DAVID G. VICTOR
Co-Director, UC San Diego Deep Decarbonization Initiative
Professor of Innovation and Public Policy
The School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
Professor of Climate, Atmospheric Science and Physical Oceanography
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (adjunct faculty)
Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
The Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego (affiliated)
UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive #0519, La Jolla, CA 92093-0519
Tel: 1.858.534.3254 | Fax: 1.858.534.3939 | Email: david.victor@ucsd.edu
Revision: July 2024
EDUCATION
1997
1987

Ph.D. (Political Science), MIT
A.B. (History and Science), Harvard University

EXPERIENCE

2009 present

Professor of Innovation and Public Policy, the School of Global Policy andStrategy (GPS), UC San Diego.
At GPS I develop and teach courses on the politics of the policy making
process as well as advanced courses on the politics of energy andenvironmental policy and fundamentals of energy systems (joint with
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering). I designed the school’s Master in
Public Policy (MPP), which is rapidly growing to become the largest degree
program, and co-lead the school’s specialization on environmental policy. I
also co-designed and created courses that link GPS (where most teaching is in
the social sciences) with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography with theJacobs School of Engineering. Also co-lead the capstone program on energy
and environmental policy, which links advanced students with real world
clients for strategic analysis and consulting experience—the culmination of
their two-year careers at GPS. Since 2018 holder of the Center for Global
Transformation endowed chair in innovation and public policy.

2017 present

Co-director, UCSD Initiative on Deep Decarbonization
Joint effort by UCSD’s policy school (GPS) and the School of Engineering tocatalyze more research and teaching related to radical reductions in emissionsof warming gases “in the real world”—that is, where political and economic
constraints matter. Lead a seminar series; fund creation of new courses; andspearhead major integrated research initiatives—on the future of natural gas,on the prospects for advanced nuclear plants, on the politics of carbon capture& storage, decentralization of the grid, and the prospects for integrating
massive renewables into the grid.

2022present

Director, The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Carbon Removal
Initiative (CRI)
The Carbon Removal Initiative (CRI) is a new research enterprise at the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), based in Climate, Atmospheric
Science and Physical Oceanography. It will analyze the potentials for slowing
and stopping climate change through, in part, massive deployment of
atmospheric carbon removal technologies. The CRI will fund and performresearch on particular carbon removal options but focus on systems analysis on
the modes and speed at which carbon removal systems might scale and theiroverall impact on carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere.

2017present

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
At the Jacobs School of Engineering, I advise PhD students studying electric
power grids—stability, integration of renewable power generators on grids,
behavior and operation of microgrids. Also member of the Center for Energy
Research, on “Organized Research Unit” of UC San Diego managed by
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

2017present

Professor of Climate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography(adjunct)
At the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, I lead efforts to understand thepolicy and geophysical responses to rapid climate change, including potential
roles for emergency deployment of carbon removal technologies.

2016present

Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Co-created a Brookings-wide initiative that integrates insights from across all
the major arms of Brookings, anchored in Foreign Policy. Create new content
on how shifting geopolitics and technology affect the ability of countries tomanage emissions of warming gases and lead public and private events on thesame. Founded and led the Brookings initiative on the financial markets andclimate change.
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2009-2021

Director, Laboratory on International Law and Regulation (ILAR) at the
School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
ILAR examined the ways that international regulatory institutions affectbehavior—looking across a wide array of issue areas from energy andenvironment to human rights, trade, and security. Most of ILAR’s researchconcentrated in two areas—on the strategies that firms use to influenceinternational legal agreements and on experimental research on the design andimplementation of international agreements.

2006 - 2009

Professor of Law, Stanford Law School.
Taught courses in regulated industries, energy and environmental law as wellas field seminars and supervised JD research projects.

2001 - 2009

Director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD),
Stanford University.
Responsible for raising more than $15m and managing the Program’s $2.3m
per year annual budget. Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli International Studies.
Led PESD research on a wide range of issues in energy markets, with a special
focus on the emerging markets of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South
Africa. Studies examined global climate change policy after the Kyoto
Protocol; the emerging global markets for coal and natural gas; energy
services for the world’s poor; and the performance of state-controlled oilcompanies.

1998 - 2009

Robert W. Johnson, Jr., Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on
Foreign Relations, New York (Adjunct Senior Fellow 2001-2009).
Head of CFR’s Science and Technology program; co-leader (with Benn Steil)of the CFR study on technological innovation and economic growth; Directorof CFR’s task force on energy security (co-chaired by James Schlesinger andJohn Deutch) and senior adviser to the task force on climate change (cochaired by George Pataki and Tom Vilsack). Led numerous study groups,
such as on improving management of the $50b U.S. strategic petroleum
reserve and on international regulation of geoengineering.

1997 - 1998

Research Scholar, Project on "Environmentally Compatible Energy
Strategies,
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg,
Austria3

1993 - 1997

Co-Leader, Project on "Implementation and Effectiveness ofInternational
Environmental Commitments (IEC)", IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria

1990 –
present

Consultant and Policy Adviser
Various organizations, including: BP, plc, City of San Diego, Brookings
Institution, Chevron, Council on Foreign Relations, Duke Energy, ElectricPower Research Institute, Entergy, Nextera (and Florida Power & Light),
Honda Motor Co Ltd, METI, International Institute for Sustainable
Development, New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, San Diego Gas & Electric, United Nations Conference on Trade andDevelopment, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, US Information
Agency, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the L20 project of the
University of Victoria, World Bank.

TEACHING EXPERIENCEUC San Diego
Current“Fundamentals of the Energy System.” Intensive tour of all the major energy
sources and carriers, along with major policies and projections. Intended formaster and PhD students who will take additional coursework in the area or
pursue careers related to energy. Offered jointly with the Jacobs School ofengineering.
“MPP Capstone” A project-based course emphasizing real world application oftheories and methods of policy analysis to strategic challenges faced by realworld clients. Students work in small teams an external client to understand thechallenge posed by the client while developing analytical tools for understanding
the economic, technological, and policy aspects of the question—and then apply
those tools, leading to final presentations and reports suitable for senior
management and governing boards. Recent projects addressed the impact of
emerging technologies on a utility’s revenue model, quantified opportunities for
an EV company to capture credits under a new state program and how a state
regulatory agency can encourage greater investment in microgrids.
“Policy Making Processes.” First year professional master-level course that
introduces students to major theories of how policy is made in different systemsof government, incentives for policy reform, impact of policy on state- andprivately-held firms, administrative law, organizational behavior, the behavior of4

groups, principal-agent theory, etc.
“Politics of Energy and Environmental Policy.” An intensive professional-levelseminar course on the theories that explain policy behavior related to energy andthe environment. In-depth treatment of state-owned enterprises and national oil
companies; role of the state in regulating private behavior; international
governance; organizational and bureaucratic behavior. Theories coupled withseveral dozen case studies drawn from around the world.
2015“Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studying Energy.” Seminar series jointly taught
with Jacobs School of Engineering, Department of Biology, and other units on
campus. Offered once and turned into a Google MOOC.

2012“The Science and Politics of Climate Change.” Course jointly taught with threeprofessors from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography on the fundamental
scientific elements of climate change, economic analysis of climate policies, andpolitical analysis. (Filmed for a Coursera MOOC, offered multiple times starting
January 2014; re-filmed for a UC-wide 10 campus course that began fall 2017).

2011“International Organization.” An intensive field seminar for PhD students,
Department of Political Science, UC San Diego2010 – 2013

“International Law and Regulation.” Professional level master’s student coursewith introduction to major theories of international cooperation, the role of public
international law, global governance.

Stanford University
2003 – 2007

“Energy Law.” (Stanford Law School Law 455.) In-depth analysis of major issues
in regulation of the energy system. Topics include all major aspects of U.S. oil &gas law, electricity law, and comparison with other countries. Includes assessmentof experience with private investment in competitive markets as well as theperformance of state-owned corporations. JD students.

2008 – 2009

“Political Economy of Energy Policy.” (Stanford Law School Law 227; crosslisted as Earth Systems 205.) An in-depth look at the major theories of political
economy—such as public choice, principal-agent, organizations, and international
political economy—with applications to major issues in energy policy. Core classfor the “natural resources” track of Stanford’s advanced degree in public policy.
JD and graduate students.

2005 – 2008

“Regulated Industries.” (Stanford Law School Law 220.) A survey on how thestate intervenes to address major failures—mainly situations of natural monopoly
and externality. Includes an introduction to the major theories of market failure,5attention to how regulators address problems of asymmetrical information andfederalism, and application to central cases in electricity, natural gas,
telecommunications, environment (principally air pollution) and food/drug law.
JD students.
2007“The Political Economy of Energy in India” (Earth Systems 288/188.) Intensive
lecture course at Stanford followed by two weeks of field visits in India.
Undergraduate and graduate students.

2005“Energy and Development in the Brazilian Amazon” (Public Policy 30P). Threeweek field seminar in Brazil, mainly the Amazon region. Undergraduate andgraduate students.

2003“International Environmental Politics.” (Political Science 118S). Survey of major
theories and cases related to international management of environmental
problems. Undergraduate students.

PUBLICATIONS(*) indicates peer refereed publications
Peer-Reviewed Books, Chapters in Books(*) David G. Victor and Charles F. Sabel, 2022, Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an uncertain
world, (Princeton University Press: New Jersey).
(*) National Research Council, member, consensus study report team, 2021, The Future of
Electric Power in the U.S., (Washington, DC, National Academies Press).
(*) David G. Victor and Danny Cullenward, 2020, Making Climate Policy Work, (Polity Press:
Cambridge UK).
(*) David G. Victor, Frank W Geels, and Simon Sharpe, 2019, Accelerating the Low Carbon
Transition, The Brookings Institution and The Energy Transitions Commission.
(*) David G. Victor, 2019, “Governing the Deployment of Geoengineering: Institutions,preparedness, and the Problem of Rogue Actors,” in Governance of the Deployment of solar
Geoengineering, ed Robert N Stavins and Robert C. Stowe, Harvard Project on Climate
Agreements (February).
(*) David G. Victor, 2019, Chapter 5 “The Paris Agreement and its Implementation,” in“Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions,” ed, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Juliann E.
Allison, Maximilian Auffhammer, David Auston, Anthony D. Barnosky, Lifang Chiang, William
D. Collins, Steven J. Davis, Fonna Forman, Susanna B. Hecht, Daniel Kammen, C.-Y. Cynthia
6Lin Lawell, Teenie Matlock, Daniel Press, Douglas Rotman, Scott Samuelsen, Gina Solomon,
David G. Victor, Byron Washom, eds., University of California Office of the President.
(*) David G. Victor, 2018, Chapter 2 “Foreign Aid for Capacity Building to Address Climate
Change.” In Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability, Yongfu Huang and Unai
Pascual, eds, pp. 17–49. Singapore: Springer Singapore.
(*) Lars Gulbrandsen, Arild Underdal, David G. Victor, and Jorgen Wettestad, 2018, “Theory
and Method” and “Comparative Analysis and Conclusions,” The Evolution of Carbon Markets,
Jorgen Wettestad and Lars H. Gulbrandsen, eds, Routledge.
(*) David G. Victor, 2017, “Energy and Climate: Moving Beyond Symbolism,” Michael
O’Hanlon, ed., Brookings Big Ideas for America. Washington: Brookings Institution Press.
(*) David G. Victor, 2016, “The Paris Agreement and Beyond: International Climate Policy Post
2020,” Harvard Project on Climate Policy Post-2020 in Making the Promise of Paris a Reality,
Robert Stavins and Robert Stowe, eds., Harvard University, MA, USA.
(*) Gabriel Inchauste and David G. Victor, eds, 2017, The Political Economy of Energy Subsidy
Reform, The World Bank.
(*) National Research Council, member, consensus study report team, 2017, Enhancing theResilience of the Nation’s Electricity System, (Washington, DC, National Academies Press).
(*) David G Victor, D. Zhou, E. H. M. Ahmed, P. K. Dadhich, J. G. J. Olivier, H-H. Rogner, K.
Sheikho, and M. Yamaguchi, 2014, “Introductory Chapter”. In: Edenhofer, O., R. PichsMadruga, Y. Sokona, E. Farahani, S. Kadner, K. Seyboth, A. Adler, I. Baum, S. Brunner, P.
Eickemeier, B. Kriemann, J. Savolainen, S. Schlömer, C. von Stechow, T. Zwickel and J.C.
Minx, eds. Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working
Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,(Cambridge University Press: Cambridge UK,) chapter 1, pp. 77-116.
(*) David G. Victor, 2013, “The Gas Promise,” in: Jan H. Kalicki and David L. Goldwyn, eds.,
Energy and Security: Strategies for a World in Transition, chapter 3, pp.88-106 (Johns Hopkins
Press: Baltimore).
(*) David G. Victor, David Hults, and Mark Thurber, eds, 2012, Oil and Governance: StateOwned Enterprises and the World Energy Supply (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge UK).
Author or co-author of chapters:(1) “Introduction” (with David Hults and Mark Thurber);(11) “Awakening Giant: Strategy and Performance of the Abu Dhabi National Oil
Company,” (with Varun Rai);(20) “Conclusions and Implications” (with David Hults and Mark Thurber).

7(*) David G. Victor, 2011, Global Warming Gridlock: Creating More Effective Strategies forProtecting the Planet, (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge UK).
(*) David G. Victor, 2009, The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies, (International Institute for
Sustainable Development: Geneva).
(*) David G. Victor, 2009, “Climate Accession Deals: New Strategies for Taming Growth ofGreenhouse Gases in Developing Countries,” in Joe Aldy and Rob Stavins, eds., Post-Kyoto
International Climate Policy: Implementing Architectures for Agreement, chapter 21, pp. 618648 (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge UK).
(*) David G. Victor, 2007, “Fragmented Carbon Markets and Reluctant Nations: Implications forthe Design of Effective Architectures,” in Joe Aldy and Rob Stavins, eds., Architectures for
Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World, chapter 4 ((affiliated)(Cambridge University Press: Cambridge UK).
(*) David G. Victor and Thomas C. Heller, eds., 2007, Reforming Electric Power Markets in
Developing Countries: Politics, Law and Institutions (Cambridge University Press: CambridgeUK). Author or co-author of chapters:(1) Introduction and Overview(7) Conclusions(*) David G. Victor, Amy M. Jaffe, and Mark H. Hayes, eds., 2006, Natural Gas and Geopolitics(Cambridge University Press: Cambridge UK). Author or co-author of chapters:(1) Introduction and Overview;(2) Introduction to the Historical Case Studies: Research Questions, Methods and Case
Selection;(4) Bypassing Ukraine: Gas to Poland and Germany from Russia(10) Politics, Markets and the Shift to Gas: Insights from the Seven Historical Case
Studies(14) Gas Geopolitics: Visions to 2030(*) P.R. Shukla, Thomas C. Heller, David G. Victor, Debashish Biswas, Tirthankar Nag, andAmee Yajnik, 2004, Electricity Reforms in India: Firm Choices and Emerging Generation
Markets (Tata McGraw-Hill: New Delhi).
(*) Gordon S. Smith and David G. Victor, 2004, “Beyond Kyoto?” in Harold Coward andAndrew J. Weaver, eds., Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada, (Wilfrid Laurier University
Press: Waterloo).
(*) David G. Victor, 2004, "WTO's efforts to Manage Differences in national Sanitary andPhytosanitary Policies," in David Vogel and Robert Kagan, eds., Dynamics of Regulatory
Change: How Globalization Affects National Regulatory Policy, (Univ. of California Press:
Berkeley).

8(*) David G. Victor, 2003, “International Agreements and the Struggle to Tame Carbon,” inJames M. Griffin, ed., Global Climate Change: The Science, Economics and Politics (Edward
Elger: Cheltenham, UK) pp. 204-229.
(*) Benn Steil, David G. Victor, Richard Nelson, eds., 2002, Technological Innovation andEconomic Performance (Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey). Author or coauthor of chapters:(1) “Introduction and overview,” with Benn Steil and Richard Nelson(16) “Innovation and performance in the electric power industry”.
(*) David G. Victor and Rebecca U. Weiner, 2002, “A Great Transformation in World Trade
Law: Can the WTO Stay Afloat?,” in Barry Krisoff, Mary Bohman and Julie A. Caswell, eds.,
Global Food Trade and Consumer Demand for Quality, pp. 33-41, proceedings of theInternational Agriculture and Trade Research Consortium, 26-27 June 2000, Montreal, Canada(Kluwer: New York).
(*) David G. Victor, 2001, The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global
Warming, (Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey).
(*) David G. Victor, 2001, “Whale Sausage: Why the Whaling Regime Does Not Need Fixing,”
in: Robert L. Friedheim, ed., Toward a Sustainable Whaling Regime (Univ. of Washington Press:
Seattle).
(*) David G. Victor, 2000, “Risk Management and the World Trading System: Regulating
International Trade Distortions Caused by National Sanitary and Phytosanitary Policies,” in:Incorporating Science, Economics and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and PhytosanitaryStandards in International Trade: Proceedings of a Conference (Washington: National Academy
Press), ch. 6. [Also online at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9868.html](*) David G. Victor, 1999, "The Regulation of Greenhouse Gases--Does Fairness Matter?" in:F. Tóth, ed., Fair Weather? Equity Concerns in Climate Change (Earthscan: London), chapter
12.
(*) David G. Victor, Kal Raustiala, Eugene B. Skolnikoff, eds., 1998, The Implementation andEffectiveness of International Environmental Commitments: Theory and Practice (MIT Press:
Cambridge Mass). Author or co-author of chapters:(1) Victor, Raustiala, Skolnikoff, "Introduction and Overview,"(4) Victor, "The Operation and Effectiveness of the Montreal Protocol's Non-Compliance
Procedure,"(6) Victor, "Regulation of Trade in Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides," and(16) Raustiala and Victor, "Conclusions."

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(*) David G. Victor with Abram Chayes and Eugene B. Skolnikoff, 1993, "Pragmatic
Approaches to Regime-Building for Complex International Problems," in: N. Choucri, ed.,Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses, (MIT Press: Cambridge
USA).
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Reports(*) Parker Bolstad and David G. Victor, 2024, “Growing Deviations Between Elite and NonElite Media Coverage of Climate Change in The United States.” Climatic Change. ACCEPTEDFOR PUBLICATION.
(*) David G. Victor, Astrid Dannenberg, Marcel Lumkowsky,Emily Carlton, 2023, “Naming andshaming as a strategy for enforcing the Paris Agreement: The role of political institutions andpublic concern,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol 120, issue 40.
(*) David G. Victor, Marcel Lumkowsk and Emily Carlton, 2023, “Determining the Willingness
to Link Climate and Trade Policy,” Climatic Change, Vol 176(10), issue 133.
(*) David G. Victor and Emily Carlton, 2023, “Technology to Solve Global Problems:
An Emerging Consensus for Green Industrial Policy,” Environmental Research Letters.
(*) David G. Victor, Marcel Lumkowsky, and Astrid Dannenberg. 2022. “Determining theCredibility of Commitments in International Climate Policy.” Nature Climate Change 12(9):793–800.
(*) Ahmed Abdulla, Fabian JE Telschow, Julia Donher, Ralph F. Keeling, Armin
Schwartzman and David G. Victor, 2023 “Atmospheric verification of emissions reductions
on paths to deep decarbonization,” Environmental Research Letters, 18, no. 4, 004403.
(*) David G. Victor, Marcel Lumkowsky and Astrid Dannenberg, 2022, “Determining thecredibility of Commitments in international Climate Policy,” Nature Climate Change, vol 12, pp.
793-800.
(*) Zakeri Behnam, Katsia Paulavets, Leonardo Barreto-Gomez, Luis Gomez Echeverri, Shonali
Pachauri, Benigna Boza-Kiss, Caroline Zimm, Joeri Rogelj, Felix Creutzig, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz,
David G. Victor, Morgan D. Bazilian, Steffen Fritz, Dolf Gielen, David L. McCollum, Leena
Srivastava, Julian D. Hunt, and Shaheen Pouya, 202,. "Pandemic, War, and Global Energy
Transitions," Energies, vol 15, no. 17, pp. 6114.
(*) Wei Peng, Gokul Iyer, Matthew Binsted, Jennifer Marlon, Leon Clarke, James A Edmonds,
and David G Victor, 2021, “To achieve deep cuts in US emissions, state-driven policy is only
slightly more expensive than nationally uniform policy,” Nature Climate Change, vol 11, pp.
911–912.

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(*) Wei Peng, Gokul Iyer, Matthew Binsted, Jennifer Marlon, Leon Clarke, James A. Edmonds,
and David G Victor, 2021, “The surprisingly inexpensive cost of state-driven emission control
strategies,” Nature Climate Change, vol 11, pp. 738–745(*) Ryan Hanna and David G Victor, 2021, “Marking the decarbonization revolutions,” Nature
Energy, vol 6, pp. 568-571.
(*) Wei Peng, Gokul Iyer, Valentina Bosetti, Vaibhav Chaturvedi, James A. Edmonds, Allen A.
Fawcett, Stephane Hallegatte, David G Victor, Detlef van Vuuren and John Weyant, 2021,“Climate policy models need to get real about people—here’s how,” Nature, vol 594, pp. 174176. (Comment)(*) Stephanie H. Jones, Gabriel Malek, Michael Panfil, and David G. Victor, 2021, “WhatInvestors and the SEC can learn from the Texas power crises,” The Brookings Institution andEnvironmental Defense Fund.
(*) Sadie Frank, Eric Gesick, and David G. Victor, 2021, “Inviting Danger: How Federal
Disaster, Insurance and Infrastructure policies are magnifying the harm of climate change,” The
Brookings Institution.
(*) Ryan Hanna, Ahmed Abdulla, Yangyang Xu, and David G. Victor, 2021, “Emergency
deployment of direct air capture as a response to the climate crisis,” Nature Communications, vol12.
(*) Ahmed Abdulla, Ryan Hanna, Kristen R. Schell, Oytun Babacan, and David G. Victor, 2021,“Explaining successful and failed investments in U.S. carbon capture and storage using empiricaland expert assessments,” Environmental Research Letters, vol 16.
(*) Parker Bolstad, Sadie Frank, Eric Gesick, and David G. Victor, 2020, “Flying Blind: What doinvestors really know about climate change risks in the U.S. equity and municipal debt markets?”
Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, The Brookings Institution.
(*) Sam Markoff, Ines M.L. Azevedo, Mark Muro, and David G. Victor, 2020, “Pledges andprogress: Steps toward greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the 100 largest cities across theUnited States,” Metro Studies Program, The Brookings Institution.
(*) Ryan Hanna, Vahid R. Disfani, Hamed Valizadeh Haghi, David G. Victor, and Jan Kleissl,
2019, “Improving Estimates for Reliability and Cost in Microgrid Investment Planning Models.”
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, vol 11, no. 4, pp. 045302-1- 045302-115.
(*) Vanessa C. Pinsky, Isak Kruglianskas, and David G. Victor, 2019, “Experimentalist
Governance in Climate Finance: The Case of REDD+ in Brazil.” Climate Policy, vol 19, pp.
725–38.

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(*) Ahmed Abdulla, B. Sergi, and David G. Victor, 2019, “Limits to deployment of nuclear
power for decarbonization: Insights from public opinion.” Energy Policy, vol 129, pp. 13391346.
(*) Lars H. Gulbrandsen, Jørgen Wettestad, David G. Victor, and Arild Underdal, 2019. “ThePolitical Roots of Divergence in Carbon Market Design: Implications for Linking.” Climate
Policy, vol 19, pp. 427–38.
(*) Oytun Babacan, Ahmed Abdulla, Ryan Hanna, Jan Kleissl, and David G. Victor. 2018
“Unintended Effects of Residential Energy Storage on Emissions from the Electric Power
System.” Environmental Science & Technology, vol 52, pp. 13600–608.
(*) David G. Victor, 2018, “The new geometry of climate governance,” Chinese Journal of
Population Resources and Environment, vol 16, 181-185.
(*) Stine Aakre, Steffen Kallbekken, Rita Van Dingenen, and David G Victor, 2018, “Incentives
for small clubs of Arctic countries to limit black carbon and methane emissions,” Nature Climate
Change, vol 8, pp. 85-90.
(*) Ahmed Abdulla, Michael Ford, Granger Morgan, and David G Victor, 2017. “A
Retrospective Analysis of Funding and Focus in US Advanced Fission Innovation.”
Environmental Research Letters, vol 12 (8), pp. 084016, 1-9.
(*) David G. Victor, 2017, “Three-Dimensional Climate Clubs: Implications for Climate
Cooperation and the G20,” Geneva: ICTSD (August).
(*) Natalya D. Gallo, David G. Victor and Lisa A. Levin, 2017, “Ocean Commitments Under theParis Agreement,” Nature Climate Change, vol 9, pp. 833-838.
(*) Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, Sergio Puig, and David G. Victor, 2017, “Against Secrecy: theSocial Cost of International Dispute Settlement,” Yale Journal of International Law, vol 71(S1),
pp. S1-S31.
(*) Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, Stephan Haggard, David Lake and David G. Victor, 2017, “TheBehavioral Revolution and International Relations,” International Organization, vol,71, Supplement pp. S1-S31.
(*) Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, Brad L. LeVeck and David G. Victor, 2017, “No False Promises:
How the Prospect of Non-Compliance Affects Elite Preferences for International Cooperation,”International Studies Quarterly, vol 61, pp. 136-139.
(*) Christopher T.M. Clack et al (22 authors), 2017, “Evaluation of the proposal for reliable lowcost grid power with 100% penetration of intermittent wind, water, and solar,” Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences, vol 114(26), pp. 6722-6727.
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(*) Guri Bang, David G. Victor, and Steinar Andresen. 2017. “California’s Cap-and-Trade
System: Diffusion and Lessons.” Global Environmental Politics, vol 17 (3), pp. 12–30.
(*) Michael J. Ford, Ahmed Abdulla, M. Granger Morgan, and David G. Victor. 2017. “Expert
Assessments of the State of U.S. Advanced Fission Innovation.” Energy Policy, vol 108, pp.
194–200.
(*) Gang He and David G. Victor, 2017, “Experiences and lessons from China’s success inproviding electricity for all,” Resources, Conservation & Recycling, vol 122, pp. 335-338.
(*) Ryan Hanna, Mohammed Ghonima, Jan Kleissl, George Tynan, and David G. Victor, 2017,“Evaluating business models for microgrids: Interactions of technology and policy,” Energy
Policy, vol 103, pp. 47-61.
(*) Charles F. Kennel, Stephen Briggs and David G. Victor, 2016, “Making Climate Science
More Relevant” Science, vol 354 (6311), pp. 421-422.
(*) Robert O. Keohane and David G. Victor, “Cooperation and Discord in Global Climate Policy
Nature Climate Change,” 2016, vol 6(6), pp. 570-575.
(*) Emilie M. Hafner-Burton and David G. Victor, 2016, “Secrecy in International Investment
Arbitration: An Empirical Analysis,” Journal of International Dispute Settlement, vol 7(1), pp.
161-182.
(*) Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, Brad L. LeVeck and David G. Victor, 2016, “How Activists
Perceive the Utility of International Law,” Journal of Politics, vol 78(1), pp. 167–180(*) Charles F. Sabel and David G. Victor, 2015, “Governing Global Problems Under
Uncertainty: Making Bottom-Up Climate Policy Work,” Climatic Change, vol 144, pp. 15-27.
(*) Gokul C. Iyer, Leon E. Clarke, James A. Edmonds, Brian P. Flannery, Nathan E. Hultman,
Haewon C. McKeon, and David G. Victor, 2015. “Improved Representation of Investment
Decisions in Assessments of CO2 Mitigation,” Nature Climate Change, vol 5, pp.436-440(*) David G. Victor, 2015, Join the Club: Group Approaches to Tackling Climate Change,
Geneva: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development.
(*) Brad L. LeVeck, D. Alex Hughes, James H. Fowler, Emilie Hafner-Burton and David G.
Victor, 2014. “The Role of self-interest in elite bargaining,” Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, vol 111, pp. 18536-18541.
(*) David G. Victor, Reyer Gerlagh and Giovanni Baiocchi 2014, “Getting Serious About
Categorizing Countries.” Science, vol 345, pp. 34-36.
(*) Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, Brad L. LeVeck, David G. Victor and James H. Fowler, 2014,13

“Decision Maker Preferences for International Legal Cooperation,” International Organization,
vol 68, pp. 845-876.
(*) David G Victor, 2013, “National Oil Companies and the Future of the Oil Industry,” Annual
Review of Resource Economics, vol 5, pp. 445-462.
(*) Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, D. Alex Hughes, and David G Victor, 2013, “The Cognitive
Revolution and the Political Psychology of Elite Decision Making,” Perspectives on Politics, vol11, pp. 368-386.
(*) Robert O. Keohane and David G. Victor, 2012, “The Transnational Politics of Energy,”
Daedalus, vol 142, pp. 97-109.
(*) Charles F. Kennel, V. Ramanathan, and David G. Victor, 2012, “Coping with Climate
Change in the Next Half-Century,” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society,” vol156, pp. 398-415.
(*) Emilie M Hafner-Burton, David G. Victor and Yonatan Lupu, 2012. “Political Science
Research on International Law: The State of the Field,” American Journal of International Law,
vol 106, pp. 47-97.
(*) Robert O. Keohane and David G. Victor, 2011, “The Regime Complex for Climate Change,”
Perspectives on Politics, vol 9 (1), pp. 7-23.
(*) Fang Rong and David G. Victor, 2011. “Coal Liquefaction Policy in China: Explaining the
Policy Reversal since 2006,” Energy Policy, vol 39, pp. 8175-8184.
(*) Valentina Bosetti and David G. Victor, 2011. “Politics and Economics of Second-Best
Regulation of Greenhouse Gases: The Importance of Regulatory Credibility,” The Energy
Journal, vol 32 (1), pp. 1-24.
(*) Varun Rai, David G. Victor, Mark C. Thurber, 2010. “Carbon Capture and Storage at Scale:Lessons from the growth of analogous energy technologies,” Energy Policy, vol 38, pp. 40894098.
(*) P.R. Shukla, Subash Dhar, David G. Victor, Michael Jackson, 2009. “Assessment of Demandfor Natural Gas from the Electricity Sector in India,” Energy Policy, vol 37, pp. 3520-3534.
(*) David G. Victor, 2008, “On the Regulation of Geoengineering,” Oxford Review of Economic
Policy, vol 24, pp. 322-336.
(*) BinBin Jiang, Chen Wenying, Yu Yuefeng, Zeng Lemin, and David G. Victor (2008), “Thefuture of natural gas consumption in Beijing, Guangdong and Shanghai: An assessment utilizing
MARKAL,” Energy Policy, vol 36, pp. 3286-3299.
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(*) Chi Zhang, P.R. Shukla, David G. Victor, Thomas C. Heller, Debashish Biswas, andTirthankar Nag, 2006. “Baselines for carbon emissions in the Indian and Chinese power sectors:
Implications for international carbon trading,” Energy Policy, vol 34, pp. 1900-1917.
(*) David G. Victor, 2006, “Toward Effective International Cooperation on Climate Change:
Numbers, Interests and Institutions,” Global Environmental Politics, vol 6, pp. 90-103.
(*) David G. Victor, 2006, “Seeking Sustainability: Cities, Countryside, Wilderness,” in Paul
Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll, eds., The Political Economy of Global Population Change,
1950-2050 supplement to Population and Development Review, vol 32, pp. 202-221.
(*) Mark Howells, David G. Victor, Trevor Gaunt, Rebecca Elias, and Thomas Alfstad, 2006,“Beyond Free Electricity: The Costs of Electric Cooking in Poor Households and a MarketFriendly Alternative,” Energy Policy, vol 34, 3351-3358.
(*) David G. Victor and Joshua C. House, 2006, “BP’s Emissions Trading System,” Energy
Policy, vol 34, pp. 2100-2112.
(*) Howells, Mark, Thomas Alfstad, David G. Victor, Gary Goldstein, and Uwe Renne, 2005, “A
model of household energy services in a low-income rural African village, Energy Policy, vol33, pp 1833-1851, also posted at http://pesd.stanford.edu, Working Paper #18.
(*) David G. Victor, Joshua C. House and Sarah Joy, 2005, “A Madisonian Approach to Climate
Policy,” Science, vol 309, No. 5742, pp. 1820-1821.
(*) David G. Victor and Lesley A. Coben, 2005, “A Herd Mentality in the Design ofInternational Environmental Agreements?” Global Environmental Politics, vol 5, pp. 24-57.
(*) Kal Raustiala and David G. Victor, 2004, “The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic
Resources,” International Organization, vol 58 (2), pp. 277-309.
(*) Jari Liski, Alexander V. Korotkov, Christopher F.L. Prins, Timo Karjalainen, David G.
Victor and Pekka E. Kauppi, 2003, “Increased Carbon Sink in Temperate and Boreal Forests,”
Climatic Change, vol 61, pp. 89-99.
(*) David G. Victor and Rebecca U. Weiner, 2003, “Will the Success of Trade Policy Undermine
the World Trading System?,” Les Cahiers d'économie et sociologie rurales, vol, 68-69, pp. 150165.
(*) David G. Victor, Nebojša Nakicenovic, Nadejda Victor, 2001, “The Kyoto Protocol Emission
Allocations: Windfall Surpluses for Russia and Ukraine,” Climatic Change, vol 49, pp. 263-277.
(*) Andreas Schafer and David G. Victor, 2000, "The Future Mobility of the World Population:
Results from a New Model Designed for Aggregated Long-term Projections,” Transportation
Research, vol 34, pp. 171-205.
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(*) David G. Victor and Gordon J. MacDonald, 1999, “A Model for Estimating Future
Emissions of Sulfur Hexafluoride and Perfluorocarbons,” Climatic Change, vol 42, pp. 633-662.
(*) Arnulf Grübler, Nebojša Nakicenovic, David G. Victor, 1999, “Dynamics of Energy
Technologies and Global Change,” Energy Policy, vol 27, pp. 247-280.
(*) Andreas Schafer and David G. Victor, 1999, “Global Passenger Travel: Implications for
Carbon Dioxide Emissions,” Energy-The International Journal, vol 24, pp. 657-679.
(*) Arnulf Grübler, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, David G. Victor, 1999, “Energy Technology andGlobal Change: Modeling Techniques Developed at IIASA,” Annual Review of Energy and theEnvironment, vol 24, 545-569.
(*) David G. Victor, 1996, "The Early Operation and Effectiveness of the Montreal Protocol's
Non-Compliance Procedure," Executive Report ER-96-2, International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
(*) Kal Raustiala and David G. Victor, 1996, "Biodiversity Since Rio: The Future of theConvention on Biological Diversity," Environment, vol 38, no. 4, pp. 16-20 & 37-45. (Additionalcommentary in vol 39, no. 2, pp. 3-5.).
(*) Jesse H. Ausubel, David G. Victor and Iddo K. Wernick, 1995, "The Environment Since
1970," Consequences, vol 1, no. 3, pp. 3-15.
(*) David G. Victor, 1995, "Design Options for Article 13 of the Framework Convention on
Climate Change: Lessons from the GATT Dispute Panel System," Executive Report
ER-95-1, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
(*) David G. Victor and Julian Salt, 1995, "Keeping the Climate Treaty Relevant," Nature, vol373, pp. 280-282.
(*) David G. Victor and Julian Salt, 1994, "From Rio to Berlin: Managing Climate Change,"
Environment, vol 36, no. 10, pp. 6-15 & 25-32. Updated and reprinted in: T.W. Giambelluca and
A. Henderson-Sellers, eds., Climate Change, People and Policy: Developing Southern
Hemisphere Perspectives (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996).
(*) David M. Hart and David G. Victor, 1993, "Scientific Elites and the Making of U.S. Policy
for Climate Change Research, 1957-1974," Social Studies of Science, vol 23, no. 4, pp. 643-680.
David G. Victor, 1992, "Policy and Institutional Dimension," in: N. Nakicenovic and A. Grübler,eds., Long-Term Strategies for Mitigating Global Warming: Towards New Earth, in special
edition of Energy, vol 18(5), 401- 609.
(*) Jesse H. Ausubel and David G. Victor, 1992, "Verification of International Environmental
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Agreements," Annual Review of Energy and Environment, vol 17, pp. 1-43.
(*) David G. Victor, 1991, "Leaking Methane from Natural Gas Vehicles: Implications forTransportation Policy in the Greenhouse Era," Climatic Change, vol 20, pp. 113-141.
(*) David G. Victor, 1991, "Limits of Market-based Strategies for Slowing Global Warming:
The Case of Tradeable Permits," Policy Sciences, vol 24, pp. 199-222.
(*) David G. Victor, 1990, "Calculating Greenhouse Budgets," Nature, vol 347, pp. 431.
(*) David G. Victor, 1990, "Liquid Hydrogen Aircraft and the Greenhouse Effect," International
Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol 15, pp. 357-367.

Other (not peer reviewed) Books and Chapters in Books
David G. Victor, David Fedor and Rob Buechler, 2022, “Transformation of the American
Electric Grid: The Unmet Agenda” Stanford, CA: The Hoover Institution, 31 August.
David G. Victor, 2010. “The Politics and Economics of International Carbon Offsets,”
Proceedings of the National Research Council expert review meeting in April 2010, Washington
DC. The National Academies Press, May 17, 2010, pp. 132-142.
George Pataki and Thomas Vilsack (co-chairs) and Michael Levi (project director) and David G.
Victor (Senior Adviser), 2008, Confronting Climate Change: A Strategy for U.S. Foreign Policy.
Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force.
David G. Victor, 2008, “Sources of Alternative Energy and Energy Market Innovations,” pp.
129-141, in: Joseph Nye and Brent Scowcroft, eds., The Global Politics of Energy: Report of the2007 Aspen Strategy Group (Washington, DC: Aspen Institute).
John Deutch and James R. Schlesinger (co-chairs) and David G. Victor (Project Director), 2006,
National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency, Council on Foreign Relations
Independent Task Force #58.
David G. Victor, 2004, Climate Change: Debating America’s Policy Options (New York:Council on Foreign Relations).
David G. Victor, 2000, “Controlling Emissions of Greenhouse Gases,” in: Donald Kennedy andRoger Sant, ed., A Global Environmental Agenda for the U.S. (Washington, DC: Aspen
Institute).
David G. Victor, 1996, "The Montreal Protocol's Non-Compliance Procedure: Lessons for
Making Other International Environmental Regimes More Effective," in: Winfried Lang, ed.,17

The Ozone Treaties and Their Influence on the Building of Environmental Regimes, Federal
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Vienna.
David G. Victor, 1995, "The Uses and Design of Targets in International Environmental
Agreements," in: David G. Victor, Abram Chayes, Eugene B. Skolnikoff and John Katzenberger,
eds., Improving the Effectiveness of the Climate Regime (Aspen: Aspen Global Change Institute);
presented at the Aspen Global Change Institute, August 1995.
John Lanchbery and David G. Victor, 1995, "The Role of Science in the Global Climate
Negotiations," in: H.O. Bergesen and G. Parmann, eds., Green Globe Yearbook, 1995 (Oxford
University Press: Oxford UK).
Tom Tietenberg and David G. Victor, 1994, "Possible Administrative Structures and Proceduresfor Implementing a Tradeable Entitlement Approach to Controlling Global Warming," in: United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Possible Rules, Regulations and Administrative
Arrangements for a Global Market in CO2 Entitlements, part I (New York: United Nations).
David G. Victor, 1992, "Practical Aspects of Implementing Carbon Taxes: Issues for OECDCountries," in: Climate Change: Designing a Practical Tax System (Paris: Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development).

Other (not peer reviewed) Articles, Op-Eds and Essays
David G. Victor and Michael R. Davidson, 2024. “Accelerating the Clean Energy Revolution by
Working with China.” The Brookings Institution.
David G. Victor, 2024. “Is the World Replacing Oil Dependency with Critical Minerals?” The
World Economic Forum.
David G. Victor, 2024. “COP28 and the Ghosts of Copenhagen.” The Brookings Institution.
David G. Victor, Joisa Saravia, and Justine Roche, 2024, Geopolitics and Critical Mineral
Dependencies. World Economic Forum.
David G. Victor, et al and Heather Kreidler editor, National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine, 2024. Developing and Assessing Ideas for Social and Behavioral
Research to Speed Efficient and Equitable Industrial Decarbonization: Proceedings of aWorkshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
David G. Victor and Kassia Yanosek, 2023, “Capitalism’s Green Revolution How Private
Finance Can Help Decarbonize the Economy,” Foreign Affairs, November 29.

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Mustafa Santiago Ali, Christopher Field, David G. Victor, Patricia Vincent-Collawn, 2023.
Forging Climate Solutions: How to Accelerate Action Across America. American Academy ofArts and Sciences, Cambridge, M.A. October 24.
David G. Victor and Veerabhadran Ramanathan, 2023, “Climate change isn’t just about
emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight,” The Los Angeles Times, October 15.
David G Victor, Sophie Roehse Kemal Kirişci, John W McArthur, Manann Donoghoe, Sanjay
Patnaik, Landry Signé, Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Samantha Gross, Joseph B Keller, Andre M Perry,
Barry G Rabe, “ Successes and Failures at COP28,” The Brookings Institution.
David G. Victor, 2023, “COP 28 and the Ghosts of Copenhagen,” The Brookings Institution.
David G. Victor and Jeff Engle, 2023, “How to get serious about climate change,” The Hill.
Parker Bolstad and David G. Victor, 2023, “Good news about global warming: The public’s
paying attention,” The Brookings Institution.
Pavel K. Baev, Jessica Brandt, Daniel S. Hamilton, Patricia M. Kim Adam P. Liff, Natalie
Sambhi and David G. Victor, 2023, “Around the halls: Japan hosts the G-7 summit,” The
Brookings Institution.
David G. Victor and David Dollar, 2022, “Fixing the climate crisis will require local
experimentation and solutions,” The Brookings Institution.
Samantha Gross, Roger Kranenburg, Leah Stokes and David G. Victor, 2022, “The future iselectric” The Brookings Institution.
Emily Carlton and David G. Victor, 2022, “Can COP keep up with an evolving climate effort?”
The Brookings Institution.
Madiha Afzal and David G. victor et al, 2022, “Around the halls: Whats happening at COP27 in
Egypt?” The Brookings Institution.
David G. Victor, Marcel Lumkowsky, Astrid Dannenberg and Emily Carlton, 2022, “Success of
the Paris Agreement hinges on the credibility of national climate goals" The Brookings
Institution.
Michael Panfil and David G. Victor, 2022, “Climate change creates financial risks. Investors
need to know what those are,” The Brookings Institution.
Charles F. Sabel and David G. Victor, 2022, “Beyond Bidens’ climate plan, a new industrial
revolution is needed,” Yale Environment 360, 26 September.

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Arunabha Ghosh, Artur Runge-Metzger, David G. Victor, and Ji Zou, 2022, “The New Way toFight Climate Change,” Foreign Affairs, 4 November.
David G. Victor and Steffen Kallbekken, 2022, “A Cleaner future for flight – aviation needs aradical redesign,” Nature, 16 September.
David G. Victor, Elise Hanson, Murtaza Baxamua and Emily Leslie, 2022, The San Diego
Regional Decarbonization Framework Technical Report. 1 August.
David G Victor, 2022, “Can the Latest IPCC Report Pave the way to Better Climate Policy,
Science, Friday, 22 April.
Samantha Gross, Maria Espinosa, Todd Stern, Todd, and Victor, David G. Victor. 2022. “TheArduous Path to a Global Climate Agreement.” The Brookings Institution.
David G Victor and Philip Verleger, 2022, “Why it’s Time to Start Caring Much More About
Clean Hydrogen,” New York Times, 18 April.
David G. Victor and Kassia Yanoseuk, 2022, “How Big Business is Taking the Lead on Climate
Change,” Foreign Affairs, 23 February.
David G. Victor and Michael O`Hanlon, 2022, “Threaten Russia Where it Will Hurt: Curb Gas
and Oil sales to Europe,” Los Angeles Times, 28 January.
David G. Victor and Joisa Saravia, 2022, “Rethinking Global Supply Chains for Energy
Transition,” The Word Economic Forum Agenda, 31 January.
Valerie J. Karplus, M. Granger Morgan and David G. Victor, 2021, “Finding Safe Zones for
Science,” Issues in Science and Technology, Fall, pp. 76-81.
Ryan Hanna and David G Victor, 2021, “How California can lead the way on climate-protecting
technologies,” Los Angeles Times, 25 July.
David G Victor, Sadie Frank and Eric Gesick, 2021, “We’re not ready for the next big climate
disasters,” The New York Times, 14 May.
Jane C.S. Long, Ejeong Baik, Jesse D. Jenkins, Clea Kolster, Kiran Chawla, Arne Olson,
Armond Cohen, Michael Colvin, Sally M. Benson, Robert B. Jackson, David G Victor, andSteven P. Hamburg, 2021, “Clean Firm Power is the Key to California’s Carbon-Free Energy
Future,” Issues in Science and Technology, March 24.
David G Victor in association with Engine No. 1, 2021, “Energy Transformations: Technology,
Policy, Capital and the Murky Future of Oil and Gas,” Engine No. 1, March (part of the
ExxonMobil proxy).

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Charles F. Sabel and David G Victor, 2020, “How to Fix the Climate,” Boston Review (leadessay for special issue on “Climate Action”, and responses).
David G. Victor, 2020, “Building Back Together: Why Europe Must Lead a Global Green
Recovery,” Yale Environment 360, 11 June.
Ines Azevedo, Michael R. Davidson, Jesse D. Jenkins, Valerie J. Karplus, and David G. Victor,
2020, “The Paths to Net Zero: How Technology Can Save the Planet.” Foreign Affairs, vol 99.
Ryan Hanna, Yangyang Xu, and David G. Victor, 2020, “After COVID-19, Green Investment
Must Deliver Jobs to Get Political Traction.” Nature, vol 582, no. 7811 (2020): 178–80.
David G Victor, 2020, “Forecasting Energy Futures amid the Coronavirus Outbreak.” The
Brookings Institution, 3 April.
David G. Victor, 2020, “Deep Decarbonization: A Realistic Way Forward on Climate Change.”
Yale Environment 360. 28 January.
David G. Victor, 2020, “The Pandemic Won’t Save the Climate Don’t Expect the Clear Skies toLast.” Foreign Affairs, 7 May.
David G. Victor, 2019, “We have Climate Leaders. Now We Need Followers,” The New YorkTimes, 13 December.
David G. Victor, 2019, “How artificial intelligence will affect the future of energy and climate,”
The Brookings Institution, Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate, 10 January.
John R. Allen and David G. Victor, 2019, “Despite What Trump Says, Climate Change
Threatens Our National Security,” The New York Times, 7 March.
Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, Partha Dasgupta, Joachim von Braun andDavid G. Victor, 2019. “Climate Extremes and Global Health: new Ways to Make Progress,”
Foreign Affairs September/October Issue.
David G. Victor and Veerabhadran Ramanathan, 2018, “Turning California’s green leadership
into a green planet” The Hill, 10 September.
David G. Victor and Bruce D. Jones, 2018, “Undiplomatic Action: A practical guide to the newpolitics and geopolitics of climate change” The Brookings Institution. 1 February.
Carlos Pascual, David G. Victor, and Rafael Fernandez de Castro Medina, 2018, “Will Mexican
energy reform survive political transition: What Mexicans think” The Brookings Institution,
Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate, 5 June.

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Maru Muro, David G. Victor and Jacob Whiton, 2019, “How the geography of climate damage
could make the politics less polarizing” The Brookings Institution, 29 January.
Yangyang Xu, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, and David G. Victor, 2018, “Global Warming will
happen faster than we think.” Nature 564, 30-32.
David G. Victor (and 20 others), 2018, “Transformation of the Global Energy System,” World
Economic Forum.
David G. Victor (and 13 others plus the TomKat Natural Gas Exit Strategies Working Group),
2018, “Turning Paris into reality at the University of California,” Nature Climate Change, vol 8,
pp. 183-185.
David G. Victor, 2017, “Taking the Lead” (book review of Michael P. Vandenbergeh andJonathan M. Gilligan, Beyond Politics, Cambridge), Science, vol 358, pp. 1547.
David G. Victor, Keigo Akimoto, Yoichi Kaya, Mitsutsune Yamaguchi, Danny Cullenward, andCameron Hepburn, 2017, “Prove Paris was more than paper promises,” Nature, vol 548, pp. 2527.
David G. Victor and Kassia Yanosek, 2017, “The Next Energy Revolution: The Promise andPeril of High-Tech Innovation.” Foreign Affairs, vol 96, no 124.
David G. Victor. 2017. “Trump’s Paris climate agreement speech, annotated by an expert inenergy and foreign policy.” Vox Online, 2 June.
David G. Victor, 2017, “America Heads to the Exit: What Trump Got Wrong about Paris,”
Yale360, 2 June.
Charles F. Sabel and David G. Victor, 2016 “An Evolutionary Approach to Governing Global
Problems Climate Policy After Paris” Stanley Foundation Policy Brief, August.
David G. Victor, 2017 “How Bad Will Trump Be for Climate Policy?” MIT Technology Review,
January/February.
Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Jessica Seddon and David G. Victor, 2016, “Next Front on Climate
Change: How to Avoid a Dimmer and Drier World,” Foreign Affairs, vol 95, pp. 135-142.
David G. Victor, 2016, “Why Supreme Court’s Action Creates Opportunity on Climate,” Yale
Environment 360, 17 February.
David G. Victor, 2016, “Carbon on Campus,” Boston Review, 11 February.
David G. Victor and James P. Leape, 2015, “Global Climate Agreement: After the Talks,”
Nature, vol 527, pp. 439-441.
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David G. Victor. 2015. “Paris Can Cut It.” New Scientist 228 (3047): pp. 28–29.
David G. Victor, 2015, “Embed the Social Sciences in Climate Policy,” Nature, vol 520, pp. 2729.
Stephen Briggs, Charles F. Kennel, and David G. Victor, 2015, “Planetary Vital Signs,” Nature
Climate Change, vol 5, pp. 969-970.
David G Victor, Durwood Zaelke, and Veerabhadran Ramanathan, 2015, “Soot and Short-lived
Pollutants Provide Political Opportunity,” Nature Climate Change, vol 5, pp.796-798
David G. Victor, 2015, “Why Paris Worked: A Different Approach to Climate Diplomacy,” Yale
Environment 360, 15 December.
David G. Victor, 2015, “A Carbon Tax: The Green Opportunity in Cheaper Oil,” The
Conversation, 15 January.
Emilie M. Hafner-Burton and David G. Victor, 2014, “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on
International Law and International Relations: The State of the Art.” Book Review of Dunoff
and Pollack, eds. American Journal of International Law, vol 108, pp. 597-601.
David G. Victor, 2014, “The US-China Climate Deal is a Model for World Diplomacy: Too
Small to Fail,” The Guardian, 13 November.
Charles F. Kennel and David G. Victor, “Climate Policy: Ditching the 2 Degree Celsius
Warming Goal,” Nature, vol 514, pp. 30-31.
David G. Victor 2014. “Copenhagen II or Something New?” Nature Climate Change, vol 4, pp.
853-855.
David G. Victor and George Tynan 2014 “Forum: Build the Green Economy,” The Boston
Review. 5 September.
David G. Victor, 2014, “Beyond Obama: A Climate Plan with Teeth,” Scientific American, 3
July.
David G. Victor, 2014, “The War on Coal: To What End?” Times Free Press, 3 June.
David G Victor, 2014, “Getting Serious About Climate Change,” SIO Keeling Memorial Lecture,
May.
David G. Victor, 2013, “San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Bill Should be Paid,” San Francisco
Chronicle, 16 October.

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David G. Victor, 2013, “Climate Diplomacy: President Obama must focus on getting othernations to cut their emissions,” Technology Review, vol 116, p. 12.
Jennifer A. Burney, Charles F. Kennel and David G. Victor, 2013, “Getting Serious About the
New Realities of Global Climate Change,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, vol 68, pp. 49-57.
David G Victor, Charles F Kennel and V. Ramanathan, 2012, “Hillary Clinton’s Plan to Get
Serious About Global Warming,” The Daily Beast, 21 June.
David G. Victor, Charles Kennel, V. Ramanathan, 2012, “The Climate Threat we can Beat,”
2012, Foreign Affairs, vol 91, pp. 112-121.
David G. Victor, 2012, “National Effects of Global Policy,” Nature Climate Change, vol 2, pp.
24-25 (news & views).
David G. Victor and Kassia Yanosek, 2011, “The Crisis in Clean Energy: Stark Realities of theRenewables Craze,” Foreign Affairs, vol 90 (4), pp. 112-120.
David G. Victor, 2011, “Why the UN Can Never Stop Climate Change,” The Guardian, 4 April.
David G. Victor, 2011, “Diplomacy’s Meltdown: When it Comes to Climate Change,
Developing Nations Aren’t the Laggards,” Scientific American, vol 304 (1), pp. 14.
David G. Victor, 2010, “The Political Context for California’s Climate Change Policy” Giannini
Foundation of Agriculture Economics, vol 14 (1), Sep/Oct 2010 issue.
V. Ramanathan and David G. Victor, 2010, “To Fight Climate Change, Clear the Air,” The New
York Times, pp. WK-9.
David G. Victor and Linda Yueh, 2010, “The New Energy Order: Managing Insecurities in the
Twenty-First Century,” Foreign Affairs, vol 89 (1), pp. 61-73.
David G. Victor, 2010, “The Green in the Machine,” The National Interest #106, pp. 75-85(reviews of 7 new books on global warming).
David G. Victor, 2009, “Once and Always a Laggard,” Newsweek, 14 Dec.
Gary Dirks and David G. Victor, 2009, “China is Going Green” Newsweek special
Environmental issue (December 5), pp. 62-63. 5 December.
David G. Victor, 2009, “Plan B for Copenhagen,” Nature, vol 461, pp. 342-344.
David G. Victor and Richard Morse, 2009, “Living with Coal: Climate Policy’s Most
Inconvenient Truth,” The Boston Review, 1 September, pp. 7-14.

24David G. Victor, 2009, “He Protests Too Much,” Newsweek International, 17 August.
Varun Rai and David G. Victor, 2009, “Climate Change and the Energy Challenge: A Pragmatic
Approach for India,” Economic and Political Weekly, vol 44 (31), pp. 78-85.
David G. Victor, 2009, “Potemkin Trading,” Technology Review July/Aug, pp. 12.
David G. Victor, 2009, “Global Warming: Why the 2oC goal is a political delusion,” Nature, vol459, pp. 909 (letter).
David G. Victor, M. Granger Morgan, Jay Apt, John Steinbruner and Kate Ricke, 2009, in press,“The Geoengineering Option: A Last Resort Against Global Warming?” Foreign Affairs, vol 88(2), pp. 64-76.
David G. Victor and Varun Rai, 2009, “Dirty Coal is Winning,” Newsweek International, 12January.
David G. Victor, 2008, “The New Greens Like it Big,” Newsweek International, 8 December.
David G. Victor, 2008, “A Call to Arms for an American-led Green Revolution: review ofThomas L. Friedman’s ‘Hot, Flat and Crowded,” The New York Times, 10 September, pp. E7.
David G. Victor, 2008, “OPEC is Irrelevant: The Once All Powerful Oil Cartel Now Mostly Just
Rides the Waves of Supply and Demand,” Newsweek International. August.
David G. Victor and Sarah Eskreis-Winkler, 2008, “In the Tank: Making the Most of Strategic
Oil Reserves,” Foreign Affairs, vol 87 (4), pp. 70-83. (July/August)David G. Victor, 2008, “Putting Rich Farmers First,” Newsweek International, 7 July, pp.72-73,
David G. Victor, 2008, “Blowhard in Chief: When it Comes to Global Warming it doesn’t muchmatter who is sitting in the White House,” Newsweek International. 1 May.
David G. Victor, 2008, “National Treasure: Mexico’s Problems with its State-run oil company
show why supply is so tight,” Newsweek International.
David G. Victor, 2008, “Asia’s Achilles Heel,” Newsweek International, Web exclusive, (28February)David G. Victor, 2008, “The Oil Paradox”, Newsweek International, 31 January.
David G. Victor, 2007, “Hot Air: Bali and the Climate Fight,” Newsweek International, 2
DecemberDavid G. Victor and Danny Cullenward, 2007, “Making Carbon Markets Work,” Scientific25American, December, pp. 70-77 (online longer and more detailed version online).
David G. Victor, 2007, “What Resource Wars?” The National Interest, No. 92(November/December), pp. 48-55. (Additional debate triggered by the article in theJanuary/February 2008 issue, with critiques by Thomas Homer-Dixon, Michael T. Klare, Sherri
W. Goodman, and Paul J. Kern).
David G. Victor, 2007, “Hot Air is Not Enough,” Newsweek International, 25 June.
David G. Victor and Danny Cullenward, 2007, “The Only Practical Approach is to Pursue
Technologies that Burn Coal More Cleanly,” Boston Review, vol 32, No 1 (January/February),pp. 15-16.
Danny Cullenward and David G. Victor, 2006. "The Dam Debate and Its Discontents". Climatic
Change, vol 75(1-2), pp.81-86.
David G. Victor, 2006, “Gas and Oil do not Mix in the Chaotic World of Energy Policy,”
Financial Times, 9 May, op-ed page.
David G. Victor, 2006, “Learning from Brazil: How to Manage our Oil Addiction,” Houston
Chronicle, 15 April, op-ed page.
David G. Victor, 2006, “Nuclear Power for India is good for us all,” International Herald
Tribune, 17 March, pp.6, op-ed page.
Danny Cullenward and David G. Victor, 2006, “The Dam Debate and its Discontents,” Climatic
Change, vol 75, pp. 81-86 (lead editorial).
David G. Victor, 2006, “Recovering Sustainable Development,” Foreign Affairs 85 (no.1,
January/February), pp. 91-103.
Christopher Chyba, Harold Feiveson, and David G. Victor, 2005, “Report of the Working Groupon Relative Threat Assessment,” Princeton Project on National Security, Princeton NJ,
September 2005.
David G. Victor, 2005, “A Vision for World Forests: Results from the Council on Foreign
Relations Study,” Journal of Sustainable Forestry, vol 21, pp. 113-135.
David G. Victor, 2005, “The Effects of Power Sector Reform on Energy Services for the Poor,”
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable
Development.
David G. Victor and Joshua C. House, 2004, “A New Currency: Climate Change and Carbon
Credits,” Harvard International Review, 1 July, pp. 56-59.

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David G. Victor and Joshua C. House, 2004, “Politics Dog the Oil Reserve,” Los Angeles Times,
22 August . Also presented as commentary on PRI’s Marketplace, 25 August.
David G. Victor and Nadejda Victor, 2003, “Axis of Oil?” Foreign Affairs, Vol, 82, No. 2(March/April), pp. 47-61.
David G. Victor and C. Ford Runge, 2003, “A Trade Battle that will Cost America Dear,”
Financial Times, 15 May.
David G. Victor and Nadejda Victor, 2003, “Nuclear energy, not oil, should fuel US-Russianties,” South China Morning Post, 19 February.
David G. Victor and C. Ford Runge, 2003, “Genetically Modified and Healthy,” International
Herald Tribune, 19 February.
David G. Victor, 2003, book review of Hugh S. Gorman, 2001, Redefining Efficiency: Pollution
Concerns, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Technological Change in the U.S. Petroleum Industry),
American Historical Review (December), 1486.
David G. Victor and C. Ford Runge, 2002, Sustaining a Revolution: A Policy Strategy for CropEngineering, A Council on Foreign Relations Study (New York: Council on Foreign Relations).
David G. Victor and C. Ford Runge, 2002, “Farming the Genetic Frontier,” Foreign Affairs,
May/June, pp. 107-121.
David G. Victor, 2002, “Weak on Warming,” Washington Post, Tuesday, 19 February.
David G. Victor, 2001, “A Deal Rescuing Nothing,” Los Angeles Times, 19 August.
David G. Victor, 2001, “Climate of Doubt,” The Sciences, vol 41 (No. 2, Spring,” pp. 18-23(cover story).
David G. Victor, 2001, “Piety at Kyoto Didn’t Cool the Planet,” The New York Times, 23 March.
David G. Victor and Jesse H. Ausubel, 2000, “Restoring the Forests,” Foreign Affairs, vol 79,
No. 6. (November/December), pp. 127-144.
David G. Victor, 2000. “The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement of the World Trade
Organization: An assessment after five years,” New York University Journal of International
Law and Politics, vol 32, No. 4 (summer), pp. 865-937.
Thomas Bernauer, Kenneth A. Oye, and David G. Victor, 2000, “Regulatory Diversity: Can theWorld Trading System Cope?” Swiss Political Science Review, vol 6, pp. 96-108,
David G. Victor, 2000, “WTO’s Efforts to Manage Differences in National Sanitary and27

Phytosanitary Policies,” Working Paper 2.72, Center for German and European Studies,
University of California, Berkeley.
David G. Victor, 2000, “What Roles Can International Law and Institutions Play in Restoring
World Forests?” contribution to: “The Great Restoration: A Vision for the World’s Forests in
2050,” 20-21 January, Washington, DC, online.
Rebecca U. Weiner & David G. Victor, 2000, “Industrial Roundwood Demand Projections to2050: A brief review of the literature,” contribution to: “The Great Restoration: A Vision for theWorld’s Forests in 2050,” 20-21 January, Washington, DC, online.
David G. Victor, 2000, “The Trading World Can Do Without a ‘Millennium Round,’”
International Herald Tribune, 26 January, op-ed page.
David G. Victor, 2000, “Over a Barrel,” The Economist, 22 January.
David G. Victor, 2000, “Enforcing International Law: Implications for an Effective Global
Warming Regime,” Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum, vol 10, pp. 147-184.
David G. Victor, 2000, “Kyoto is Dead: An Upbeat Requiem,” Grist (online debate with Dan
Lashof, Natural Resources Defense Council, commissioned by Grist) at: (17 Jan 2000).
David G. Victor, 1999, “The Market for International Environmental Protection Services and thePerils of Coordination,” for: Interlinkages: International Conference on Synergies andCoordination between Multilateral Environmental Agreements, United Nations University,
Tokyo, 14-16 July.
David G. Victor, 1999, “Working Together for the Earth,” Nature, vol 401, p. 17 (new journal
review of Environmental Science and Policy).
David G. Victor and Eugene B. Skolnikoff, 1999, “Translating Intent Into Action: Implementing
Environmental Commitments,” Environment, vol 41, No. 2 (March), pp. 16-20 & 39-44.
David G. Victor, 1998, “Kyoto Shell Game,” The Washington Post, 20 November, pp. A29 (oped).
David G. Victor, 1998, “Strategies for Cutting Carbon,” Nature, 395, 837-838 (news & views
commentary).
David G. Victor, 1998, “Green Markets,” review of M.R. Chertow and D.C. Esty, eds., Thinking
Ecologically: the next generation of environmental policy, published in: Ecology, vol 79, pp.
2210-2211 (book review).
David G. Victor and Gordon J. MacDonald, 1997, "How to Make Kyoto a Success," Nature,389, 777 (correspondence).
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Andreas Schafer and David G. Victor, 1997, "Global Mobility: Past and Future," Scientific
American, vol 277, No. 4 (October), pp. 58-61.
David G. Victor and Gordon J. MacDonald, 1997, "Regulating Global Warming: Success inKyoto," Linkages, vol 2, pp. 2-4 (http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal).
Vladimir Kotov, Elena Nikitina, Alexei Roginko, Olav S. Stokke, David G. Victor, and Ronnie
Hjorth, 1997, "Implementation of International Environmental Commitments in Countries inTransition," MOCT-MOST Economic Policy in Transition Economies, vol 7, no. 2, pp. 103-128.
David G. Victor and Eugene B. Skolnikoff, 1997, "Implementing Environmental Commitments:
How Governments, Industry and NGOs Put International Agreements Into Practice," Options(International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Spring).
David G. Victor, 1997, "The Use and Effectiveness of Nonbinding Instruments in theManagement of Complex International Environmental Problems," Proceedings of the American
Society of International Law, 91st Annual Meeting, pp. 241-250.
David G. Victor, 1995, "Global Warming: Avoid Illusory Goals," The International Herald
Tribune, 28 march, op-ed page.
David G. Victor, 1995, "On Writing Good Histories of Climate Change and Testing Social
Science Theories," Climatic Change, vol 29, no. 4, pp. 363-369 (editorial).
Abram Chayes and Eugene B. Skolnikoff with David G. Victor, "A Prompt Start: Implementing
the Framework Convention on Climate Change," report from the Bellagio Conference on
Institutional Aspects of International Cooperation on Climate Change, Bellagio, Italy, 28-30
January 1992. Distributed at the final session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
for a Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations, May 1992.
Michael Grubb, David G. Victor, and Chris Hope, 1991, "Pragmatics in the Greenhouse,"
Nature, vol 354, pp. 348-350 (commentary).
David G. Victor, 1991, "The Greenhouse Index," Environment, vol 33, no. 2, pp. 4-5(commentary)
David G. Victor, 1991, "How to Slow Global Warming," Nature, vol 349, pp. 451-456(commentary).
David G. Victor, 1990, "Conflict and Concern," Nature, vol 348, pp. 361-362 (book review).
David G. Victor, 1987, "Scientists and Laymen," Science, vol 236, p. 897 (letter).

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