Ted Parson

Edward (Ted) Parson is the Distinguished Dan and Rae Emmett Professor of Environmental Law and faculty director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law. Parson is the world’s leading expert on legal and governance issues raised by climate engineering technologies. He has extensively studied international environmental law and policy, the role of science and technology in policy-making and government regulation.

Parson has worked and consulted for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of Technology Assessment of the US Congress and the United Nations Environment Programme, among others. He also served as senior advisor to the Climate Overshoot Commission.