Dr. Benjamin Leffel is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy and Leadership at UNLV, was Research Fellow at the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, and earned his Ph.D. at the University of California Irvine. His published work demonstrates how cities and corporations successfully fight climate change, alone and in collaboration, as well as the environmental performance dividends of international climate networks, private climate consulting and climate finance in cities globally. His recent work generated national headlines charting pathways for local governments to help decarbonize corporate America. He has published Op-Eds in the Harvard Business Review and other outlets, and he has advised governments on subnational climate leadership across the U.S., Germany and UK.
