Biography

David Victor, an expert in the areas of regulation, energy law, and environmental policy, came to Stanford University in 2001 to start the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI). The Program focuses on the economic and environmental consequences of energy consumption, and much of Professor Victor's work involves extensive field research in emerging markets (notably China and India) and in some of the world's poorest regions, including in Africa. Professor Victor teaches regulation at the law school and continues his work at FSI through a joint appointment. Previously, he directed the Science and Technology program at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, where his research focused on the sources of technological innovation and the impact of innovation on economic growth; global forest policy, global warming, and genetic engineering of food crops. Professor Victor is a regular contributor to Newsweek.com.

Professor Victor is a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Senior Fellow (by courtesy) at the Woods Institute for the Environment.

Key Works

• David G. Victor and Sarah Eskreis-Winkler, In the Tank: Making the Most of Strategic Oil Reserves, 87 Foreign Affairs 70 (July/August 2008).
• David G. Victor and Danny Cullenward, Making Carbon Markets Work, Scientific American, September 26, 2007.
• David Victor and Thomas C. Heller, eds., The Political Economy of Power Sector Reform: The Experiences of Five Major Developing Countries, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
• David Victor, Amy M. Jaffe and Mark H. Hayes, Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
• David G. Victor, Climate Change: Debating America's Policy Options, New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 2004.
• Benn Steil, David Victor and Richard R. Nelson, Technological Innovation and Economic Performance, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002.
• David Victor, Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001.

In the News

• Re-Engineering The Earth
  The Atlantic, July 01, 2009
• Plan B For Global Warming
  MacLeans, April 22, 2009
• Using Pollution To Slow Global Warming
  KCBS, FM 106.9, April 09, 2009
• Carbon Offsets Scam
  The Washington Times, March 08, 2009
• Spending Plan Tackles Tax Cuts, Global Warming
  NPR - Morning Edition, March 04, 2009

Courses & Programs

Courses

• Political Economy of Energy Policy
• Regulated Industries

Programs

• Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program (ENRLP), Professor of Law

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications View All

• David G. Victor, Climate Accession Deals: New Strategies for Taming Growth of Greenhouse Gases in Developing Countries, in Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Implementing Architectures for Agreement, Joe Aldy and Rob Stavins, eds., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (forthcoming 2009).
• David G. Victor, M. Granger Morgan, Jay Apt, John Steinbruner and Katharine Ricke, The Geoengineering Option: A Last Resort Against Global Warming, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2009, pg. 64.
• David Victor, Environment Gridlock: On Climate Issues America is Less a Nation than 50 Different States, Moving at Wildly Different Speeds, Newsweek, February 23, 2009.
• David G. Victor and Varun Rai, Dirty Coal is Winning, Newsweek, January 12, 2009.
• David Victor, The New Greens Like it Big: The Green View Based on Small Sources and Market Power Will Give Way to One Based on Scale and Subsidies, Newsweek, December 8, 2008.
• David G. Victor, Introduction (Symposium: Creating a Legal Framework for Sustainable Energy), 19 Stanford Law & Policy Review 395 (2008).
• David G. Victor, Call to Arms for an American-Led Green Revolution, New York Times, September 9, 2008.
• David G. Victor, Putting Rich Farmers First, Newsweek.com, July 7, 2008.
• David G. Victor and Sarah Eskreis-Winkler, In the Tank: Making the Most of Strategic Oil Reserves, 87 Foreign Affairs 70 (July/August 2008).
• David G. Victor, Blowhard in Chief: When it Comes to Global Warming, it Doesn't Much Matter Who is Sitting in the White House, Newsweek.com, May 1, 2008.

Affiliations & Honors

Professional Affiliations

• Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
• Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Director,
  Center for Environmental Science and Policy