Danny Cullenward

Danny Cullenward is an economist and lawyer focused on the scientific integrity of climate policy. His book, Making Climate Policy Work (with David G. Victor), shows how political forces make green industrial policy more effective than carbon pricing.

Dr. Cullenward is a Senior Fellow with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, a Senior Fellow with the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University, and the a Visiting Faculty Researcher at Google Research. He previously held research and teaching appointments at UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Carnegie Institution for Science, and Stanford University.

In addition to his research, Dr. Cullenward actively participates in legal and policy processes. He is a member of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Independent Standards Board, the vice chair of California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee, and a member of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism’s Methodological Expert Panel. He has given invited expert testimony at more than a dozen legislative hearings, served as an independent expert witness in litigation, represented scientists in amicus legal briefs, and authored dozens of technical comment letters to government regulators and private standard-setting bodies.

Dr. Cullenward holds a JD from Stanford Law School and a PhD in Environment and Resources from Stanford University, where he also earned an MS in Management Science and Engineering and a BS with interdisciplinary honors in Earth Systems. He is a member of the State Bar of California.