Trevor Sutton

Senior Research Associate, Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy

Trevor Sutton, a Senior Research Associate at CGEP, focuses on the intersection of trade, climate, and industrial policy and leads the center’s Program on Trade and the Clean Energy Transition. Trevor previously served as Research Director of the Remaking Global Trade for a Sustainable Future Project and was a co-author of a seminar report on trade system reform, the Villars Framework for a Sustainable Trade System. He has also served in various roles at the Center for American Progress, most recently as a Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment, and the United Nations. Prior to these positions, Trevor served as a judicial clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Trevor has a BA from Stanford University, a JD from Yale Law School, and an MPhil from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar.

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TCSD 2025 combines a number of live-cast public panels with a series of closed thematic brainstorming sessions and lunchtime dives, designed to deepen dialogue and generate ideas for practical outcomes, collaborations, and pathways forward.