Author Bios
Jonathan Koomey is a researcher, author, lecturer, and entrepreneur who is one of the leading international experts on the economics of climate solutions and the energy and environmental effects of information technology. Dr. Koomey holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley, and an A.B. in History and Science from Harvard University. He is the author or coauthor of ten books and more than two hundred articles and reports on energy efficiency and supply-side power technologies, energy economics, energy policy, environmental externalities, and global climate change. He has also published extensively on critical thinking skills. Solving Climate Change: A Guide for Learners and Leaders is his latest book. For more on Dr. Koomey’s research, writing, and accomplishments go to Koomey.com.
With a career spanning climate science, technology, policy, and finance, Ian Monroe has taught at Stanford University for over a decade and worked on climate challenges in over 30 countries. A pioneer in climate solution investing, Ian is the CIO of Etho Capital, which runs the ETHO ETF and some of the world's first and best performing deeply decarbonized index strategies. Working directly with family offices and institutional investors, Etho has helped decarbonize over $100 billion in assets, and Ian is now helping move even more capital into climate solutions by co-founding the new Climate+Positive Investing Alliance (C+PIA). Ian is also a Founder of Oroeco, a pioneering personal climate solution technology platform, and Ian has advised the United Nations, World Bank IFC, governments, companies, investors, and the creation of several international sustainability standards, including Climate Neutral and Science Based Targets (SBTi). Beyond his work and graduate degrees in Earth Systems science from Stanford and the University of Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme, Ian has also been educated by climate-fueled droughts and wildfires on his family’s small farm in Mendocino County, California.