Kelly Sims Gallagher
@kellysimsgallagher.bsky.social
Dean and Professor, The Fletcher School at Tufts University
Kelly Sims Gallagher is a professor of energy and environmental policy and Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Gallagher was appointed the dean in 2024, and retains her appointments as director of the Center for International Environment & Resource Policy and the Climate Policy Lab at Tufts. Her research focuses on energy technology and climate policy across the United States and China. .. more
Economics
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Energy
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Common themes include:
-Coordination shortfalls
-Weak enforcement mechanisms
-Institutional capacity gaps
-Misaligned incentives
-Competing goals
-Inadequate finance
-Skills gaps
and much more. . .
-Coordination shortfalls
-Weak enforcement mechanisms
-Institutional capacity gaps
-Misaligned incentives
-Competing goals
-Inadequate finance
-Skills gaps
and much more. . .
The countries studied are: Brazil, China India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Of course implementation gaps can be found in places like the USA (!) too, but our study focused on this set of countries.
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Brazil has declared #COP30 to be the "implementation" COP. You might wonder, how are countries doing on implementing their climate targets?
Read our analysis here: tinyurl.com/3tpkwvau
Read our analysis here: tinyurl.com/3tpkwvau
Assessing the Policy Gaps for Achieving China’s Carbon Neutrality Target
The global commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions requires reform of existing policies, the formulation of new policies, and concrete policy implementation in every country. This pape...
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New article out today on whether or not #China is on track to achieve its #carbon neutrality target. This matters because China is the largest GHG emitter. We find China is on track to peak its emissions before 2030 but key policy gaps remain. Available open access:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Early morning walk this morning in #WashingtonDC and moved by the eternal words of Abraham Lincoln that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth.”
Appreciate the @carnegieendowment.org for hosting us to discuss bipartisanship & U.S. foreign policy. Thanks to @chriscoons.bsky.social for joining @dandrezner.bsky.social and me. Thoughtful dialogue on areas of common ground is more important than ever.