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Carbon finance
Berkeley & Oxford
As a researcher at the University of Oxford and a Fellow at Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, Stephen works to advance high-integrity carbon finance in service of the global energy transition.
He is particularly interested in how carbon finance can spur reform in the mining sector, which accounts for roughly 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions. His work on these issues has been published by The New York Times, the World Economic Forum, GreenBiz, and elsewhere.
Stephen also serves as a scientific advisor to OxCarbon, a social enterprise focused on bringing scientific rigor and transparency to the voluntary carbon market.
To learn more about his work, see the latest from the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project and the Oxford Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment.
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Indigenous Climate Justice
Stephen's research and writing focuses on increasing access to climate adaptation resources for Alaska Native communities. This work is funded by the Gates Cambridge Trust, and made possible with the partnership of local Indigenous collaborators who advise, direct, coauthor, and facilitate this research.
In addition to focusing on concrete policy failures and opportunities for improvement, Stephen's research also focuses on how environmental governance and climate politics are reshaping 21st-century societies.
Stephen's research builds on several years of work at the University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, where he was a member of the Gobi Framework research team and studied environmental justice across Central Asia.
To learn about Stephen's research, visit his Cambridge research website.
Writing
Stephen's essays, reporting, and op-eds focus on the climate crisis, Indigenous politics, infrastructure, and ecological justice.
His work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Independent, Grist, Emergence, Alaska Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, The Arizona Republic, MIT Sloan Management Review, The Revelator, and the World Economic Forum.
A list of recent publications is available here.
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