Winner of the 2021 Best Paper on Public Policy Award from the Public Policy Section of the American Political Science Association for “Strategic State Capacity: How States Counter Opposition to Climate Policy” (Comparative Political Studies, July 2021) with Jonas Nahm.
Jonas O. Meckling
Visiting Fellow
Visiting Fellow
Jonas Meckling is Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Climate Fellow at Havard Business School. At Berkeley, he leads the Energy and Environment Policy Lab and the Climate Program of the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative. Dr. Meckling studies the politics of climate policy and the energy transition, with a focus on green industrial strategy.
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Jonas Meckling is Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Climate Fellow at Havard Business School. At Berkeley, he leads the Energy and Environment Policy Lab and the Climate Program of the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative. Dr. Meckling studies the politics of climate policy and the energy transition, with a focus on green industrial strategy.
He received multiple awards for his research, including the American Political Science Association's Emerging Young Scholar Award in the field of science, technology, and environmental politics. Previously, Jonas Meckling was a visiting professor at Yale University, served as Senior Advisor to the German Minister for the Environment and Renewable Energy, was a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and worked at the European Commission. He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics.
He received multiple awards for his research, including the American Political Science Association's Emerging Young Scholar Award in the field of science, technology, and environmental politics. Previously, Jonas Meckling was a visiting professor at Yale University, served as Senior Advisor to the German Minister for the Environment and Renewable Energy, was a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, and worked at the European Commission. He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics.
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- Meckling, Jonas, and Ari Benkler. "State Capacity and Varieties of Climate Policy." Art. 9942. Nature Communications 15 (2024). View Details
- Goedeking, Nicholas, and Jonas Meckling. "Coordinating the Energy Transition: Electrifying Transportation in California and Germany." Art. 114321. Energy Policy 195 (December 2024). View Details
- Vormedal, Irja, and Jonas Meckling. "How Foes Become Allies: The Shifting Role of Business in Climate Politics." Policy Sciences 57, no. 1 (March 2024): 101–124. View Details
- Guy, Johnathan, Esther Shears, and Jonas Meckling. "National Models of Climate Governance Among Major Emitters." Nature Climate Change 13, no. 2 (February 2023): 189–195. View Details
- Fransen, Taryn, Jonas Meckling, Anna Stunzi, Tobias Schmidt, Florian Egli, Nicolas Schmid, and Christopher Beaton. "Taking Stock of the Implementation Gap in Climate Policy." Nature Climate Change 13, no. 8 (August 2023): 752–755. View Details
- Meckling, Jonas, and Samuel Trachtman. "The Home State Effect: How Subnational Governments Shape Climate Coalitions." Governance 37, no. 3 (July 2024): 887–905. View Details
- Meckling, Jonas, and Valerie Karplus. "Political Strategies for Climate and Environmental Solutions." Nature Sustainability 6, no. 7 (July 2023): 742–751. View Details
- Meckling, Jonas, and Nicholas Goedeking. "Coalition Cascades: The Politics of Tipping Points in Clean Energy Transitions." Policy Studies Journal 51, no. 4 (November 2023): 715–739. View Details
- Meckling, Jonas, and Jesse Strecker. "Green Bargains: Leveraging Public Investment to Advance Climate Regulation." Climate Policy 23, no. 4 (2023): 418–429. View Details
- Meckling, Jonas, Joseph Aldy, Matthew Kotchen, Sanya Carley, Daniel Esty, Peter Raymond, Bella Tonkonogy, Charles Harper, Gillian Sawyer, and Julia Sweatman. "Busting the Myths Around Public Investment in Clean Energy." Nature Energy 7, no. 7 (July 2022): 563–565. View Details
- Meckling, Jonas, Clara Galeazzi, Esther Shears, Tong Xu, and Laura Diaz Anadon. "Energy Innovation Funding and Institutions in Major Economies." Nature Energy 7, no. 9 (September 2022): 876–885. View Details
- Meckling, Jonas, Phillip Lipscy, Jared Finnegan, and Florence Metz. "Why Nations Lead or Lag in Energy Transitions." Science 378, no. 6615 (October 7, 2022): 31–33. View Details
- Meckling, Jonas. "Making Industrial Policy Work for Decarbonization." Global Environmental Politics 21, no. 4 (November 2021): 134–147. View Details
- Meckling, Jonas, and Jonas Nahm. "Strategic State Capacity: How States Counter Opposition to Climate Policy." Comparative Political Studies 55, no. 3 (March 2022): 493–523. View Details
- Cases and Teaching Materials
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- Jakli, Laura, Jonas Meckling, and J. Gunnar Trumbull. "Fit for 55: Europe at a Climate Crossroads?" Harvard Business School Case 724-036, March 2024. View Details
- Awards & Honors
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Recipient of a 2020 Senior Research Fellowship from the Research institute for Sustainability (RIFS).Winner of the 2019 Emerging Young Scholar Award from the Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.Winner of the 2018 Evan Ringquist Best Paper Award from the Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association for “The Power of Process: State Capacity and Climate Policy” with Jonas Nahm.Winner of the 2024 Best Paper on Public Policy Award from the Public Policy Section of the American Political Science Association for “Fighting the Future: Short-Term Investors and Business Opposition to Climate Policy” with Jared Finnegan.
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