Daniel Kammen

Daniel M. Kammen is the Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering. He works on energy and environmental science, policy and analysis, and has extensive field experience in Latin American, southeast Asia and China, and in Africa, which has been a focal point of his work for two decades. He has founded or is on the board of over 10 companies, and serves the State of California and the U. S. federal government in expert and advisory capacities, as well as the Attorney General of California, and the Minister for Science and Technology in Ethiopia.

The focus of Kammen’s work is on the science and policy of clean, renewable energy systems, energy efficiency, the role of energy in national energy policy, international climate debates, and the use and impacts of energy sources and technologies on development, particularly in Africa and Latin America. Kammen has published five books, over 200 journal articles and 30 research reports. He has testified many times to the U. S. House and Senate, and to the legislatures in California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New York, and Washington. He is an advisor to the UK and Swedish governments on energy and environment, and the Secretary General of the United Nations as well as UNEP and UNDP. He advises California Governor Schwarzenegger on energy issues, and works closely with Mary Nichols of the California Air Resources Board. Kammen’s team helped to develop the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

Additional Information:

• Daniel Kammen’s homepage

Publications:

• Green Jobs and the Clean Energy Economy
• Synthesis Report – Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges, and Decisions