Lauren Gifford is a instructor in the Geaography Department at University of Colorado Boulder. She explores the intersections of global climate change policy, conservation, markets and justice. Lauren's work asks how, and by whom, climate and conservation policies are enacted. Recently she has been studying the use of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology to verify carbon offsets.
Lauren's research interests include: International climate change policy, forest conservation, renewable energy, climate finance, carbon markets, carbon offsets, carbon accounting, REDD+ (Reduced Emissions from Degradation and Deforestation), cap and trade, social costs of climate change, environmental justice, climate communications, international development, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Lauren holds a PhD in Geography from 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 (GGMI). 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.
You can read more about her work at laurengifford.net. |
Lauren Gifford
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