David Keith

Professor of Public Policy , HKS
Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Office Address
Littauer-365
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 54
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 403-775-6162
Email: David_Keith@hks.harvard.edu
David Keith

Courses

Spr Mod4

  • IGA-408M Learning from the Failure of Climate Policy

Media Expertise

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journal/Scholarly Articles
    • Keith, David. "End the Deadlock on Governance of Geoengineering Research." Science 339.6125 (March 2013): 1278-1279.
    • Safaei, Hossein, David W. Keith, and Ronald J. Hugoc. "Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) with Compressors Distributed at Heat Loads to Enable Waste Heat Utilization." Applied Energy 103 (March 2013): 165–179.
    • Keith, David, and Andy Parker. "The Fate of an Engineered Planet." Scientific American 308.1 (January 2013): 34-36.
    • Moreno-Cruz, Juan B., and David W. Keith. "Climate Policy Under Uncertainty: A Case for Solar Geoengineering." Climatic Change (May 17, 2012).
    • Ricke, Katharine L., Daniel J. Rowlands, William J. Ingram, David W. Keithand, and M. Granger Morgan. "Effectiveness of Stratospheric Solar-Radiation Management as a Function of Climate Sensitivity." Nature 2.5 (May 2012): 92–96.
    • MacMynowski, Douglas G., David W. Keith, Ken Caldeira, and Ho-Jeong Shin. "Can We Test Geoengineering?" Energy & Environmental Science 4 (October 2011): 5044-5052.
    • Moreno-Cruz, Juan B., Katharine L. Ricke, and David W. Keith. "A Simple Model to Account for Regional Inequalities in the Effectiveness of Solar Radiation Management." Climatic Change 110.3 (May 31, 2011): 649-668.
    • Keith, David. "LEED, Energy Savings, and Carbon Abatement: Related but Not Synonymous." Environmental Science and Technology 45.5 (February 3, 2011): 1757–1758.
  • Magazine and Newspaper Articles
    • Keith, David. "Dirty Distraction." Technology Review. November 1, 2011.
  • Reviews
    • Keith, David. "Reshaping the Energy Landscape." Review of Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century, by Burton Richter. Physics Today, 64.1, January 2011: 56.