Illuminating the way for the green transition

BESI’s Climate research program fills urgent gaps in knowledge about the political dynamics that thwart effective climate change policy.

By developing rigorous understandings of the political and economic forces that affect climate change policy, our research guides policymakers toward politically workable solutions that will accelerate the green transition and help societies adapt to climate change.

People

Leadership

Participating faculty

Eric Biber

Edward C. Halbach Jr. Professor of Law

Fan Dai

Director, California-China Climate Institute

Neil Fligstein

Class of 1939 Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Taryn Fransen

Climate Affiliate and Director of Science, Research, and Data, World Resources Institute

Weila Gong

Climate Policy Fellow, California-China Climate Institute

Meg Mills-Novoa

Assistant Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

Anna Stilz

Kernan Robson Professor of Political Science

David J. Vogel

Soloman P. Lee Chair Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics

Affiliated graduate students

Kate Cullen

Ph.D. Candidate, Energy and Resources Group

Em Finkelstine

Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

Featured research projects

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All Climate and Green Industrial Strategy publications