Bren Seminar

Climate Solutions in Three Acts: Net-Zero Aviation, Prioritizing Wildfire Avoidance, and Food without Agriculture

Steve Davis, Professor, Earth System Science, UC Irvine
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Bren Hall 1414 / Online
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Steve Davis

Professor Steve Davis is one of the leading climate mitigation scholars in the world today.  In this talk, he'll present unique perspectives on accelerating decarbonization of some of the hardest to address sectors and systems, which will both inspire and educate.
—Eric Masanet, Professor, Bren School

Watch a recording of this talk here

ABSTRACT

Climate solutions may involve reducing sources of greenhouse gas emissions or managing impacts. I’ll talk about some recent projects my group has led to assess prospects for reducing particularly difficult-to-abate GHG emissions as well as for avoiding the mounting impacts of wildfire in California and the western U.S.

BIO

Steve Davis is a Professor of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine, where he researches the sources and socio-economic drivers of GHG emissions, impacts of global environmental change on human systems, and sustainable solutions. He is also chair of the external science advisory board of Watershed, a carbon accounting start-up, and currently serves on the Technical Council of the Science Based Targets Initiative.