Timothy Arvan

Selected public-facing writing

I co-authored an LSE USAPP blog with Deborah Beim on the implications of "lawfare" for democratic accountability (6/24/2026)
I wrote an article for the Georgetown Public Policy Review on environmentalism in the Bay Area (5/10/2026)
I co-developed a case-based training module on building energy use analysis as a UM IES graduate fellow (2025)
I wrote a Bennett School of Public Policy (Cambridge) blog on US-China climate cooperation (10/28/2021)
I was a regular contributor to the The Burn Bag newsletter on climate and energy security issues (2021)
I co-authored a white paper with economists at SEAS advising UM on its carbon neutrality strategy (4/5/2020)
I wrote a Climate Blue blog about economic diversification as a climate adaptation strategy (1/7/2019)
I submitted public comment opposing MDEQ air quality permit approvals for UM's Central Power Plant (8/15/2018)

I participated on a panel advising UM undergraduate researchers about about grad school opportunities (3/19/2024)
I commented on my expectations for COP26 to the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights (11/18/2021)
I spoke about scaling up climate law and governance capacity at UNFCCC COP26 (11/06/2021)
I was interviewed on The Green Room (CTN Ann Arbor TV) about the UNFCCC (9/6/2019)
I gave a public talk for Citizens' Climate Lobby about "bringing home" the COP with local climate action (6/30/2019)
I was interviewed on The Green Room (CTN Ann Arbor TV) about the politics of carbon pricing (6/7/2019)
I co-presented with Maanya Umashaanker reflections from COP24 at the Ann Arbor District Library (1/28/2019)
I discussed the IPCC's Special Report on warming of 1.5°C on the It's Hot in Here podcast, WCBN-FM Ann Arbor (10/19/2018)
I was interviewed for a Michigan Daily article on students' attitudes about climate change (9/27/2018)
I was interviewed for a Michigan Daily article on UM's climate goals and action (9/18/2018)

At COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland