Mark Brownstein is Senior Vice President, Energy Transition at Environmental Defense Fund, and a member of EDF’s executive team. He leads EDF’s Energy program globally, with a focus on halting the rise of global oil and gas emissions on a path consistent with a 2050 zero-carbon future. Mark is a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Advisory Board. He is an adjunct professor of law at New York University Law School and has also taught energy policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).