2014

[Robert Stavins' blog] In the early morning hours of Sunday, December 14 th, the Twentieth Conference of the Parties (COP-20) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded in Lima, Peru with an agreement among 195...

[Robert Stavins' blog] On Monday, December 1 st, the Twentieth Conference of the Parties (COP-20) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commences in Lima, Peru. Over the next two weeks, delegations from 195 countries will...

[Robert Stavins' blog] Some of you may recall that following the Government Approval Sessions for the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) of Working Group 3 (WG3) of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in...

[ The New York Times ]...In a 1998 book, edited by Bill Nordhaus ( Economics and Policy Issues in Climate Change), Dick Schmalensee wrote about “Greenhouse Policy Architectures and Institutions,” and lamented that the Kyoto Protocol exhibited narrow scope...

[ ClimateWire ]...The former advisers, including economists Joe Aldy, Michael Greenstone and William Pizer, also say in the journal Science that the complicated process overseen by government agencies should undergo a public comment period and a review by...

[ International New York Times ]...The announcement by the Philippines “builds on the dramatic U.S.-China announcement two weeks ago,” said Robert N. Stavins, director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program at the John F. Kennedy School of...

[ Harvard Political Review ]...In past reports, the IPCC has maintained its scientific focus and has consistently reminded people that humans are to blame for shifts in climate and in ecology. In an interview with the HPR, Harvard economics professor...

[ The Washington Post ]..."I take what happened last night as really one of the most important developments that I’ve seen in the international negotiations over the last 5 to ten years," says Robert Stavins, an environmental economist at the Harvard...

[Robert Stavins' blog] There has been considerable debate about whether universities – and, for that matter, foundations – should divest fossil-fuel stocks from their investment portfolios as a way to reduce the risk of global climate change. My own...

[ The Huffington Post ]... Steve Cicala, who is an assistant professor at the U of C's Harris School of Public Policy, then brings us into the logic of Friedman's conclusion with a hypothetical. Let's pretend, he says, that he owns a steel mill that sells...