Irving Mintzer

Dr. Irving Mintzer is a Senior Advisor to Potomac Asset Management and Chief Strategist for the Potomac Energy Fund. He is an internationally recognized expert on energy technologies as well as on the impacts of climate change on human societies and natural ecosystems. Dr. Mintzer received his B.A., M.B.A. and Ph.D. in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the Global Business Network and has consulted extensively to multi-national corporations as well as to multilateral financial institutions, including Shell, SwissRe, TEPCO, UNDP, UNFCCC, the World Bank, and the Global Environment Facility. Dr. Mintzer has been involved in the international negotiations related to energy, global climate change, and stratospheric ozone depletion for the last 25 years. For two years, Dr. Mintzer acted as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director of the Office of Intelligence and Counter-intelligence of the US Department of Energy, focusing on the linkages among energy, environment and security issues. Most recently, he has worked as Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs at the US Department of Energy on issues related to critical materials and strategic resources.

Additional Information:

Irving Mintzer’s homepage

Publications:

“Counting the Gigatonnes: Building trust in greenhouse gas inventories from the United States and China,” World Wildlife Fund [pdf]

Contact Info:

Potomac Energy Fund
(301) 695-9229

Expert Blog Posts

Is China ready for climate change?

Exploring Prospects for U.S. Coal Exports to China

U.S. and China Announce Joint Climate Change Working Group for Strategic and Economic Dialogue

The Path to Cleaner Air: Can China learn from California?

Shenzhen announces start date for emissions trading

Experts In the News

April 21, 2013

Ailun Yang discusses the political challenges at the heart of China’s environmental issues and potential solutions in, “Environmental experts say China’s new leadership has to tackle pollution” South China Morning Post

April 19, 2013

Barbara Finamore comments on the effects of rising public awareness of environmental problems in, “Can social media clear air over China?” CNN

April 18, 2013

Sarah Forbes comments on the importance of adequate regulation and oversight as China develops its shale gas resources in, “China’s Shale-Gas Potential and Peril” Bloomberg Businessweek

April 17, 2013

Kenneth Lieberthal on the future of U.S.-China cooperation on energy and climate issues in, “Energy may transform U.S.-China ties” China Daily

April 16, 2013

Barbara Finamore talks about synergies between addressing climate change and addressing local air pollution in, “China’s environment crisis could boost climate action” Reuters

Experts

Experts

Name: Nathaniel Aden , World Resources Institute
Name: Edward Cunningham , Boston University
Name: Erica Downs , The Brookings Institution
Name: Meredydd Evans , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Name: Barbara Finamore , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Jerry Fletcher , West Virginia University
Name: Sarah Forbes , World Resources Institute
Name: David Fridley , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Kelly Sims Gallagher , Tufts University
Name: Banning Garrett , Atlantic Council
Name: Stephen Hammer , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Name: Melanie Hart , Center for American Progress
Name: Mikkal Herberg , The National Bureau of Asian Research
Name: Isabel Hilton , Chinadialogue
Name: Trevor Houser , Peterson Institute for International Economics
Name: S.T. Hsieh , Tulane University
Name: Angel Hsu , Yale University
Name: Daniel Kammen , University of California, Berkeley
Name: Robert Kapp , Robert A. Kapp and Associates
Name: Albert Keidel , Atlantic Council
Name: David Kline , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Name: Bo Kong , Johns Hopkins University
Name: Michael Levi , Council on Foreign Relations
Name: Mark Levine , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Name: Joanna Lewis , Georgetown University
Name: Kenneth Lieberthal , The Brookings Institution
Name: Haibing Ma , Worldwatch Institute
Name: Denise Mauzerall , Princeton University
Name: Irving Mintzer , Potomac Energy Fund
Name: Chris Nielsen , Harvard University
Name: Rose Niu , World Wildlife Fund
Name: Stephanie Ohshita , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Huei Peng , University of Michigan
Name: Lynn Price , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: David Pumphrey , Center for Strategic and International Studies
Name: JingJing Qian , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Rod Quinn , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Name: Luke Schoen , Tsinghua-Berkeley Inter-University Program
Name: Deborah Seligsohn , World Resources Institute
Name: Monisha Shah , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Name: Bo Shen , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Edward Steinfeld , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Name: Kevin Tu , Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Name: Jennifer Turner , Woodrow Wilson Center
Name: Alex Wang , UC Berkeley Boalt Law School
Name: Elizabeth Wilson , University of Minnesota
Name: Julian Wong , Green Leap Forward
Name: Ailun Yang , World Resources Institute
Name: Zhang Xiaoquan , The Nature Conservancy
Name: Nan Zhou , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Data Sources

BP Statistical Review of World Energy
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (ORNL)
China Energy Databook (LBNL)
Key China Energy Statistics 2011 (LBNL)
Climate Analysis Indicator Tool (CAIT)
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
International Energy Agency (IEA)
The World Bank
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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