Executive Director for Energy and Sustainability, University of California, Davis
Amy Myers Jaffe is a leading expert on global energy policy, geopolitical risk, and energy and sustainability. Jaffe serves as executive director for Energy and Sustainability at University of California, Davis and Senior Advisor on energy and sustainability at the Office of the Chief Investment Officer, University of California Regents. She is also a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Prior to joining UC Davis, Jaffe served as founding director of the Energy Forum at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. Jaffe is widely published, including as co-author of “Oil, Dollars, Debt and Crises: The Global Curse of Black Gold” with Mahmoud El-Gamal and co-editor of “Natural Gas and Geopolitics From 1970 to 2040.” She currently serves as a member of the US National Petroleum Council and was chair of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Oil and Gas with the World Economic Forum (Davos) from 2013-2016. Jaffe was awarded the Senior Fellow award from the US Association for Energy Economics in 2015 for her career contributions to the organization and to the field of energy economics.
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Feb 02, 2022 09:09 am UTC| Insights & Views
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How electric vehicles could take a bite out of the oil market
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Are fossil fuel companies telling investors enough about the risks of climate change?
Feb 16, 2017 06:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Prior to President Donald Trump taking office, there was a push to require oil and gas companies to inform their investors about the risks of climate change. As governments step up efforts to regulate carbon emissions, the...
As Trump mulls another 'reset' with Russia, he should consider perils of Big Oil diplomacy
Jan 28, 2017 07:39 am UTC| Insights & Views
Energy has long been used as a tool of U.S. foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East. But its true in other regions and countries as well, most notably Russia, where President Donald Trump is pondering another...
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