WHAT'S NEW
John P. Holdren was named Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director-Designate of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
John P. Holdren discussed global climate change on WRKO's Finneran's Forum on August 4, 2008. Listen to the broadcast here.
John P. Holdren has been named a Guest Professor of Tsinghua University ("the MIT of China") for a period of three years. He was installed on May 26, 2008.
John P. Holdren was a guest on CBS's "The Late Show with David Letterman" on April 17, 2008, where he gave Dave and the audience a dose of climate science and policy analysis. Read a recap of the show or view a video clip of the interview.
John P. Holdren and Kelly Sims Gallagher are cited extensively in The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future: Summary of a Meeting.
Kelly Sims Gallagher was invited to serve as a Lead Author of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA). The GEA is a major, multi-year, international effort supported by UN organizations including UNDP and UNIDO, the World Bank, governments, and NGOs analagous to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Gallagher's role is to focus on policy for energy innovation.
John P. Holdren was named to a Harvard task force on greenhouse gas emissions by President Drew Faust, charged with examining Harvard's emissions and recommending a University-wide greenhouse gas reduction goal.
ETIP launches an energy R&D project, with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Climate Change Initiative.
Henry Lee has been appointed to serve on the National Academies Transportation Research Board's "Committee for a Study of Potential Energy Savings and Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Transportation".
Kelly Sims Gallagher has been appointed to the "Task Force on Innovation" under the auspices of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). The goal of the task force is to "explore the role of innovative technologies and their supporting policy innovations in achieving China's goal of creating an environmentally-friendly society by 2020." The report will go to Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan in late 2008.
The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and ETIP hosted a Joint Workshop on IGCC & Co-Production and CO2 Capture & Storage on May 23-24, 2007 in Beijing.
Read about ETIP's Innovation in Transportation project, in which ETIP researchers are investigating policies for promoting innovation in the automotive and fuels sectors.
At the UNFCCC meeting in Bali, John P. Holdren was interviewed for a Newsweek web exclusive about climate change in a feature titled, "Talking Up Climate."
ETIP Fellow Hongyan He Oliver responds to readers' questions about vehicle pollution control technologies and policies on the New York Times blog, "China: Choking on Growth."
Winter 2008
"Thinking Globally"
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 30, 2007
Kelly Sims Gallagher a Discussant at Hamilton Project Event on Climate Change
Kelly Sims Gallagher served as a discussant during a two-part Hamilton Project forum on ideas for mitigating climate change through market mechanisms and new technologies. The forum was hosted by The Brookings Institute and held in their Washington, DC office.
AP
October 24, 2007
ETIP's Kelly Sims Gallagher at Chicago Public Radio/The Economist Debate on China's Environmental Legacy
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group's Kelly Sims Gallagher participated in a debate, "Will China's Rise Lead to an Environmental Catastrophe?" on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, which was sponsored by Chicago Public Radio and The Economist magazine.
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Fall 2007
"Professor John P. Holdren Moderates the Energy & Climate Panel at the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting"
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
John P. Holdren, director of the Belfer Center's Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, moderated the Energy & Climate panel "Stabilizing the Climate: Pathways to Success" at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York on September 27, 2007.
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Summer 2007
"Recent Findings from Climate Science and their Implications for Policy"
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
John P. Holdren was the lead panelist at the first Informal Thematic Debate of the General Assembly, United Nations, New York.
June 15, 2007
"Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission"
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
The economic and national security of the United States is now inextricably connected to China’s energy consumption with respect to the environment, oil and gas security, and the economy.
February 15, 2007
"Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being"
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Presidential Lecture for the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco.
