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Lauren Gifford
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:39:24
Publish Date: 2020-08-04 14:00:00
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Lauren Gifford, PhD, is a critical geographer exploring the intersections of global climate change policy, conservation, markets and justice. Her work asks how, and by whom, climate and conservation policies are enacted. She is a Research Affiliate at the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She teaches courses on climate change and human-environment interactions at CU Boulder and Metropolitan State University of Denver. She is the founder of the Somes Group, a climate and environmental policy consulting firm that helps governments, foundations, NGOs and start-ups understand financialized conservation management and carbon pricing. She is also host of the podcast Carbon Social Club.

Dr. Gifford holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Colorado, Boulder, an MA in Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College, a BA in Communications from American University, and completed courses in greenhouse gas and forest carbon accounting through the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI). She has conducted mixed methods field research in the Peruvian Amazon, on Cuban organic farms, throughout Maine’s forests, at the United Nations’ annual climate negotiations, and at countless civil society meetings around the world. Recently she’s been studying the use of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology to verify carbon offsets.

Join us at 4Front to meet Lauren in person.


A special thank you to Benjamin Monlezun for use of his original song Downpoor.
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