Benjamin Weinger

Benjamin Weinger is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. As a political geographer, their research explores the history and politics of planetary climate planning, normative dimensions of climate governance, and heterodox movements for climate justice. From 2021–23 they served as a climate fellow in the Office of Sustainability of the City of Los Angeles researching institutional logics of urban climate governance. From 2024–25 they served in the intergovernmental support and collective progress division of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, supporting negotiations, reporting, and the work of the subsidiary bodies. Benjamin holds a BA in geography and anthropocene studies from New York University and an MA in Geography from UCLA. Their work has been published in Global Environmental Change, Political Geography, and Environmental Development and has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.