Professor Steve Davis is Head of Climate Science, where he bridges scientific excellence with best-in-class technological innovation to help build actionable climate programs for businesses to achieve and maintain net zero emissions. A research scientist with more than 120 publications, Steve is the lead author of the mitigation chapter of the forthcoming National Climate Assessment (NCA5) and a contributing author of the energy systems chapter of the latest IPCC assessment report (AR6). Most recently Professor of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine, where he researched global energy infrastructure, agricultural production, GHG emissions, and international trade. Steve studied political philosophy at the University of Florida, earned a law degree at the University of Virginia, practiced corporate and securities law in Silicon Valley, and did his graduate work in isotope geochemistry and paleoclimate at Stanford University.