Roger Raufer is an independent consulting engineer with more than thirty years of private-sector experience in dealing with environmental impacts in the energy sector.He has worked as a consultant for the United Nations addressing environmental issues in China since 1990, and spent four years (2001-2005) as a Technical Advisor in the Division for Sustainable Development at U.N. headquarters in New York.  He has similarly worked on energy/environmental projects for the World Bank and U.S. AID in numerous countries around the world.  Dr. Raufer holds a Ph.D. in Energy Management and Policy from the University of Pennsylvania, with one of the very first doctoral dissertations addressing emissions trading (1984).He also holds degrees in chemical engineering, environmental engineering, and political science; and he is a registered Professional Engineer in a number of U.S. states.He has written two books on the role of emissions trading in environmental management.

Courses Taught

• ENVS 630 Global Energy Systems and Policy
  This is a survey course addressing the wide range of energy systems employed throughout the world; the principal impacts associated with such systems; and the role that energy plays in sustainable development. The course will utilize a sustainable development framework, following the efforts of such organizations as the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and others in addressing global energy systems and policy. The course will address such topics as the on-going role of conventional energy systems; renewable and advanced technology energy supply technologies; energy resources and peak oil concerns; energy security; efficiency considerations; environmental and health concerns; rural energy and the Millennium Development Goals; and energy indicators for addressing sustainable development policies. It will use the Peoples Republic of China as a case study, exploring how these individual topics are being addressed within that country; examining the nature of the energy transformation now occurring there; and exploring potential Chinese options for sustainable development.