David was appointed senior fellow by the Council on Foreign Relations, where he is affiliated with the Climate Realism Initiative.

David presented to the National Academies' consensus committee to evaluate ARPA-E.

David's “Climate Diplomacy: Watch What Countries Do, Not What They Say,” and "Can U.S. Tech Giants Deliver on the Promise of Nuclear Power?" appeared on cfr.org.

David’s article “To Boost Energy Innovation, Strengthen Policies That Pull Technologies Into the Market” was published by Issues in Science and Technology

David's article "Energy Trade: A New World Is Being Born But Will Need Help to Grow Up," was published in Real Clear Energy

David contributed to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions’ policy recommendations on engineered carbon removal, clean hydrogen, long-duration energy storage, and sustainable aviation fuel.

David’s blog post “Putting FESI on a Maximum Impact Path” was published by the Federation of American Scientists

David welcomed the third cohort of early career researchers (assistant professors, postdocs, etc.) to an Energy and Climate-Tech Innovation Policy boot camp with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

David co-authored the “U.S. State and Regional Energy Innovation Index” with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.

David’s series on a US industrial strategy for energy was published by the Bipartisan Policy Center.