David G. Victor — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Distinguished Professor and Director at UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)
Co-director of the campus-wide Deep Decarbonization Initiative (D2I) at UC San Diego
Nonresident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution since 2016
Professor (adjunct) in Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Co-founder of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation (ILAR) at UC San Diego
Convening lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT and an A.B. from Harvard University

Biography

David G. Victor is a Distinguished Professor and Director at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS), where he holds the Center for Global Transformation Endowed Chair in Innovation and Public Policy. He co-directs the campus-wide Deep Decarbonization Initiative (D2I), a collaboration between UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering and School of Global Policy and Strategy.