Climate Policy Performance
About the Research
CPL assists governments by evaluating mitigation and adaptation policies against government goals with an eye to promoting greater ambition and improved economic outcomes. We not only assess policy design but also policy implementation. Our methodology combines development of policy inventories, systems dynamics modeling, and expert elicitation.
Kuhl, Laura (2019). Synergies between Climate Policies and the Sustainable Development Goals in Haiti. Available at SSRN. (February 28, 2019).
Huang, Ping, Li, Ping. (2019). Politics of urban energy transitions: new energy vehicle (NEV) development in Shenzhen, China. Environmental Politics.
Gallagher, K.S., Zhang, Fang, et.al. (2019). Assessing the Policy gaps for achieving China’s climate targets in the Paris Agreement. Nature Communications.
Gallagher, K.S. and Xuan, X. (2019). Titans of the Climate: Explaining Policy Process in the United States and China. MIT Press.
Mazzucato, M., Semieniuk, G., Gallagher, K.S., Huang, P. et al. (2018). Bridging the gap: The role of innovation policy and market creation. UN Environment Programme Emissions Gap Report 2018, pp. 52-60.
Bhandary, Rishikesh Ram. Opportunities and Challenges in International Cooperative Approaches of the Paris Agreement. Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 12, Issue 3, 2018.
Zhang, F., Huang, K. (2017). The role of government in industrial energy conservation in China: Lessons from the iron and steel industry. Energy for Sustainable Development (39), 101-114.
Funk, P., Xue, L. Liang, Z., Gallagher, K.S., Cowhey, P. F., Fuchs, E.R.H. (2017). Why China needs data sharing to address its air-quality challenge. Natl Sci Rev 2017 doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwx059
Davis, L.W. and Metcalf, G.E. "Does Better Information Lead to Better Choices? Evidence from Energy-Efficiency Labels" Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Vol. 3 Iss. 3 (2016) p. 589 - 625
Qi, Q. and Gallagher, K.S. (2020). Inventory of Chinese Policies for Domestic and Overseas Investments. The Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. See interactive and updated version here.
Bhandary, R., and van der Wansem, M. (2019). Implementing Paris Pledges: Highlights from African LDCs. CIERP Climate Policy Lab Policy Brief.
Kates-Garnick, B., Freudenstein, P., Gillis, J., Mann, S., Mohan, P., and Palumbo, M. (2018). The Future of Transportation: Symposium Proceedings and Discussion. Medford, MA. Climate Policy Lab.
Gallagher, K. S. and Qi, Q. (2018). Policies Governing China’s Overseas Development Finance: Implications for Climate Change. Medford, MA. Climate Policy Lab.
Narassimhan, E., Gallagher, K. S., Koester, S. and Rivera Alejo, J. (2017). Carbon Pricing in Practice: A Review of the Evidence. Medford, MA. Climate Policy Lab.
Bhandary, R. R., Gopalakrishnan, T., Kuhl, L., Tessier, L., Gallagher, K.S., Metcalf, G.E. (2016). Post Paris Research Needs in Climate Policy. CIERP Energy, Climate and Innovation Discussion Paper 12.
Gallagher, K.S. (2016) The Carbon Consequences of China’s Overseas Investments in Coal. CIERP Policy Brief.
Mehling, Michael A., Gilbert E. Metcalf, and Robert N. Stavins. (2019). Linking Heterogeneous Climate Policies (Consistent with the Paris Agreement). Environmental Law 8, no. 4 (2019): 647–698.
Narassimhan, E., Gallagher, K. S., Koester, S. and Rivera Alejo, J. (2017). Carbon Pricing in Practice: A Review of the Evidence. Medford, MA. Climate Policy Lab.
Bhandary, R., Gallagher, K.S., Zhang, F. (2021). Climate finance policy in practice: a review of the evidence. Climate Policy.
Gallagher, K.S., Qi, Q. “Chinese Overseas Investment Policy: Implications for Climate Change,” Global Policy, (May 6, 2021).
Gallagher, K.S. and L.D. Anadon. (2021). "DOE Budget Authority for Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Database," Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge; and Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. July 6, 2021.
Fakhry, R., Gallagher, K.S., Gerrard, M., Martella, R. "Net-Zero by 2050: How Should We Achieve a Carbon-Free U.S. Economy?" The Environmental Forum. 2021. (2021).
Griffin, P., Jaffe, A.M. "Challenges for a climate risk disclosure mandate" Nature Energy Journal. (2021).
Narassimhan, E., Gallagher, K.S., Gopalakrishnan, T. "India’s policy pathways for deep decarbonisation" Observer Research Foundation. (2021).
Gallagher, K.S., Koester, S., Narassimhan, E. "Carbon Pricing in the US: Examining State-Level Policy Support and Federal Resistance." Politics and Governance. (2022).
Lazetic, Marina; Jacobsen, Karen, “Climate change, social justice, and dislocation in the United States: Recommendations for Policy Makers.” Policy Brief, Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School, April 2022.
Lokarajan, Jayashri; Toft, Monica, “Climate Change-Induced Disrupting Threats and US National Security” Policy Brief, Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School, April 2022.
Gopalakrishnan, Tarun, Narassimhan, Easwaran, Gallagher, Kelly Sims,“Pathways for Deep Decarbonization: Aligning India’s NDC Submission with its Net-Zero Ambition.” Policy Brief, Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School at Tufts University, September 2022.
Liu, H., Zhang, F., Qi, Q., Franck, T. & Gallagher, K.S. “China’s Climate Policies and Actions in 2022.” Policy Brief, Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School at Tufts University, March 2023.
