Adam D. Orford, JD, PhD

Adam D. Orford is an expert on climate change, clean energy, and environmental law and policy. His interdisciplinary research focuses on legal strategies for deep decarbonization of the global industrial economy, with work examining clean energy development, carbon credit trading, and the regulatory frameworks governing greenhouse gas emissions.

Orford’s scholarship has appeared in Ecology Law Quarterly, the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, the Georgetown Environmental Law Review, and Frontiers in Climate Change. Previously, he was an assistant professor of law at the University of Georgia School of Law.

Before entering academia, Orford practiced in environmental and regulatory litigation, representing both public and private clients. After earning his BA from Arizona State University, he earned his JD from Columbia Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law. Orford holds an MPP and a PhD in energy and resources from the University of California, Berkeley.