Daniel C. Esty

Dan Esty is the Hillhouse Professor at Yale University with primary appointments in the Schools of Law and the Environment, and secondary appointments in the Schools of Management and Global Affairs. He has authored or edited 14 books, including Green to Gold and A Better Planet, and numerous articles on climate change, sustainability, corporate strategy, and trade. Professor Esty served in several leadership roles in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1989-93) and was on the U.S. delegation that negotiated the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change. From 2011 to 2014, he was Commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. He recently spent two years on public service leave from Yale at the World Trade Organization —helping WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to develop a sustainability agenda for the trade system. He co-leads the Remaking Trade for a Sustainable Future Project.