Stephen Hammer
Dr. Stephen Hammer recently served as Executive Director of the China Energy Smart Cities Initiative at the Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE). Dr. Hammer was previously Director of the Urban Energy Program at Columbia University’s Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy, where he led a team conducting research on energy markets, technology, policy and regulation in cities. Dr. Hammer continues to teach courses on energy policy-making in cities to graduate students at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2007, Dr. Hammer co-founded the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN), an international consortium of academic researchers focused on the analysis of climate change as it relates to cities around the world. Dr. Hammer is a member of New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s Energy Policy Task Force; a climate change policy advisor to the State of New York; and a consultant to the World Bank, where he works on a project exploring how to promote energy efficiency in developing country cities. Dr. Hammer holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, a masters degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a bachelors degree in environmental policy analysis and planning from the University of California at Davis.
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- Nathaniel Aden , World Resources Institute
- Edward Cunningham , Boston University
- Erica Downs , The Brookings Institution
- Meredydd Evans , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Barbara Finamore , Natural Resources Defense Council
- Sarah Forbes , World Resources Institute
- David Fridley , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Kelly Sims Gallagher , Tufts University
- Banning Garrett , Atlantic Council
- Stephen Hammer , Columbia University / MIT
- Mikkal Herberg , Pacific Council on International Policy
- Isabel Hilton , Chinadialogue
- Trevor Houser , Peterson Institute for International Economics
- S.T. Hsieh , Tulane University
- Angel Hsu , Yale University
- Robert Kapp , Robert A. Kapp and Associates
- Albert Keidel , Atlantic Council
- David Kline , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Bo Kong , Johns Hopkins University
- Michael Levi , Council on Foreign Relations
- Mark Levine , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- Joanna Lewis , Georgetown University
- Kenneth Lieberthal , The Brookings Institution
- Denise Mauzerall , Princeton University
- Irving Mintzer , Potomac Energy Fund
- Kevin Mo , Natural Resources Defense Council
- Chris Nielsen , Harvard University
- Rose Niu , World Wildlife Fund
- Stephanie Ohshita , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Lynn Price , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- David Pumphrey , Center for Strategic and International Studies
- JingJing Qian , Natural Resources Defense Council
- Rod Quinn , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Deborah Seligsohn , World Resources Institute
- Monisha Shah , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Bo Shen , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Edward Steinfeld , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Kevin Tu , Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Jennifer Turner , Woodrow Wilson Center
- Alex Wang , UC Berkeley Boalt Law School
- Elizabeth Wilson , University of Minnesota
- Zhang Xiaoquan , The Nature Conservancy
- Nan Zhou , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Data Sources
BP Statistical Review of World Energy
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (ORNL)
China Energy Databook (LBNL)
Climate Analysis Indicator Tool (CAIT)
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
International Energy Agency (IEA)
The World Bank
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
