Posts tagged Author - Kelly Sims Gallagher
US RD&D: Make it more inclusive, more impactful
US RD&D: Make it more inclusive, more impactful

The International Energy Agency’s recent Clean Energy Innovation assessment is that more than 50% of the technologies needed for the attainment of net zero greenhouse gas emissions targets by 2050 are not yet commercialized and need rapid acceleration. Considering the global climate crisis, research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) spending on clean energy needs to be higher and more effective. Bipartisan support for spending on clean energy innovation has been a fixture of the US Congress over the past decade. Now as Congress debates the path forward for this investment, more attention should be given to how to improve outcomes from new appropriations.

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Climate SmartClimate Policy LabAuthor - Kelly Sims Gallagher, energy, energy RD&D, 2021, policy brief Comments
Congress Should Approve a Federal Green Bank to Promote a Just Energy Transition
Congress Should Approve a Federal Green Bank to Promote a Just Energy Transition

As Congress continues to debate infrastructure legislation, it should endorse a proven model for addressing the complex political landscape in the United States: Green banks. The Biden administration is proposing the establishment of a $27 billion “Clean Energy & Sustainability Accelerator’ which, in effect, would be a federal green bank. A new report from Climate Policy Lab argues that a federal green bank can be “one of the best tools in the country’s toolbox for ensuring a just energy transition” by targeting communities being left behind

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Climate SmartClimate Policy LabAuthor - Kelly Sims Gallagher, Author - Amy Myers Jaffe, green banks, policy brief, energy transition Comments
Trends in US Public Investment in Low-Carbon RD&D
Trends in US Public Investment in Low-Carbon RD&D

President Joe Biden’s first budget release provides an initial glimpse of the Biden Administration’s priorities for technological innovation in low-carbon energy. Importantly, the fiscal year (FY) 2022 request would sharply increase US government investments in research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) in energy efficiency and renewables.

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Climate SmartClimate Policy LabAuthor - Kelly Sims Gallagher, Author - Laura Diaz Anadon, Climate SmartComment
Climate Proofing China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
Climate Proofing China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Last fall, President Xi Jinping surprised the world with his announcement that China would achieve climate neutrality by 2060. This bold step and accelerates an already long list of major Chinese national efforts that not only will help China transform its domestic economy, but also put China in a leadership position globally with respect to having a mid-century target.

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Climate SmartClimate Policy LabKelly Sims Gallagher, Qi Qi, BRI, China, climate neutrality, clean energy, renewable energy, national emissions trading system, carbon pricing, Author - Kelly Sims Gallagher, Author - Qi Qi, Research Focus - China Belt and Road InitiativeComment