The Role of Emissions Trading in Combatting Climate Change

Aaron Director Lecturer in Law and Economics at
the University of Chicago Law School Chairman &
CEO of the American Financial Exchange

Dr. Richard L. Sandor holds a PhD in economics from the University of
Minnesota. He is currently the Aaron Director Lecturer in Law and Economics
at the University of Chicago Law School, and an honorary Professor at the
University of Hong Kong and the School of Economics at Fudan University.
He formerly taught at academic institutions such as University of California
Berkeley, Northwestern University and Columbia University where he
taught the first course in environmental finance at a business school.
Among his many activities and achievements, Dr. Sandor is the founder
of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) – the world's first exchange to
facilitate the reduction and trading of all six greenhouse gases. In 2007, he
was named the "father of carbon trading" by Time Magazine for his work
in designing, developing, and launching CCX and affiliated exchanges. In
2003, he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science, honoris
causa, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). In October 2013,
Dr. Sandor was awarded the title of Chevalier dans la Legion d’Honneur
(Knight of the Legion of Honor) in France, for his accomplishments in the
field of environmental finance and carbon trading.

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