Kelly Sims Gallagher

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2012

"Climate Change: The Clock Keeps Ticking"

Magazine or Newspaper Article, CAIJING Annual Edition: Forecasts and Strategies

By William R. Moomaw and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

"With its extensive manufacturing capacity, China could continue to forge alliances with private companies in the United States, Europe and Japan to transform not only its own economy, but help to build the carbon protective, low carbon energy systems for the world."

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May 7, 2009

"China to the Rescue?"

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Foreign Policy

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

"...[T]he Chinese may not buy GM's and Ford's assets today, but they could rescue the U.S. industry in another way: by setting an example  of good industrial policy for the United States to follow. Fuel efficiency standards in China, Japan, and even some European countries will push up demand for these sorts of cars. If U.S. firms are to remain internationally competitive, they will need to have more to offer in this regard. But Washington will also have to motivate American consumers to purchase efficient cars...."

Winter 2008

"Thinking Globally"

Magazine or Newspaper Article, John F. Kennedy School of Government Bulletin

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

Kelly Sims Gallagher is director of the Kennedy School’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group and advises the United States and Chinese governments on a variety of energy issues. 

October 14, 2008

Memo to the Next President: Addressing the Energy Crisis

Media Feature

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

In this exclusive web video, Kelly Sims Gallagher, director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group, outlines the priorities on which the next president should focus in order to address the energy crisis and climate change.

May 28, 2009

"Harvard's Gallagher Discusses New Report on Energy Policy Challenges Facing U.S."

Media Interview Transcripts

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

Will the Obama administration's plan for vehicle emissions standards and auto efficiency affect consumer behavior? During today's OnPoint, Kelly Sims Gallagher, director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, gives her take on the administration's recent auto emissions announcement and whether it will have any significant effects on the environment. Gallagher, editor of the new report, "Acting in Time on Energy Policy," explains why she believes Congress should consider a variable tax on the price of oil as part of the United States' energy policy.

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Spring 2010

"Scholars' Views Vary on Copenhagen Successes"

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter

By Jeffrey Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group and Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements

"Belfer Center participants in the 2009 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (UNFCCC) agreed that while the summit did not produce the treaty most wanted, it did make some significant progress. They disagree, however, on how much. Professors Jeffrey Frankel, Kelly Sims Gallagher, and Robert Stavins, all members of the Belfer Center Board of Directors, offer their takeaways from the event."

Martha Stewart

Spring 2009

"Preliminary Policy Recommendations for Enhancing Energy Innovation in the U.S."

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter

By Laura Diaz Anadon, Associate Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program; Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group and Charles Jones, Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

The Obama administration and the 111th Congress face enormous challenges and opportunities in tackling the pressing security, economic, and environmental problems posed by the energy sector in the United States and worldwide. Improving the technologies of energy supply and end-use is a prerequisite for surmounting these challenges in a timely and cost-effective way. This article is adapted from the executive summary of the Belfer Center Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) report, "Tackling U.S. Energy Challenges and Opportunities," by Laura Diaz Anadon, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Matthew Bunn, and Charles Jones.

Fall 2004

"Climate Change Hits Wall Street"

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

The Belfer Center's Energy Technology Innovation Project (ETIP), along with the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) and the Kennedy School's Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at the Center for Business and Government, convened key financiers, state treasurers, and pension fund trustees at Harvard on September 23 for a conference entitled "Sustainability and Risk: Climate Change and Fiduciary Duty for the Twenty-First Century Trustee."

April 19, 2007

"Sea Change in the Politics of Climate"

Op-Ed, PostGlobal, A Conversation on Global Issues with David Ignatius and Fareed Zakaria

By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

Kelly Sims Gallagher and John P. Holdren weigh in on climate change on PostGlobal, a Newsweek- and Washington Post-sponsored online forum hosted by David Ignatius and Fareed Zakaria.

March 10, 2005

Untie Utilities' Hands on Coal

Op-Ed, The Albuquerque Journal

By Jennie Stephens, Former Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group