation (2021)
- The impact of strategic climate legislation: Evidence from expert interviews on the UK Climate Change Act (2020)
- Climate policy and power producers: the distribution of pain and gain (2020)