David Reiner

Professor of Technology Policy

BSc (McGill University), MA (Princeton University), PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

My research focuses on the social licence to operate in a carbon-constrained world including public and stakeholder acceptability of low-carbon (and negative emissions) technologies. I investigate the challenges of reaching net zero including for ‘hard-to-abate’ sectors such as residential heating, heavy industry (steel, chemicals, cement, etc) and international aviation as well as greenhouse gas removals (blue carbon, direct air capture, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, soils and forests).

I’m a member of the Economics and Policy subject group at Cambridge Judge Business School, which analyses how economics can improve growth and business performance.

My details

Contact details

+44 (0)1223 339616

d.reiner@jbs.cam.ac.uk

Academic area

Economics and Policy

Professional experience
Previous appointments
Publications

Professional experience

Professor Reiner is a political scientist and is currently Professor of Technology Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School. David has advised government, industry and non-governmental organisations on energy and environmental policy, with a particular emphasis on the politics of climate change and the social acceptability of low-carbon or net-negative mitigation options for achieving net zero targets including carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen, and other energy and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) options. He is frequently interviewed in national and international media including the BBC World Service, The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph.

David is Assistant Director of the Energy Policy Research Group, and is also a Research Associate of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research and the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, both at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He sits on the steering committee of the International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas Programme’s Social Research Network and the Advisory Board of the Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge. David serves on the UK CCUS Council chaired by the UK energy minister. He is also a non-executive director of Gore Street Capital. David has provided both written and oral testimony before the House of Commons Committee on Science and Technology and the Committee on Energy and Climate Change and contributed to the World Economic Forum in Davos and Moscow. He is the recipient of research grants from UK Research and Innovation, the European Commission, and the UK Government.

Previous appointments

Professor Reiner joined Cambridge Judge Business School from MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and the Laboratory for Energy and Environment. He has also taught in the Political Science Department at Tufts University and the Graduate School of International Studies in Geneva.

Publications

Selected publications
Journal articles
Books, monographs, reports and case studies
Book chapters
Conference papers
Working papers

Selected publications

Chyong, C.K., Reiner, D.M. and Aggarwal, D. (2023) “Market power and long-term gas contracts: the case of Gazprom in Central and Eastern European gas markets.” Energy Journal, 44(1) (DOI: 10.5547/01956574.44.1.cchy)
Cobo, S., Negri, V., Valente, A., Reiner, D.M., Hamelin, L., Mac Dowell, N. and Guillén-Gosálbez, G. (2023) “Sustainable scale-up of negative emissions technologies and practices: where to focus.” Environmental Research Letters, 18(2): 023001 (DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/acacb3)
Mac Dowell, N., Reiner, D.M. and Haszeldine, R.S. (2022) “Comparing approaches for carbon dioxide removal.” Joule, 6(10): 2233-2239 (DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.09.005)
Kang, J. and Reiner, D.M. (2022) “What is the effect of weather on household electricity consumption? Empirical evidence from Ireland.” Energy Economics, 111: 106023 (DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106023)
Clulow, Z. and Reiner, D.M. (2022) “Democracy, economic development and low‐carbon energy: when and why does democratization promote energy transition?” Sustainability, 14(20): 13213 (DOI: 10.3390/su142013213)
MacDowell, N., Sunny, N., Brandon, N., Herzog, H., Ku, A.Y., Maas, W., Ramirez, A., Reiner, D.M., Sant, G.N. and Shah, N. (2021) “The hydrogen economy: a pragmatic path forward.” Joule, 5(10): 2524-2529 (DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2021.09.014)

Journal articles

Bai, F., Zhao, F., Liu, X., Liu, Z. and Reiner, D.M. (2024) “A cost-effectiveness comparison of renewable energy pathways for decarbonizing heavy-duty vehicles in China.” Energy Conversion and Management, 322: 119111 (DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2024.119111)
Chyong, C.K., Pollitt, M., Reiner, D. and Li, C. (2024) “Modelling flexibility requirements in deep decarbonisation scenarios: the role of conventional flexibility and sector coupling options in the European 2050 energy system.” Energy Strategy Reviews, 52: 101322 (DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101322)
Clulow, Z. and Reiner, D. (2024) “How to distinguish climate sceptics, antivaxxers, and persistent sceptics: evidence from a multi-country survey of public attitudes.” PLoS ONE, 19(10): e0310325 (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310325)
Koponen, K., Braun, J., Cobo Gutierrez, S., Reiner, D. et al (2024) “Responsible carbon dioxide removals and the EU’s 2040 climate target.” Environmental Research Letters, 19(9): 091006 (DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad6d83)
Li, C., Chyong, C.K., Reiner, D.M. and Roques, F. (2024) “Taking a portfolio approach to wind and solar deployment: the case of the National Electricity Market in Australia.” Applied Energy
Ajayi, V. and Reiner, D. (2023) “European industrial energy intensity: innovation, environmental regulation, and price effects.” Energy Journal, 41(4): 3529 (DOI: 10.5547/01956574.41.4.vaja)
Charitopoulos, V.M., Fajardy, M., Chyong, C.K. and Reiner, D.M. (2023) “The impact of 100% electrification of domestic heat in Great Britain.” iScience, 26(11): 108239 (DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108239)
Cheng, D., Reiner, D.M., Yang, F. et al (2023) “Projecting future carbon emissions from cement production in developing countries.” Nature Communications,14: 8213 (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43660-x)
Chyong, C.K., Reiner, D.M. and Aggarwal, D. (2023) “Market power and long-term gas contracts: the case of Gazprom in Central and Eastern European gas markets.” Energy Journal, 44(1) (DOI: 10.5547/01956574.44.1.cchy)
Chyong, C.K., Reiner, D.M., Ly, R. and Fajardy, M. (2023) “Economic modelling of flexible carbon capture and storage in a decarbonised electricity system.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 188: 113864 (DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113864)
Cobo, S., Negri, V., Valente, A., Reiner, D.M., Hamelin, L., Mac Dowell, N. and Guillén-Gosálbez, G. (2023) “Sustainable scale-up of negative emissions technologies and practices: where to focus.” Environmental Research Letters, 18(2): 023001 (DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/acacb3)

Debnath, R., Reiner, D.M., Sovacool, B.K., Müller-Hansen, F., Repke, T., Alvarez, R.M. and Fitzgerald, S.D. (2023) “Conspiracy spillovers and geoengineering.” iScience, 26(3): 106166 (DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106166)
Lee, J. and Reiner, D.M. (2023) “Determinants of public preferences on low-carbon energy sources: evidence from the United Kingdom.” Energy, 284: 128704 (DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.128704)
Clulow, Z. and Reiner, D.M. (2022) “Democracy, economic development and low‐carbon energy: when and why does democratization promote energy transition?” Sustainability, 14(20): 13213 (DOI: 10.3390/su142013213)
Erans, M., Sanz-Pérez, E.S., Hanak, D.P., Clulow, Z., Reiner, D.M. and Mutch, G.A. (2022) “Direct air capture: process technology, techno-economic and socio-political challenges.” Energy and Environmental Science, 15(4): 1360-1405 (DOI: 10.1039/d1ee03523a)
Kang, J. and Reiner, D.M. (2022) “Off seasons, holidays and extreme weather events: using data-mining techniques on smart meter and energy consumption data from China.” Energy Research and Social Science, 89: 102637 (DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2022.102637)
Kang, J. and Reiner, D.M. (2022) “What is the effect of weather on household electricity consumption? Empirical evidence from Ireland.” Energy Economics, 111: 106023 (DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106023)
Khanam, T. and Reiner, D.M. (2022) “Evaluating gaps in knowledge, willingness and heating performance in individual preferences on household energy and climate policy: evidence from the UK.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 160: 112229 (DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112229)
Mac Dowell, N., Reiner, D.M. and Haszeldine, R.S. (2022) “Comparing approaches for carbon dioxide removal.” Joule, 6(10): 2233-2239 (DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.09.005)
Zhou, W., Moncaster, A., O’Neill, E., Reiner, D.M., Wang, X., Guthrie, P. (2022) “Modelling future trends of annual embodied energy of urban residential building stock in China.” Energy Policy, 165: 112932 (DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112932)
Clulow, Z., Ferguson, M., Ashworth, P. and Reiner, D. (2021) “Comparing public attitudes towards energy technologies in Australia and the UK: the role of political ideology.” Global Environmental Change, 70: 102327 (DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102327)
Corry, O. and Reiner, D.M. (2021) “Protests and policies: how radical social movement activists engage with climate policy dilemmas.” Sociology, 55(1): 197-217 (DOI: 10.1177/0038038520943107)
Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., Reiner, D.M. and Miller, J.R. (2021) “Political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental dimensions of electric vehicle adoption in the United States: a social-media interaction analysis.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 152: 111707 (DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111707)
Han, Y., Lam, J.C.K., Li, V.O. and Reiner, D. (2021) “A Bayesian LSTM model to evaluate the effects of air pollution control regulations in Beijing, China.” Environmental Science and Policy, 115: 26-34 (DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.10.004)
MacDowell, N., Sunny, N., Brandon, N., Herzog, H., Ku, A.Y., Maas, W., Ramirez, A., Reiner, D.M., Sant, G.N. and Shah, N. (2021) “The hydrogen economy: a pragmatic path forward.” Joule, 5(10): 2524-2529 (DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2021.09.014)
Negri, V., Galán-Martín, A., Pozo, C., Fajardy, M., Reiner, D.M., Mac Dowell, N. and Guillén-Gosálbez, G. (2021) “Life cycle optimization of BECCS supply chains in the European Union.” Applied Energy, 298: 117252 (DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117252)
Ajayi, V. and Reiner, D. (2020) “European industrial energy intensity: innovation, environmental regulation, and price effects.”Energy Journal, 41(4): 75-98 (DOI: 10.5547/01956574.41.4.vaja)
Markusson, N., Balta-Ozkan, N., Chilvers, J., Healey, P., Reiner, D. and McLaren, D. (2020) “Social science sequestered.”Frontiers in Climate, 2 June 2020 (DOI: 10.3389/fclim.2020.00002)
Ostfeld, R. and Reiner, D.M. (2020) “Public views of Scotland’s path to decarbonization: evidence from citizens’ juries and focus groups.”Energy Policy, 140: 111332 (DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111332)
Pozo, C., Galán-Martín, A., Reiner, D., MacDowell, N. and Guillén-Gosálbez, G. (2020) “Equity in allocating carbon dioxide removal quotas.”Nature Climate Change, 10(7): 640-646 (DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-0802-4)
Zhou, W., Moncaster, A., Reiner, D.M. and Guthrie, P. (2020) “Developing a generic System Dynamics model for building stock transformation towards energy efficiency and low-carbon development.”Energy and Buildings, 224: 110246 (DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110246)
Zhou, W., O’Neill, E., Moncaster, A., Reiner, D.M. and Guthrie, P. (2020) “Forecasting urban residential stock turnover dynamics using system dynamics and Bayesian model averaging.”Applied Energy, 275: 115388 (DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115388)
Chan, J.H. and Reiner, D. (2019) “‘Dominance by birthright’? Reconfiguration of firm boundaries to acquire new resources and capabilities.”Industrial Management and Data Systems, 119(9): 1888-1907 (DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-04-2019-0258)
Chan, J.H. and Reiner, D. (2019) “Evolution in inter-firm governance along the transport biofuel value chain in Maritime Silk Road countries.”Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 122: 268-282 (DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2018.12.006)
Hannula, I. and Reiner, D.M. (2019) “Near-term potential of biofuels, electrofuels and battery electric vehicles in decarbonising road transport.”Joule, 13(10): 2390-2402 (DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2019.08.013)
Newbery, D.M., Reiner, D.M. and Ritz, R.A. (2019) “The political economy of a carbon price floor for power generation.”The Energy Journal, 40(1) (DOI: 10.5547/01956574.40.1.dnew)
Ostfeld, R., Reiner, D.M., Howarth, D. and Krasny, P. (2019) “Peeling back the label: exploring sustainable palm oil ecolabelling and consumption in the United Kingdom.”Environmental Research Letters, 14: 014001 (DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaf0e4)
Schnellmann, M.A., Chyong, C.K., Reiner, D.M. and Scott, S.A. (2019) “Deploying gas power with CCS: the role of operational flexibility, merit order and the future energy system.”International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 91: 102838 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102838)
Bui, M., Adjiman, C.S., Bardow, A., Anthony, E.J., Boston, A., Brown, S., Reiner, D.M. et al (2018) “Carbon capture and storage (CCS): the way forward.”Energy and Environmental Science, 11(5): 1062-1176 (DOI: 10.1039/c7ee02342a)
Guan, D., Meng, J., Reiner, D.M., Zhang, N., Shan, Y., Mi, Z., Shao, S., Liu, Z., Zhang, Q. and Davis, S.J. (2018) “Structural decline in China’s CO2 emissions through transitions in industry and energy systems.”Nature Geoscience, 11: 551-555 (DOI: 10.1038/s41561-018-0161-1)
Honegger, M. and Reiner, D. (2018) “The political economy of negative emissions technologies: consequences for international policy design.”Climate Policy, 18(3): 306-321 (DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2017.1413322)
He, X. and Reiner, D. (2017) “Why consumers switch energy suppliers: the role of individual attitudes.”Energy Journal, 38(1): 25-53 (DOI: 10.5547/01956574.38.6.hxia)
Viñuales, J.E., Depledge, J., Reiner, D.M. and Lees, E. (2017) “Climate policy after the Paris 2015 climate conference.”Climate Policy, 17(1): 1-8 (DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1242060)
He, X. and Reiner, D. (2016) “Electricity demand and basic needs: empirical evidence from China’s households.””Energy Policy, 90: 212-221 (DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.12.033)
Reiner, D.M. (2016) “Learning through a portfolio of carbon capture and storage demonstration projects.”Nature Energy, 1(1) (DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2015.11)
Ashworth, P., Wade, S., Reiner, D. and Liang, X. (2015) “Developments in public communications on CCS.”International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 40: 449-458 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.06.002)
Chyong, C.K. and Reiner, D.M. (2015) “Economics and politics of shale gas in Europe.”Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, 4(1): 69-83 (DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.4.1.cchy)
Reiner, D.M. (2015) “Where can I go to see one? Risk communications for an ‘imaginary technology’.”Journal of Risk Research, 18(6): 710-713 (DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2015.1040657)
Liang, X., Ascui, F. and Reiner, D. (2013) “Emissions: will China expand on its carbon trading?”Nature, 499(7456): 29 (DOI: 10.1038/499029b)
Liang, X. and Reiner, D.M. (2013) “The evolution of stakeholder perceptions of deploying CCS technologies in China: survey results from three stakeholder consultations in 2006, 2009 and 2012.”Energy Procedia, 37: 7361-7368 (DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.06.677)
Liang, X. and Reiner, D. (2013) “Resolving the tension between CCS deployment and Chinese energy security.”Environmental Science and Technology, 47(10): 4963-4964 (DOI: 10.1021/es4011338)
Ter Mors, E., Terwel, B.W., Daamen, D.D.L., Reiner, D.M. et al (2013) “A comparison of techniques used to collect informed public opinions about CCS: opinion quality after focus group discussions versus information-choice questionnaires.”International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 18: 256-263 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.07.015)
Li, J., Liang, X., Cockerill, T., Gibbins, J. and Reiner, D. (2012) “Opportunities and barriers for implementing CO2 capture ready designs: a case study of stakeholder perceptions in Guangdong, China.”Energy Policy, 45: 243-251 (DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.02.025)
Brunsting, S., Upham, P., Dütschke, E., De Best Waldhober, M., Oltra, C., Desbarats, J., Reiner, D. et al (2011) “Communicating CCS: applying communications theory to public perceptions of carbon capture and storage.”International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 5(6): 1651-1662 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.09.012)
Li, J., Liang, X., Reiner, D., Gibbins, J., Lucquiaud, M. and Chalmers, H. (2011) “Financing new power plants ‘CCS ready’ in China – a case study of Shenzhen city.”Energy Procedia, 4: 2572-2579 (DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.02.155)
Liang, X., Reiner, D. and Li, J. (2011) “Perceptions of opinion leaders towards CCS demonstration projects in China.”Applied Energy, 88(5): 1873-1885 (DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.10.034)
Reiner, D. (2011) “Learning lessons on carbon storage.”Nature Climate Change, 1(2): 96-98 (DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1103)
Reiner, D. and Liang, X. (2011) “Stakeholder views on financing carbon capture and storage demonstration projects in China.”Environmental Science and Technology, 46(2): 643-651 (DOI: 10.1021/es203037j)
Liang, X., Reiner, D., Gibbins, J. and Li, J. (2010) “Getting ready for carbon capture and storage by issuing capture options.”Environment and Planning A, 42(6): 1286-1307 (DOI: 10.1068/a42417)
Anderson, J., Chiavari, J., Coninck, H.D., Shackley, S., Sigurthorsson, G., Flach, T., Reiner, D., et al (2009) “Results from the project ‘Acceptance of CO2 capture and storage: economics, policy and technology (ACCSEPT)’.”Energy Procedia, 1(1): 4649-4653 (DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2009.02.287)
de Coninck, H., Flach, T., Curnow, P., Richardson, P., Anderson, J., Shackley, S., Sigurthorsson, G. and Reiner, D. (2009) “The acceptability of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in Europe: an assessment of the key determining factors: Part 1. Scientific, technical and economic dimensions.”International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 3(3): 333-343 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2008.07.009)
Guan, D. and Reiner, D.M. (2009) “Emissions affected by trade among developing countries.”Nature, 462(7270): 164 (DOI: 10.1038/462159b)
Johnsson, F., Reiner, D., Itaoka, K. and Herzog, H. (2009) “Stakeholder attitudes on carbon capture and storage – an international comparison.”International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 4(2): 410-418 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2009.09.006)
Liang, X., Reiner, D., Gibbins, J., Li, J. (2009) “Assessing the value of CO2 capture ready in new-build pulverised coal-fired power plants in China.” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 3(6): 787-792
Shackley, S., Reiner, D., Upham, P., de Coninck, H., Sigurthorsson, G. and Anderson, J. (2009) “The acceptability of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in Europe: an assessment of the key determining factors: Part 2. The social acceptability of CCS and the wider impacts and repercussions of its implementation.”International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 3(3): 344-356 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2008.09.004)
Chyong C.K., Nuttall, W.J. and Reiner, D.M. (2008) “Dynamics of the UK natural gas industry: system dynamics modelling and long-term energy policy analysis.”Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 76(3): 339-357 (DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2008.06.002)
Guan, D., Hubacek, K., Weber, C.L., Peters, G.P. and Reiner, D.M. (2008) “The drivers of Chinese CO2 emissions from 1980 to 2030.”Global Environmental Change, 18(4): 626-634 (DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.08.001)
Noël, P. and Reiner, D.M. (2008) “Energie et changement climatique: la politique de l’administration Bush et le debat public american.” Vingtieme Siecle, 97: 89-108
Wilson, E.J., Morgan, M.G., Apt, J., Bonner, M., Bunting, C., Gode, J., Reiner, D.M., et al (2008) “Regulating the geological sequestration of CO2.” Environmental Science and Technology, 42(8): 2718-2722
Shackley, S., Waterman, H., Godfroij, P., Reiner, D., Anderson, J., Draxlbauer, K. and Flach, T. (2007) “Stakeholder perceptions of CO2 capture and storage in Europe: results from a survey.”Energy Policy, 35(10): 5091-5108 (DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.05.001)
Reiner, D. (2006) “Who’s feeling the heat?” Conservation in Practice, 7(2): 40-41
Reiner, D.M., Curry, T.E., de Figueiredo, M.A., Herzog, H.J., Ansolabehere, S.D., Itaoka, K., Johnsson, F. and Odenberger, M. (2006) “American exceptionalism? Similarities and differences in national attitudes towards energy policy and global warming.” Environmental Science and Technology, 40(7): 2093-2098
Reiner, D.M., Curry, T.E., de Figueiredo, M.A., Herzog, H.J., Ansolabehere, S.D., Itaoka, K., Johnsson, F. and Odenberger, M. (2006) “Response to comment on “American exceptionalism? Similarities and differences in national attitudes toward energy policy and global warming”.”Environmental Science and Technology, 40(21): 6866 (DOI: 10.1021/es068009+)
de Figueiredo, M.A., Reiner, D.M. and Herzog, H.J. (2005) “Framing the long-term in situ liability issue for geologic carbon storage in the United States.” Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 10(4): 647-657
Sarofim, M.C., Forest, C.E., Reiner, D.M. and Reilly, J.M. (2005) “Stabilization and global climate policy.” Global and Planetary Change, 47(2-4): 266-272
Reiner, D.M. (2004) “The cost of climate policy.”Energy Policy, 32(11): 1349-1350 (DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(03)00123-X)
Reiner, D.M. (2004) “Environnement: le refus de la discipline.” Sociétal, 45: 122-124
Reiner, D.M. and H.J. Herzog (2004) “Developing a set of regulatory analogs for carbon sequestration.” Energy, 29(9/10): 1561-1570
Babiker, M.H., Jacoby, H.D., Reilly, J.M. and Reiner, D.M. (2002) “The evolution of a climate regime: Kyoto to Marrakech and beyond.”Environmental Science and Policy, 5(3): 195-206
Reiner, D.M. (2002) “Whither Kyoto? Ten years of climate change policymaking.” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 4(1): 127-133
Jacoby, H.D. and Reiner, D.M. (2001) “Getting climate policy on track after the Hague.”International Affairs, 77(2): 297-312
Reiner, D.M. (2001) “How the Hague negotiations failed.” Environment, 43(2): 36-43
Reiner, D.M. and Jacoby, H.D. (2001) “Learning the lessons of Kyoto: viewpoint.” Climate Policy, 1(2): 273-275
Reiner, D. (1999) “Commentary: Progress at Buenos Aires?”Environment, 41(10): 4-6 (DOI: 10.1080/00139159909605540)
Jacoby, H.D., Eckhaus, R.S., Ellerman, A.D., Prinn, R.G., Reiner, D.M. and Yang, Z. (1997) “CO2 emissions limits: economic adjustments and the distribution of burdens.” Energy Journal, 18(3): 31-58

Books, monographs, reports and case studies

Ozawa, M., Chaplin, J., Pollitt, M., Reiner, D. and Warde, P. (2019) In search of good energy policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Newbery, D., Reiner, D., Jamasb, T., Steinberg, R., Toxvaerd, F. and Noël, P. (2009) Carbon capture and storage (CCS): analysis of incentives and rules in a European repeated game situation. London: UK Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Book chapters

Reiner, D.M. (2020) “The political economy of carbon capture and storage.” In: Bui, M. and Mac Dowell, N. (eds.) Carbon capture and storage. London: Royal Society of Chemistry, pp.536-558
Atoche-Kong, C., Nuttall, W.J., Cobas-Flores, E. and Reiner, D.M. (2010) “Embracing the opportunities of a carbon constrained world: strategic options for global cement companies.” In van Geenhuizen, M. Nuttall, W. and Gibson, D. (eds.): Energy and innovation: structural change and policy implications. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, pp.311-342
Reiner, D.M., Gibbins, J. and Holloway, S. (2008) Bridging technologies: can carbon capture and storage offer a bridge to a sustainable energy future in the UK? In: Grubb, M., Jamasb, T. and Pollitt, M.G. (eds.) Delivering a low-carbon electricity system. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.414-442
Reiner, D.M. (2006) “From public understanding to public policy: public views on energy, technology and climate science in the United States.” In Cannon, J. and Sperling, D. (eds.): Driving climate change. Burlington, MA: Elsevier Press, pp.201-216

Conference papers

Curry, T., Reiner, D.M., Ansolabehere, S. and Herzog, H.J. (2004) “How aware is the public of carbon capture and storage?” In Rubin, E.S., Keith, D.W. and Gilboy, C.F. (eds.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies: vol.1: Peer-reviewed papers and plenary presentations (7th), 5-9 September 2004, Vancouver, Canada. Cheltenham: IEA Greenhouse Gas Programme, pp.[1-9]

Working papers

Chan, J.H. and Reiner, D. (2011) “Dynamics of evolution in the global fuel-ethanol industry.” Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.EPRG1111. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Platchkov, L., Pollitt, M.G., Reiner, D. and Shaorshadze, I. (2011) “2010 EPRG Public Opinion Survey: policy preferences and energy saving measures.” Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.EPRG1122. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Chyong, C.K., Noël, P. and Reiner, D.M. (2010) “The economics of the Nord Stream pipeline system.” Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.EPRG1026. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Chyong Chi, K., Reiner, D.M. and Nuttall, W.J. (2009) “Dynamics of the UK natural gas industry: system dynamics modelling and long-term energy policy analysis.” Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.EPRG0913. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Reiner, D.M. and Nuttall, W.J. (2009) “Public and social acceptability of geological disposal of carbon dioxide and radioactive waste: similarities and differences.” Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.EPRG0918. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Liang, X., Reiner, D. and Neuhoff, K. (2008) “Current legal and institutional frameworks for investing in lower carbon electricity in China.” Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.EPRG0828. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Reiner, D.M. (2008) “A looming rhetorical gap: a survey of public communications activities for carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies.” Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.0801. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Liang, X., Reiner, D., Gibbins, J. and Li, J. (2007) “Financing capture ready coal-fired power plants in China by issuing capture options.” Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.0728. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Reiner, D.M. (2007) “2006 EPRG public opinon survey on energy security: policy preferences and personal behaviour.” Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.0706. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Reiner, D.M. (2006) “From public understanding to public policy: public views on energy, technology and climate science in the United States.” Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.0607. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.
Bugnion, V. and Reiner, D.M. (1999) “A game of climate chicken: can EPA regulate greenhouse gases before the U.S. ratifies the Kyoto Protocol?” Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Report No.57

News and insights

Not every sceptic is a conspiracy theorist

Governments seeking a societal response to major issues need a different approach to dispelling scepticism among single-issue sceptics and those more broadly sceptical, says research from the Energy Policy Research Group.

Governance, economics and policy

UK must learn from the past to achieve net zero by 2050

Britain needs to learn from past success and failure in focusing on practical mechanisms to reach the country’s net zero goal, say Professors Michael Pollitt and David Reiner.

ESG and sustainability

Is it possible for UK domestic heating to be fully electrified?

Thermal energy storage may hold the key to fully electrifying UK domestic heating to cut emissions, according to research by Professor David Reiner of Cambridge Judge.

Media coverage

Express | 23 September 2022

The Express: Energy: UK taxpayers deserve an accounting of Liz Truss’s prize freeze, experts assert

Cambridge Judge Business School is featured in this Express article about the Energy Price Guarantee. It focuses on a new paper by the Energy Policy Research Group at CJBS ( co-authored by Michael Pollitt and David Reiner) which says taxpayers should be given transparency over who is benefitting from the energy cap, and whether these “war-time profits” are stimulating long term investment in the UK energy sector.

Cambridge Network | 15 March 2022

Cambridge Festival – can we save our planet?

David Reiner, senior lecturer in technology policy at Cambridge Judge Business School, is part of the Cambridge Festival “UK Energy price crisis” panel, exploring the implications and challenges involved in the crisis. They also discuss what the regulatory developments could mean over the short, medium, or long-term for the Treasury and to UK energy and climate policy more generally.

Fortune | 9 December 2021

Bitcoin miners have returned to the record activity they had before China’s crypto crackdown- but they are still looking for a home

Dr David Reiner, Associate Professor in Technology Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on Bitcoin miners and recovered hashrate. “What this does indicate is that even when you disrupt the largest single center for activity, the Bitcoin community seems to have shrugged it off,” Dr Reiner said, adding that the recovered hashrate displays the miners’ “remarkable resilience.”

Clean Energy Wire, 23 November 2021
UK makes carbon capture central pillar of net-zero drive

IEDP, 18 November 2021
The environment and business post COP26

Deutsche Welle, 12 August 2021
Is carbon capture and utilisation a lifeline for oil and gas?

Cambridge Independent, 30 June 2021
From AI dysfunctions to privatisation debate

The Telegraph, 18 March 2021
Getting industry to go green will not come cheaply

Nature, 5 January 2021
Europe’s ‘green deal’ and carbon dioxide removal

Phys.org, 8 June 2020
Countries must work together on carbon dioxide removal to avoid dangerous climate change

The Conversation, 8 October 2019
Electric cars are here – but we’ll still need fuel for a long time

Energy Watch, 26 September 2019
Researchers warn against one-eyed focus on EVs

Helsinki Sanomat, 12 September 2019
Study finds the cheapest way to reduce traffic emissions: Not everyone should get an electric car

The New York Times, 21 September 2018
In London, electric trucks are helping UPS make ‘eco-friendly’ deliveries

De Volkskrant, 7 August 2018
Minimum price for CO2