Nevertheless, he says that a major impact of the Programme is that during the period of its implementation, new and renewable energy sources have begun entering the mainstream of national and international
energy policy formulation and now constitute a major element of the global vision for sustainable development.
Dr. Romm helped lead the administration's climate technology
policy formulation, and initiated, supervised, and publicized a comprehensive technical analysis by five national laboratories of how
energy technologies can reduce greenhouse gas emissions at low - cost: Scenarios of U.S. Carbon Reductions.