Dave Sawyer is a leading environmental economist with a long track record in solving policy challenges for sustainable development in Canada and around the world. His work focuses on the economics of reducing carbon pollution and the dangerous costs of climate change.
Sawyer operates EnviroEconomics as an advisor and supports the Canadian Climate Institute as its principal economist. Sawyer is a school fellow at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy. He has taught graduate level environmental economics courses at the University of Ottawa, is a Fellow at the Carleton University’s School of Public Policy, and a past-Executive in Residence with Smart Prosperity at the University of Ottawa. He also previously served as vice-president of climate, energy and partnerships at the International Institute for Sustainable Development.