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David M. Ciplet

Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado-Boulder MacAllister Building, 397 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

(303)735-4533, david.ciplet@colorado.edu EDUCATION 2015 Ph.D., Sociology, Brown University, Providence, RI

2007 M.A., Intercultural Leadership, Management and Service, School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT

1999 B.A., Education and Creative Learning, Connecticut College, New London, CT

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2015-present Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado-Boulder

AFFILITATIONS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2016-present Co-Executive Director and co-founder, the Just Transition Collaborative at CU Boulder

2016-2020 Faculty Affiliate, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research

2016-2019 Faculty Affiliate, Center for Community Based Learning and Research

2016-2017 Faculty Fellow for Community Based Learning, The Center for Community Based Learning and Research, University of Colorado Boulder

2015-present Faculty Fellow for the Center for Values and Social Policy, Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder

MAJOR AWARDS AND HONORS 2020 Finalist. Environmental Politics Best Article of the Year Award, for Ciplet,

David and Jill Harrison. 2020. "Mapping tensions in movements for a just and sustainable transition" Environmental Politics 29(3): 435-456.

2016 Honorable Mention: Global Division Book Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems (for Power in a Warming World: The New Global Politics of Climate Change and the Remaking of Environmental Inequality)

2015 Winner: Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Sociology at Brown University

2014 Winner: Robert Dentler Award for Outstanding Achievement, American Sociological Association Section on Sociological Practice and Public Sociology

2014 Honorable Mention: Graduate Student Paper Award, American Sociological

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Association Section on Human Rights 2013 Winner: Best Graduate Student Paper Award, American Sociological Association

Section on the Sociology of Development Annual Conference

PUBLICATIONS (* indicates my students)

Refereed Books: 2015 Ciplet, David, Timmons Roberts and Mizan Khan. Power in a Warming World:

The New Global Politics of Climate Change and the Remaking of Environmental Inequality. The MIT Press.

Reviewed in: Lipschutz, Ronnie. 2017. "Can Climate Change Us?" Development

and Change. Davidson, Debra. 2017. "Wanted: More Climate Change in

Sociology; More Sociology in Climate Change (Policy)." Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews.

Hudson, Marc. 2017. "What is to be done? Climate, capitalism and collisions with the ‘Limits to Growth’." Environmental Politics.

Stevenson, Hayley. 2016. Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations: October-December 2016, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 595-602.

Malm, Andreas. 2015. "Our Fight for Survival." Jacobin Magazine. van der Ven, Hamash. 2015. "Power and Authority in Global

Climate Governance." Global Environmental Politics. Garrett, Greg. 2015. "Book Documents Environmental and Social

Justice Struggles in Changing World." Eco-RI.

Refereed Journal Articles:

2020 Khan, Mizan, Stacy-Ann Robinson, Romain Weikmanns, David Ciplet and Timmons Roberts. “25 Years of Adaptation Finance through a Justice Lens.” Climatic Change 161(2): 251-269.

2020 Ciplet, David and Jill Harrison. "Mapping tensions in movements for a just and sustainable transition" Environmental Politics 29(3): 435-456.

2019 Ciplet, David. “Means of the marginalized: Embedded transnational advocacy networks and the transformation of neoliberal global governance.” International Studies Quarterly 63(2): 296-309.

2018 Ciplet, David, Kevin Adams, Romain Weikmans and Timmons Roberts. “The Transformative Capability of Transparency in Global Environmental Governance.” Global Environmental Politics 18(3): 130-150.

2017 Ciplet, David, Roberts JT. "Climate change and the transition to neoliberal environmental governance." Global Environmental Change 46: 148-156.

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2017 Ciplet, David. "Subverting the status quo? Climate debt, vulnerability and counter-hegemonic frame integration in United Nations climate politics - a framework for analysis." Review of International Political Economy 24(6): 1052-1075.

2017 Ciplet, David, Roberts JT. "Splintering South: Ecologically Unequal Exchange Theory in a Fragmented Global Climate." Journal of World-Systems Research 23(2): 372-398.

2015 Ciplet, David. “Rethinking Cooperation: Consent and Inequality in International Climate Change Politics.” Global Governance 21(2): 247-274.

2014 Ciplet, David. “Contesting Climate Injustice: Transnational Advocacy Network Struggles for Rights in UN Climate Change Politics.” Global Environmental Politics 14(4).

2014 Chorev, Nitsan, Tatiana Andia Rey and David Ciplet. “The State of States in International Organizations: From WHO to Global Fund.” Review XXXIV(3).

2013 Ciplet, David, Timmons Roberts and Mizan Khan. “The Politics of International Climate Adaptation Funding: Divisions in the Greenhouse.” Global Environmental Politics 13(1) 49-68.

2013 Ciplet, David, Timmons Roberts and Guy Williams. “The Climate and Development Lab: An Experiment in Engaged Education for Global Just Sustainability.” Journal of Sustainability Education Vol. 5.

2012 Cordner, Alissa, David Ciplet, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Phil Brown. “Reflexive Research Ethics for Environmental Health and Justice.” Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest 11(2) 161-176.

Accepted Refereed Journal Articles: 2021 Roberts, Timmons, Romain Weikmanns, Stacy-Ann Robinson, David Ciplet,

Mizan Khan and Danielle Falzon. “Rebooting a Failed Promise on Climate Change.” Nature Climate Change.

Book Chapters:

2018 Ciplet, David and Timmons Roberts. "Splintering South: Ecologically Unequal Exchange Theory in a Fragmented Global Climate" in Frey, S. P. Gellart and H. Dahms eds, Ecologically Unequal Exchange: Environmental Injustice in Comparative Historical Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan Press.

2015 Ciplet, David, Timmons Roberts and Mizan Khan. “Geopolitics” in Bäckstrand, K. and Lövbrand, E. eds., Research Handbook on Climate Governance. Edward Elgar Publishing.

2014 Cordner, Alissa, David Ciplet, Rachel Morello-Frosch and Phil Brown. “Reflexive Research Ethics for Environmental Health and Justice” in Research Ethics and Social Movements: Scholarship, Activism & Knowledge Production, Kevin Gillan and Jennifer Pickerill (eds.) Routledge Press. Reprinted from Social Movement Studies.

Research and Policy Reports:

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2020 Dorman, Diana and David Ciplet. "Bridging the Gap: Finance for Energy Access in the Green Climate Fund." Stockholm Environmental Institute.

2019 Johnson and Krause. "Climate Justice from Below: Local Struggles for Just

Transitions." With contributions from Sanna Markhanen, Maxsensius Tri Sambodo, Shivani Chaudhry, Aaron Eisenberg, Jerald Taylor Aiken, David Ciplet, and Ankit Kumar. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.

2019 Ciplet, David, Magnolia Landa-Posas, Phaedra Pezzullo, Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish, Manuela Sifuentes and Rebecca Hite. “Green and Inclusive: Advancing a Sustainable and Socially Just Transition for Boulder: Study Session Report for the City of Boulder.” The Just Transition Collaborative, University of Boulder Colorado.

2016 Ciplet, David, Phaedra Pezzullo, Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish and Manuela Sifuentes. “A just transition for Boulder’s climate, energy and employment future.” The Just Transition Collaborative, University of Boulder Colorado.

2016 Weikmans, Romain, Timmons Roberts, Joseph Holler, Sandra Guzman, Ian Tellam, David Ciplet, Javier Gonzalez Iwanciw and Saleem Huq. “Submission to the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice: On the development of modalities for the accounting of financial resources provided and mobilized through public interventions in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 7, of the Paris Agreement”

2016 Romain Weikmans, Kevin Adams*, Harry August, Thomas Culver, Caroline Jones, Kai Salem, Austen Sharpe, Stephen Stahr, Andrea Zhu, and David Ciplet. “Assessing Donor Countries’ Transparency: A Review of 2016 Biennial Reports.”

2015 Adams*, Kevin, David Ciplet, Romain Weikmans, Sohum Chokshi, Sonya Gurwitt, Meghan Holloway, Sujay Natson, Jonathan Gewirtzman, Crystal Avila, and Mili Mitra. “Ranking Donor Countries on Their Biennial Reports.” Adaptation Watch, United Kingdom.

2013 Ciplet, David, Timmons Roberts, Pa Ousman, Achala Abeysinghe, Alexis Durand*, Daniel Kopin*, Olivia Santiago*, Keith Madden* and Sophie Purdom*. “A Burden to Share? Addressing Unequal Climate Impacts in the Least Developed Countries.” International Institute for Environment and Development, United Kingdom.

2013 Ciplet, David, Timmons Roberts, Mizan Khan, Spencer Fields* and Keith Madden*. “Least Developed, Most Vulnerable: Have Climate Finance Promises Been Fulfilled for the Least Developed Countries?” Oxford Climate Policy’s European Capacity Building Initiative, United Kingdom.

2012 Ciplet, David, Spencer Fields*, Keith Madden*, Mizan Khan and Timmons Roberts. “The Eight Unmet Promises of Fast-Start Climate Finance.” International Institute for Environment and Development, United Kingdom.

2011 Ciplet, David, Timmons Roberts, Mizan Khan, Linlang He* and Spencer Fields*. “Adaptation finance: How Durban Can Deliver on Past Promises.”

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International Institute for Environment and Development, United Kingdom.

2011 Ciplet, David, Timmons Roberts, Martin Stadelmann, Saleem Huq and Achala Chandani. “Scoring Fast Start Climate Finance: Leaders and Laggards in Transparency.” International Institute for Environment and Development, United Kingdom.

2011 Ciplet, David, Anju Sharma, Achala Chandani, and Saleem Huq. “Reducing Vulnerability Due to Climate Change, Climate Variability and Extremes, Land Degradation and Biodiversity Loss: Environmental and Developmental Challenges and Opportunities for Least Developed Countries.” The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Germany.

2010 Ciplet, David, Achala Chandani, Timmons Roberts, and Saleem Huq. “Fast-Start Adaptation Funding: Keeping Promises from Copenhagen.” International Institute for Environment and Development, United Kingdom.

2010 Ciplet, David, Benito Muller, Timmons Roberts. “How Many People Does it Take to Administer Long-Term Climate Finance?” Oxford Climate Policy’s European Capacity Building Initiative, United Kingdom.

2008 Platt, Brenda, David Ciplet, Kate Bailey and Eric Lombardi. “Stop Trashing the Climate.” Institute for Local Self Reliance, Washington, DC.

Manuscripts Under Review: David Ciplet. From Energy Privilege to Energy Justice: A Framework for Embedded Sustainable Development. Energy Research and Social Science. Revise and Resubmit.

Dorman, Diana* and David Ciplet. “Sustainable Energy for All? Assessing Global Distributive Justice in the Green Climate Fund’s Energy Finance.” Global Environmental Politics. Revise and Resubmit.

Reynolds, Devon* and David Ciplet. “An Environmental Justice Framework for Socially Responsible Investment.” Journal of Business Ethics. Revise and Resubmit.

Robinson, Stacy-ann, Mizan Khan, J Timmons Roberts, Romain Weikmans, and David Ciplet. Sustainable sources of finance for addressing loss and damage from slow onset events. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Revise and Resubmit.

Articles in Preparation: Ciplet, David. “Transformative Just Transition Policy: When Emancipatory

Embeddedness meets Strategic Power.” David Ciplet and Diana Dorman*. “Navigating the Transition to Sustainable Energy for

All: The Mitigation, Equity, and Resilience Maze” Books and Edited Volumes in Preparation:

Ciplet, David and Dorman, Diana. Power Up: The Global Struggle for Justice and Sustainable Energy for All. Under contract with University of California Press.

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Malin, Stephanie, David Ciplet and Jill Harrison. Guest Editors for special issue "Linking Environmental Justice and Sustainability through Community-Based Research" Environmental Justice.

GRANTS 2018 Principal Investigator, Venturewell Foundation, Inclusive Green

Entrepreneurship, $30,000 (declined) 2018 Principal Investigator, Climate Justice Leadership, Boulder County

Office of Sustainability, $10,000 2018 Principal Investigator, the Denver Foundation Environmental Affinity

Group, Inclusive Green Jobs, $15,000, (declined) 2018 Principal Investigator, CU Office of Outreach and Engagement,

Community Outreach Grant, A Just Energy and Climate Transition for Boulder, $10,000, (declined)

2018 Principal Investigator, IMPART Grant, Office of Diversity Equity and Community Engagement, Enhancing Diversity and Inclusivity in the Environmental Studies Curriculum, $4,000

2017 Principal Investigator, A Socially Just Transition for Boulder’s Climate, Energy and Employment Future, The Knight Cities Challenge, (declined)

2017 Principal Investigator, CU Diversity Grant, Inclusive Faculty Hiring and Diversity in Environmental Studies, $3,000

2017 Principal Investigator, Center for Science, Technology and Policy Research, Seed Grant in Innovations in Governance and Sustainability, Just Transition Policy Guidance: An Innovative Governance Approach for Boulder, $6,000, (declined)

2017 Principal Investigator, CU Office of Outreach and Engagement, Community Outreach Grant, A Just Energy and Climate Transition for Boulder, $24,000, (declined)

2017 Principal Investigator, CU Office of Diversity, Equity and Community engagement, Transdisciplinary Graduate Program in Inclusive Excellence, $57,000

2017 Online course development grant, The Office of the Vice Provost for Summer Session, Globalization and the Environment course, $5,000

2017 Principal Investigator, CU Office of Outreach and Engagement, Community Impact Grant, A Just Energy and Climate Transition for Boulder, $6,000

2017 Principal Investigator, Boulder Solar Energy Challenge, City of Boulder, The Just Transition Collaborative: Toward an Equitable Energy Transition for the City of Boulder, $20,000

2017 Principal Investigator, Community engagement for a just energy and climate transition, City of Boulder grant, $5,000

2017 Principal Investigator, Community engagement for a just energy and climate transition, City of Boulder grant, $5,000

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2017 Principal Investigator, Partners for Places, Urban Sustainability Director's Network, $50,000

2016 Principal Investigator, The Philanthropiece Foundation, project: “A just transition for Boulder’s climate, energy and employment future”, $50,000 (for 2017-2019)

2016 Principal Investigator, CU Outreach grant, “A just transition for Boulder’s climate, energy and employment future”, $16,000

2016 Faculty Fellow for Community Based Learning, The Center for Community Based Learning and Research, University of Colorado Boulder, $4,000

2016 Principal Investigator, CU Diversity Grant, Inclusive Faculty Hiring and Diversity in Environmental Studies, $3,000 (denied)

2014 Brown University Department of Sociology Teaching Fellowship, $11,750

2014 Principal Investigator, Center for Environmental Studies Research Grant, $5,000

2012-2013 Principal Investigator, Switzer Environmental Fellowship, $15,000 2012-2013 Principal Investigator, Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, $7,500 2012-2013 Principal Investigator, Brown University Department of Sociology

Dissertation Fellowship, $22,500 2012-2013 Martinus Nijhoff Award, $1,000 2013 Brown University Curriculum Development Grant: Courses include

Power, Justice and Climate Change and Social Science Perspectives on Environmental Issues, $3,000

2011-2012 Principal Investigator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Education Grant (garnered for Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island), $38,000

2011 Principal Investigator Feinberg Fieldwork Award. 2011, $500 2010-2014 Brown University Graduate School Research Funds, $2,000 2011 Watson Institute for International Studies Summer Research Grant,

$1,000 2010-2013 Brown University, International Affairs, Graduate Student

International Travel Award, $2,600 2011 Center for Environmental Studies, $1,800

PEER REVEW OF MANUSCRIPTS 2019 Reviewer for Journal of World Systems Research 2019 Reviewer for manuscript for Polity Press 2017 Reviewer of book prospectus for Polity Press; Reviewer for Climatic

Change 2016 2013

Reviewer for Climatic Change and Palgrave edited volume on Ecologically Unequal Exchange

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Reviewer for International Studies Quarterly and International Journal of Sociology

PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE 2020-current Chair of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity (JEDI) Action

Group 2020-current Co-coordinator of ENVS Environmental Justice speaker series for

spring 2021; Received grant from ENVS Executive Committee 2020-current Co-led development of ENVS Impact Hiring proposal in Natural

Resources and Environmental Justice 2020 Co-drafted STRIDE hiring proposal for a cluster hire in diversity and

the environment; submitted by ENVS to Arts and Sciences in fall 2020

2020 Advised PhD student Micaela Cruce to develop ENVS Inclusive Hiring Website and Protocols utilizing funding from ODECE Diversity Grant

2018-current Executive Committee member, ENVS. Including revisions to the ARPAC study, revision of annual Merit Review and bylaws for ENVS

2020 Member of the ENVS 1001 Redesign Committee 2020-current Member of JEDI Curriculum Working Group 2020-current Member of JEDI Inclusive Hiring Working Group 2020-current ENVS Support and Review Committee for Julie Sexton 2016-current Co-founder and Co-Executive Director for the Just Transition

Collaborative at CU Boulder. Provide research, coordination, outreach, community engagement, and support to the City of Boulder and Boulder County to implement social justice objectives as part of the Climate Action Plan

2019 Initiated and led the organization of the inaugural Environmental Studies Student Project Gala

2019 Member of the ENVS Branding Committee 2018-2019 Hiring committee for Research Associate in Inclusive Research and

Pedagogy 2017-current Member of the Faculty Learning Community; work to improve ENVS

curriculum 2016-current Leader of multi-unit committee and effort, including ENVS, EBIO,

HIST and EDU, to develop and fund Graduate Course in Inclusive Pedagogy, including assessment program

2015-current Member of the Environmental Studies Program New Faculty Group; Co-developed the ENVS draft vision statement, University of Colorado Boulder.

2018-2019 Chair of the ENVS Inclusive Excellence Committee 2016-2018 Co-Chair of the ENVS Inclusive Excellence Committee 2016-2017 Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological

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Association, member of the Nominations Committee to select the Chair, Council Members and Student Representative, fall

2015-2018 Member of the Environmental Studies Graduate Program Committee, University of Colorado Boulder

2016 Member of the Environmental Studies Inclusive Committee; led writing of inclusive excellence statement and diversity grant

2015-current Member of the Environmental Studies Program Environmental Justice Curriculum Committee and Graduate Certificate Program, Co-develop Graduate Certificate in Environmental Justice; coordinate environmental justice program needs, University of Colorado Boulder

2015 Transnational and Global Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association, member of the Nominations Committee to select the Chair, Council Members and Student Representative, fall

2010-2011 Professional Development Committee, Brown University Department of Sociology

ADVISING AND MENTORING 2020-present Principal Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor for Panteleimon

Spyridon Stathopulos 2019-present Principal Advisor for Devon Reynolds, Ph.D. student in ENVS 2017-present Principal Advisor Timothy Molnar, PhD student in ENVS 2019-present Co-Principal Advisor (with ENVS Assistant Professor Cassandra

Brooks) for Diana Dorman, Ph.D. student in ENVS 2019-present Dissertation Committee member for Alex Standen (Ph.D. student in

ENVS) 2020-present Dissertation Committee member for Denise Fernandes (Ph.D. student

in ENVS) 2020-present Dissertation Committee member for Sharmini Nair (Department of

Political Science, Colorado State University) 2019-2020 Member of preliminary exam committee for Alex Standen, Ph.D.

student in ENVS 2016-2019 Dissertation Committee member for Jordan Kincaid (ENVS)

2016-2019 Dissertation Committee member for Lydia Reinig (Communication) 2017-2019 Principal Advisor for Denise Fernandes, PhD student in ENVS 2019 Leader of Guidance Committee for Devon Reynolds 2017-2019 Principal Masters thesis advisor for Diana Dorman, MS candidate in

ENVS. Diana successfully defended her thesis, "Sustainable energy for all? Energy access in the Green Climate Fund" in April 2019. I wrote several recommendation letters for Denise and she received awards, including the 2020 Radford Byerly, Jr. Award in Science and Technology Policy.

2018 Capstone Advisor for the Masters of the Environment Program; advised five capstone groups

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2017-2018 Principal Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor for Emily Schaldach 2017 Graduate Guidance Committee for Urooj Raja, Alex Standen 2017 Supervised a year-long research group of six students, including two

undergraduate students, two Ph.D. students, and two Masters students. Researched and wrote reports on "just transition" planning for the City of Boulder.

2017-2018 Masters thesis committee member for Paul Bowman (ENVS) 2017 Supervised the MENV professional capstone project for Harsha

Maragh on household energy justice 2017 Principal Masters' Internship Advisor for Kevin Adams, 2016-2017 Supervised Naropa Environmental Leadership internship for Masters

student Brenden Nackerman focused on governance of the Just Transition Collaborative

2016-2017 Undergraduate thesis and UROP principle advisor for Claire Lepercq; undergraduate thesis committee member for Nicolai Solomon

2015-2016 Undergraduate thesis committee member, Austen Bernier 2015-2017 Masters Advisor to Kevin Adams

2013-2014 Thesis Committee Member, Brown University Center for Environmental Studies, Jacqueline Ho

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, PAPERS AND ORGANIZED SESSIONS 2020 Dorman, Diana and David Ciplet. Sustainable Energy for All? Assessing Global

Distributive Justice in the Green Climate Fund’s Energy Finance.” American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting

2020 Dorman, Diana and David Ciplet. Sustainable Energy for All? Assessing Global Distributive Justice in the Green Climate Fund’s Energy Finance.” CSTPR.

2018 Damian White, Timmons Roberts and David Ciplet, Session Organizer of "Critical Environmental Sociologies of the Just Transition," XIX ISA World Conference of Sociology, Toronto, Canada.

2017 David Ciplet and Jill Harrison, "Mapping tensions in movements for a just and sustainable transition," Colorado State University Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene Symposium, April.

2017 David Ciplet, "Means of the marginalized: The Global Alliance of Waste Pickers and strategies of resistance to neoliberal governance," American Sociological Association Annual Conference, Regular Session in Transnational Sociology, Engaging the Transnational: State, Social Movement, and Migrants, Montreal, Canada, August.

2017 David Ciplet, "Subverting the status quo? Climate debt, vulnerability and counter-hegemonic frame integration in United Nations climate politics – a framework for analysis," American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Political Economy of the World System Section, Montreal, Canada, August.

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2017 David Ciplet (presented by Timmons Roberts on my behalf), “Adaptation, Inequality and the World System: A Research Agenda,” Bonn Climate Equity Workshop, Bonn, Germany, May.

2016 David Ciplet. “Power Shift: Transnational Commodity Change Activism and the Fate of Fossil Fuels.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Special Session with the former President of the American Sociological Association, Seattle, WA, August.

2015 David Ciplet. “From Diagnosis to Disruption: Towards a Theory of Resistance to Ecologically Unequal Exchange.” Environmentally Unequal Exchange Conference, Knoxville, TN, October.

2015 David Ciplet and Timmons Roberts. “The Rise of Neoliberal Global Climate Governance.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Comparative Historical Sociology Section, Chicago, IL, August.

2015 David Ciplet and Timmons Roberts. “International Climate Governance and Inequality.” Sociology of Development Conference, Brown University, Providence, RI. March.

2014 David Ciplet and Timmons Roberts. “Power in a Warming World.” New England Critical Environmental Studies Network Workshop, Brown University, Providence, RI. November

2014 David Ciplet. “Movements from the Margins: Limits and Opportunities for Justice Network Influence in International Climate Change Politics.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Human Rights Section, San Francisco, CA. August.

2014 David Ciplet and Timmons Roberts. “Inequality and Consent in International Climate Politics.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Special Panel on Environmental Climate Change and Sociology, San Francisco, CA. August.

2013 David Ciplet. “Contesting Climate Injustice: Transnational Advocacy Network Struggles for Regime Rights in UN Climate Change Politics.” Sociology of Development Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. October.

2013 David Ciplet. “King coal, golden gas and Obama’s reconstruction of the energy treadmill: understanding the regulatory opportunity structure.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Environment and Technology round table. New York, NY. August.

2012 David Ciplet and Timmons Roberts. “Understanding transnational advocacy network influence in the international climate regime.” Transnational Strategies for Supporting Collective Capabilities, Brown University. October.

2012 David Ciplet and Sivan Kartha. “Bridging the Gaps in Global Climate Justice.” Sustaining Justice, Greening Peace Conference, Tufts University, Cambridge, MA. October.

2012 David Ciplet and Timmons Roberts. “Power in a warming world.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Political Economy of the World System panel, Denver, Colorado. August.

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2012 David Ciplet. “A future for climate justice? How to bridge the emissions, political and finance gaps.” Beyond Competition? China, Climate Change, Security and the Developing World, Watson Institute at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. April.

2012 David Ciplet and Timmons Roberts. “The politics of climate change adaptation finance.” International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, California. April.

2011 David Ciplet. “Thirty pieces of silver’: lessons from the global climate change negotiations in the use of foreign aid.” Rethinking Development Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. November.

2011 David Ciplet and Timmons Roberts. “Power in a warming world.” Rethinking Development Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. November.

2011 Phil Brown, David Ciplet and Bindu Panikkar. “Eco Youth: A new model of community environmental health engagement.” Brown University Superfund Research Program Research Roundup, Providence, Rhode Island. November.

2011 David Ciplet. “Thirty pieces of silver’: Lessons from the global climate change negotiations on the use of foreign aid.” Watson Institute for International Studies, Back from the field presentations, Providence, Rhode Island. October.

2011 Phil Brown, David Ciplet and Bindu Panikkar. “Eco Youth and Healthy Hospitals: New models of community environmental health engagement in Providence, Rhode Island.” Superfund Research Program National Conference, Lexington, Kentucky. Poster presented: October.

2011 David Ciplet. “Negotiating consent: Least Developed Countries influence in the global climate change negotiations.” Social Theory Forum, UMASS Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. April.

2011 Timmons Roberts, David Ciplet and Mizan Khan. “The Politics of International Climate Change Adaptation Funding: Divisions in the Greenhouse.” International Relations and Climate Change Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. February.

INVITED TALKS, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES 2019 David Ciplet, “A Just Transition for Boulder, Colorado.” United Nations

Research Institute for Social Development. July, 2019. 2018 David Ciplet, “Inequality and International Climate Governance,” United

Nations Global Town Hall for Global Governance Innovation and Reform. Colorado European Center for Excellence, University of Colorado Boulder, July.

2018 David Ciplet, “Inclusive Policy: Challenges and Opportunities for Boulder,” Climate Justice Assembly #1, Boulder, August.

2018 David Ciplet, “Inclusive Policy: A Capabilities Approach,” Climate Justice Assembly #2, Boulder, August.

2018 David Ciplet, “Example Policies in Transportation Justice and Inclusive Green Jobs,” Climate Justice Assembly #3, Boulder, August.

2018 David Ciplet and Magnolia Landa-Posas. “A Just Transition for Boulder and

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Community Engagement,” guest lecture for community engagement course, University of Colorado Boulder, April.

2018 David Ciplet, “Climate change and the transition to neoliberal environmental governance,” guest lecture, Global Environmental Politics course, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom, April

2018 David Ciplet, “Neoliberalism and Environmental Justice,” guest lecture, Environmental Inequality course, Brown University, Providence, April

2017 David Ciplet, "Sustainable energy for all? Tensions between sustainability and justice," Colorado State University, 21st Century Energy Transition Symposium, October.

2017 David Ciplet, “International trade and environmental justice,” guest lecture, Environmental Inequality course, Brown University, Providence.

2017 David Ciplet, “Green jobs with justice,” The Future is Here Speaker Series: Strategies to Address our Changing Workforce Needs, Galvinize, Boulder.

2017 David Ciplet and Manuela Sifuentes, "A just transition for Boulder's climate and energy future," Boulder Energy Challenge, October.

2016 David Ciplet, Co-organizer of the Opportunities in the new green economy workshop, co-sponsored by the Just Transition Collaborative and BoulderTalks, RISE Colorado Latino Business Conference, October 2016.

2016 David Ciplet, Co-organizer of the Power Dialog: Discussing Colorado’s Engagement for a Clean Energy Economy in the 21st Century, University of Colorado Boulder, spring

2016 David Ciplet, “Tips for going on the job market.” ENVD Tricks of the Trade Seminar at CU Boulder, Associate Professor Bruce Goldstein, December.

2016 David Ciplet, “Justice in a Warming World.” CU on Weekend, University of Colorado Boulder. November.

2016 David Ciplet, “Toward a Just Transition.” The Philanthropiece Foundation, Boulder, Colorado. November.

2016 David Ciplet, “Employment in the new green economy.” Rise: The Latino Chamber of Commerce, Longmont, Colorado. October.

2016 David Ciplet, “Global climate justice.” Foundations in Environmental Sociology graduate seminar at CU Boulder, Associate Professor Jill Harrison, October.

2016 David Ciplet, “Global commodity chain activism and the future of fossil fuels.” Sociology course Environment and Justice at CU Boulder, Associate Professor Jill Harrison. April.

2016 David Ciplet, “Climate politics after Paris.” ENVS course Climate Politics and Policy, Associate Professor Max Boykoff. June.

2016 David Ciplet, “Doing our fair share: Climate action after Paris.” Climate and Colorado’s Water Future Workshop. University of Colorado Boulder. March

2016 David Ciplet, “Energy justice from the UN to Colorado.” Energy Justice Roundtable, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. April.

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2016 David Ciplet, “Power in a Warming World: The Great Climate Policy Pivot in Paris.” Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA. April.

2016 David Ciplet, “Energy justice in Colorado.” Panelist, Power Dialog: Discussing Colorado’s Engagement for a Clean Energy Economy in the 21st Century, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO. April.

2015 David Ciplet, “Creating an effective teaching statement.” Teaching statement workshop, ENVS graduate students, CU Boulder. November.

2015 David Ciplet, “Power and inequality at COP 21.” Guest Lecture for the Global Implications of Climate Change Course, Boston College, Boston, MA. December.

2015 David Ciplet, “Expectations for COP 21 in Paris.” Keynote Talk for the Climate, Culture, Collaborative Pre COP 21 Event, Boulder, CO. December.

2015 David Ciplet, “Power in a Warming World.” The Environment Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO. November.

2015 David Ciplet, “False Summit: Power and Parody in the New International Politics of Climate Change.” Environmental Studies Colloquium, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO. October.

2015 David Ciplet, “Contesting Climate Injustice.” Research Talk, Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO. January.

2014 David Ciplet, “Toward Global Climate Justice.” Rhode Island Youth Summit on the Environment.” Brown University, Providence, RI. November.

2014 David Ciplet, “Contesting climate injustice: Transnational advocacy network struggles for regime rights in UN climate change politics.” Middlebury College Environmental Studies Program, Middlebury, VT. January.

2014 David Ciplet, “Power Shift: Class, Coalitions, Conflict and the Regulation of US Coal.” University of Utah Sociology Department. October.

2013 David Ciplet, “Environmental Studies Panel on the Scholarship of Engagement.” Brown University Center for Environmental Studies. March.

2012 David Ciplet, “Towards zero waste communities.” Environmental Action 2012 Conference, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. March.

2012 David Ciplet, “Understanding Transnational Advocacy Network Influence in the International Climate Regime.” Workshop for Society and the Environment, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. November. With Timmons Roberts.

2012 David Ciplet, “Power shift: Obama’s Creative Reconstruction of the Energy Treadmill.” Guest Lecture, Sociology of Natural Resources, undergraduate seminar. Brown University, Providence, RI. November.

2012 David Ciplet, “Consent and Inequality in Global Climate Change Politics.” Guest Lecture, Natural Resources and Environment in the Developing World undergraduate seminar. Brown University, Providence RI. April.

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2011 David Ciplet, “Global environmental governance and international relations: the case of the global climate change negotiations.” Guest Lecture, International Studies undergraduate seminar. Providence College, Providence, RI. April.

2011 David Ciplet, “Discussing Devra Davis: When Smoke Ran Like Water.” Guest Lecture, Environmental Health undergraduate seminar. Brown University, Providence, RI. November.

2011 David Ciplet, “Inequality in global climate change politics.” Brown University Superfund Research Program Research Roundup, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. October.

2011 David Ciplet, “Pursuing reflexive ethics in community-engaged research.” Brown University Superfund Research Program, Providence, Rhode Island. June.

2010 David Ciplet, “Fast-start adaptation funding: Keeping the promises from Copenhagen.” United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Cancun, Mexico. December.

2010 David Ciplet, “Waste, work and climate change: On the struggles of waste pickers.” The World Bank Film Panel, Washington DC. May.

2007 David Ciplet, “Zero waste for zero warming.” Power Shift conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MA. October.

TEACHING Course Design and Instructor 2020

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (fall semester) Taught course ENVS-3030-002: Topics in ENVS Social Sciences: Foundations of Environmental Justice'', 3 credit hours; submitted course proposal

Course Instructor 2020

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (fall semester) Taught course ENVS 4800 Capstone: Climate Justice, 3 credit hours

Course Instructor 2020

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (spring semester) Taught course ENVS 5100 Power, Justice, and Climate Change

Independent Study Instructor 2020

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (spring semester) Taught ENVS 5909 Independent Study, Ph.D. students Diana Dorman and Devon Reynolds in global environmental institutions in preparation for their preliminary exams

Leader of Lab Group 2019

Bi-weekly one-hour meeting of a lab group, which involved four Ph.D. students. In the meetings, we discussed specific themes relevant to the Ph.D. experience, I mentored students, and invited other speakers to share their advice.

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Leader of Power Up Research Lab 2019-2020

Led a bi-weekly one-hour meeting of an energy justice research lab group, which involved one Ph.D. student and one undergraduate student. In these lab group meetings, we read and discussed works of theory and scholarship relevant to the issue of global energy justice, and workshopped each other’s work.

Course Instructor 2019

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (spring semester) Taught course ENVS 5100 Foundations of Environmental Justice, which is the pillar course for the new Graduate Certificate in Environmental Justice

Course Instructor 2019

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (fall semester) Taught course ENVS 4800 Capstone: Climate Justice, 3 credit hours

Course Design and Instructor 2019

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (fall semester) Developed and taught new course ENVS-3030-002: Topics in ENVS Social Sciences: Foundations of Environmental Justice'', 3 credit hours

Instructor 2019

Independent studies, Diana Dorman, Michael Pelligrino and Devon Reynolds, 2 credit hours

Module Instructor 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

University of Colorado Boulder CO, (fall semesters) Course: ENVS 5000 Policy, Science and the Environment, Environmental Studies Program, co-developed and co-taught a module on climate and energy and forests and governance

Instructor 2018

Independent studies, Diana Dorman and Denise Fernandez (fall semester)

Course Design and Instructor 2018

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (fall semester) Developed and taught new course ENVS 4800 Capstone: Climate Justice

Course Design and Instructor 2018

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (summer semester) Developed and taught new distance course ENVS 4100 Special Topics in ENVS: Globalization and the Environment

Instructor 2018

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (spring semester) Developed and taught new course ENVS 5100 Foundations of Environmental Justice, which is the pillar course for the new Graduate Certificate in Environmental Justice (IR: 5.6; CR: 5.1)

Leader of Research Lab 2017

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (fall and spring semester) Led six students in research on just transition related to transportation, household energy, and green jobs for City of Boulder

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Course Design 2017

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (fall semester) Developed new course ENVS 5100 Foundations of Environmental Justice, which is the pillar course for the new Graduate Certificate in Environmental Justice

Instructor 2017

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (spring semester) Course: ENVS 5100, Special Topics in Environmental Studies, Power, Justice and Climate Change, Environmental Studies Program (IR: 5.8; CR: 5.5)

Instructor 2017

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (spring semester) Course: ENVS 2100, Topics in Applied ENVS: Environmental Justice and Community Engagement, Residential Academic Program (IR: 5.4; CR: 4.9)

Instructor 2016

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (fall semester) Course: ENVS 3525, Intermediate Environmental Problem Analysis: Topical Cornerstones: Waste and Global Justice, Environmental Studies Program (IR: 5.7; CR: 5.4)

Instructor 2016

University of Colorado Boulder, CO (spring semester) Course: ENVS 3525, Intermediate Environmental Problem Analysis: Topical Cornerstones: Waste and Global Justice, Environmental Studies Program (IR: 5.4; CR: 4.9)

Instructor 2016

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (spring semester) Course: ENVS 5100, Special Topics in Environmental Studies, Power, Justice and Climate Change, Environmental Studies Program (IR: 5.2; CR: 5.3)

Instructor 2015

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (fall semester) Course: ENVS 2100, Topics in Applied ENVS: Environmental Justice and Community Engagement, Residential Academic Program (IR: 5.0; CR: 4.1)

Co-founder and Co-director 2010-2015

Brown University, Providence, RI Course: Climate and Development Lab

Instructed and mentored students from various disciplines to inform a more just and effective global climate change policy; mentored students in research, writing academic and media-oriented articles, and engaging in policy work in international climate change negotiations

Teaching Assistant 2015

Brown University, Providence, RI (spring semester) Course: Introduction to Environmental Social Science

Contributed to course planning and lectures, mentored students in writing assignments and graded assignments

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Teaching Fellow 2014

Brown University, Providence, RI (fall semester) Course: Transnational Social Movements and the Environment Developed syllabus; Planned and instructed weekly course, mentored students in writing assignments and grade assignments; first through fourth year undergraduate students

Instructor 2015

RI School of Design, Providence, RI (winter semester) Course: Global Climate Justice

Developed syllabus; Planned and instructed weekly course, mentored students in writing assignments and graded

assignments; first through fourth year undergraduate students

Teaching Assistant/Section Leader 2014

Brown University, Providence, RI (spring semester) Course: Globalization and Social Conflict

Lead two sections of 25 students

Co-instructor/ Teaching Assistant 2013

Brown University, Providence, RI (fall semester) Course: Power, Justice and Climate Change Fellowship

Co-developed syllabus. Co-plan and co-instruct weekly course, mentor students in writing assignments and grade assignments; second through fourth year undergraduate students, with 40 students

Co-instructor 2010-2014

Brown University, Providence, RI (eight semesters) Course: Climate and Development Lab

Co-founded program and co-developed syllabus, co-instructed weekly course, mentored students in writing assignments, organized and led student delegations to Cancun and Durban UN climate negotiations; second year undergraduate through Masters level students, with 10-15 students

Coordinator 2010-2012

Brown University, Providence, RI (four semesters) Program: Community Engagement Core

Founded and coordinated the program for Brown students to engage in environmental health and justice projects in the Providence community; regularly mentored students in a variety of projects

OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT Co-director and co-founder, 2016- present Founding member 2019

The Just Transition Collaborative at CU Boulder Provided research, coordination, outreach and support to support the City of Boulder to adopt and implement social justice objectives in its Climate Action Plan Boulder County Climate Resilience Collaborative. Participated in four full-day workshops and one half-day meeting to establish a process and vision for Boulder County and municipalities to pursue

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MEDIA COVERAGE

2017 Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine, University of Colorado Boulder. “Global climate-change pacts moving toward market-based approaches, scholar finds,” research profile, November 29.

2017 CU Engage. "New podcast series ‘The Brink’ shares stories of inequality, struggle and transformation."

2017 Featured on KGNU radio station. Overview of the Brink radio series and the meaning of a just transition.

2017 KGNU. Connections. “The Just Transition Collaborative.” Extended interview on live radio broadcast, January 6.

2016 KGNU. Morning Magazine. “The Just Transition Collaborative.” Extented interview on radio broadcast, December 5.

climate justice. Members include agency leaders of Boulder County, the City of Boulder and the City of Longmont.

Organization partner 2015-2017

AdaptationWatch Collaborated for more transparent and effective finance for adaptation internationally

Radio program founder and producer 2016-present

The Brink Work with KGNU radio station to develop student radio stories and a new series called "The Brink: Stories of Inequality, Struggle and Transformation"

Research Assistant, Community Engagement Coordinator 2010-2012

Superfund Research Program Community Engagement Core Phil Brown and Kim Boekelheide, Principal Investigators Funding: National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences Provided research, coordination, outreach and support to community

groups, state agencies and residents working to mitigate issues of environmental contamination in Rhode Island; supported initiatives including the Healthy Corner Store Initiative, the Community Environmental College, the Science Café, and Clean Up Gorham campaign; I successfully wrote an EPA grant, garnering $38,000 for community partner organization the Environmental Justice League of RI

Lead Organizer 2010-2012

Monthly Speaker Series, Brown University, “The Science Café”

Lead Organizer 2012

Speaker Series, Brown University, “Taking Notice: The Legacy of Rachel Carson and the Future of Environmental Justice”, Brown University, fall

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2016 Climate Home. “Climate finance in 2016: 4 reports you need to read.” Research featured, March 11.

2016 Politifact. “Fact-checking Bill Clinton on Hillary’s big climate change accomplishment.” Quoted, July 28.

2015 Truth-Out. “Whose Lives Matter? A Crisis of Solidarity at the Climate Talks in Paris.” Op-ed, December 10.

2015 Thomson Reuters Foundation News. “How to bridge the climate funding gap for developing nations?” Op-ed, December 9.

2015 Brookings Institute. “Why we (still) need the UN to deliver on climate change.” Co-authored op-ed, October 27.

2015 The Providence Journal. “Move past climate disinformation. Op-ed, May 25.

2014 The Providence Journal. “Climate threat is mainstream issue.” Co-authored op-ed, September 20.

2013 Truth-Out. “A New Frontier for Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform?” Lead author of op-ed, December 4.

2012 The Guardian. “An open letter to Obama from the world’s poorest countries.” Co-authored op-ed, co-wrote and co-produced featured video, November 8.

2012 International Herald Tribune. “As Doha Climate Talks Convene, Report Finds Broken Promises.” Research featured, November 26.

2012 Australia Broadcasting Corporation: Radio Australia. “Climate change negotiations to open in Doha.” Extended interview on live radio broadcast, November 26.

2012 Reuters. “Climate finance falling short for adaptation – research.” Quoted and research featured, November 26.

2012 Bloomberg Businessweek and Washington Post. “Doubts on $30 Billion Climate Aid Threaten UN Talks.” Research featured, November 26.

2012 The Guardian. “Climate change adaptation cash for poor countries fails to materialize.” Quoted and research featured, November 26.

2012 The Economic Times of India. “UN Climate Change Negotiations 2012: Industrialized Countries fail to provide $30 bn to tackle climate change in developing countries.” Research featured, November 25.

2012 Allianz: Open Knowledge. “A way forward for the climate talks.” Quoted and research featured, November 26.

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2012 IRIN News. “Climate change. Underfunding leaves poor unable to adapt.” Quoted and research featured, November 26.

2012 Climate Wire. “Poorer nations demand more aid to deal with consequences of global warming.” Quoted and research featured, November 26.

2011 The China Daily. “Future of climate change diplomacy on the line.” Lead author of article, November 25.

2010 The New York Times: Dot Earth. “The Money Gap in the Climate Fight.” Research featured, November 17.

2010 Washington Post. “Countries fall short in climate adaptation funds.” Research featured, November 17.

2010 Voice of America. “Report says rich must invest more in climate adaptation.” Research featured, November 17.

2010 Voice of the South. “Rich nations failing to keep Copenhagen promise to help poor nations adapt to climate change.” Research featured, November 17.

2008 National Public Radio: All Things Considered. “Detroit Faces Decision on Trash Incinerator.” Quoted in radio story, June 5.

2008 The New York Times. “Waste to energy plants a waste of energy, recycling advocates say.” Quoted and research featured, July 4.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2018 LEAP Leadership Training, University of Colorado Boulder 2018 UndocuAlly Training, ODECE, University of Colorado Boulder 2010 Brown International Advanced Research Institutes, Development

and Inequality, Brown University 2-week intensive course and collaborative research program

2010-2015 Trainee in the Graduate Program in Development, Brown University

2010-present

American Sociological Association member of sections including Development Sociology, Political Economy and the World System, Transnational Sociology, Environment and Technology, Political Sociology, Human Rights and Sociological Practice and Public Sociology