Peter Christensen is an economics Professor at UCSC and a member of the Executive Board of the Institute for Social Transformation who is working on mitigating climate change, but in the right way. His research focus is on the social justice aspects of climate policies. But his efforts are not limited to his own academic research. With the support of Poverty Action Lab (J-Pal), he leads an effort to evaluate potential social impacts of climate mitigation policies that fosters collaboration between governments and researchers across fields. This effort is conducted under the umbrella of the Climate Action Learning Lab, which supports governments in not only evaluating policy impacts but also in designing policies in a way that does not exacerbate (and hopefully reduces) social injustice.
