Robert Stavins, Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program, visited Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, November 4-7, 2014 as the College’s Miller Upton Scholar for the academic year 2014-15. “Named for economist and sixth Beloit College President Miller Upton, the Upton Forum on the Wealth and Well-Being of Nations is Beloit’s premier residency program in economics, featuring panel discussions and a keynote address by the Upton Scholar.” (Quoted from the Upton Scholar web page.)
While at Beloit, Professor Stavins made a number of presentations:
The keynote address referred to above and the culmination of his four days as the 2014 Miller Upton Scholar—the June and Edgar Martin Memorial Lecture—on November 7, 2014. His talk was titled “What Can an Economist Possibly Have to Say about Climate Change?” It is available on YouTube.
A speaker at and the honoree of the Upton Forum Panel, entitled “The Ideas and Influence of Robert N. Stavins.” Participants were Lynne Kiesling (Northwestern University), Sheila Olmstead (University of Texas, Austin) Yoram Bauman (CarbonWA), and Gernot Wagner (Environmental Defense Fund). YouTube video is online.
As a respondent at a panel entitled “Energy Efficiency, Climate Change, and Entrepreneurship.” YouTube video is available, and Professor Stavins’ response to the panel begins at 1h 18m.
As a respondent at another panel on renewable energy and climate change. YouTube video is available, and Professor Stavins’ response to the panel begins at 1h 45m.