Thomas Heller

Stanford University

Lewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies, Emeritus

Thomas Heller is the Charles and Nadine Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies (emeritus) at Stanford University Law School. He also currently directs the Precourt Energy Institute’s Sustainable Finance Initiative and the Steyer-Taylor Center at Stanford. In 2009 Heller founded the Climate Policy Initiative, where he was Executive Director until 2018, and remains Senior Advisor and Board Chair. As of January 2021, he became Senior Director (Risk) at WillisTowersWatson. His research has focused on risk analytics, global energy use, international climate regimes, public finance and taxation, international technology investment, and the rule of law-- with particular attention to legal and economic structures in the developing world. Professor Heller has worked with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (1995-2003), and has served as Jean Monnet Visiting Professor at the European University Institute, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, and Senior Fellow (by courtesy) at the Woods Institute for the Environment.

Sessions With Thomas Heller

Monday, 6 March

  • 12:30pm - 01:00pm (CST) / 06/mar/2023 06:30 pm - 06/mar/2023 07:00 pm

    Where to Deploy Capital to Reduce Emissions

    Technology and innovation have helped drive down the cost of clean technology over the last two decades. At the same time, the oil and gas industry has dramatically increased cost efficiency over the last decade as well. In this world of cost efficiency, where should capital be deployed to have the biggest impact on lowering emissions?