Company
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Job Title
Director, Energy and Climate Program
Speaker Bio
Deborah Gordon is the director of the Energy and Climate Program and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
A chemical engineer by training, Ms. Gordon’s research focuses on oil and climate change issues, both in North America and globally. Her current research has spearheaded the development of the Oil-Climate Index, a first-of-its-kind tool to compare the climate impacts of global oils.
After beginning her career with Chevron, Ms. Gordon managed an active energy and environmental consulting practice, taught at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and directed transportation and energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She is a policy entrepreneur who developed motor vehicle ‘feebates,’ a market incentive program to increase consumer demand for green vehicles, while at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory under a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Ms, Gordon has testified before Congress, lectures regularly, and has served on National Academy of Sciences and other government committees. She is currently serving as a nonresident senior fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
Ms. Gordon is the author of “Steering a New Course: Transportation, Energy, and the Environment, published in 1991;” and “Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability,” published in 2010; alongside numerous book chapters. Her articles, quotes, TV, and radio interviews have featured in wide-ranging global media outlets.
A chemical engineer by training, Ms. Gordon’s research focuses on oil and climate change issues, both in North America and globally. Her current research has spearheaded the development of the Oil-Climate Index, a first-of-its-kind tool to compare the climate impacts of global oils.
After beginning her career with Chevron, Ms. Gordon managed an active energy and environmental consulting practice, taught at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and directed transportation and energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She is a policy entrepreneur who developed motor vehicle ‘feebates,’ a market incentive program to increase consumer demand for green vehicles, while at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory under a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Ms, Gordon has testified before Congress, lectures regularly, and has served on National Academy of Sciences and other government committees. She is currently serving as a nonresident senior fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
Ms. Gordon is the author of “Steering a New Course: Transportation, Energy, and the Environment, published in 1991;” and “Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability,” published in 2010; alongside numerous book chapters. Her articles, quotes, TV, and radio interviews have featured in wide-ranging global media outlets.
