Masterclass with the University of Oxford: Policy interventions for accelerating the transition to net zero

Speakers

• Chris Stark

  CEO, UK Climate Change Committee

  UK

• Professor Sam Fankhauser

  Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, University of Oxford

  UK

• Kaya Axelsson

  Net Zero Policy Engagement Fellow, University of Oxford

  UK

• Dr Matthew Ives

  Economist and Complex Systems Modeller, University of Oxford

  UK

• Chris Stark, Chief Executive of the UK Climate Change Committee (CCC), the independent authority on tackling climate change under the UK’s Climate Change Act. Chris leads a team of analysts and specialists, offering expert insight into the challenges of reducing UK emissions and adapting to the changing climate.   Chris led the CCC’s work to recommend a ‘Net Zero’ target for the UK – and has since directed detailed analysis and advice on the UK’s path to carbon neutrality. He speaks regularly on the transition to a zero carbon economy and the need to confront climate change with urgency. Chris has wide experience in government. He has designed economic policy in Whitehall, including in HM Treasury and the former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. He was previously Director of Energy and Climate Change in the Scottish Government, leading the development of the Scottish energy and climate strategies. 

• Professor Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Economics and Policy at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and the School of Geography and the Environment. He is Research Director of Oxford Net Zero, the University of Oxford’s interdisciplinary research initiative on net zero. Sam is also a Visiting Professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, which he directed before joining Oxford Net Zero. Sam’s academic interests are in the policy interventions and governance arrangements needed for a smooth transition to net zero. Outside academia, he is an Associate Director at economics consultancy Vivid Economics. Earlier in his career, he worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility. He has studied economics at the University of Berne (Switzerland), the London School of Economics and University College London.