2020

CAMBRIDGE MA. – Spencer Dale, group chief economist at BP, expressed his hopes for a strategic “energy transition’’ within the oil-and-gas industry in the latest episode of “ Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from the Harvard...

Robert Stavins, Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program, addressed the Oxford Economics Society on December 2, 2020. Stavins spoke on the topic of the future of carbon pricing. A recording of the virtual event is available here.

CAMBRIDGE MA. – Even with a new presidential administration in place in January, Coral Davenport, climate desk reporter at the New York Times, says it will still be a heavy lift to pass any meaningful legislation on climate change anytime soon. Davenport...

Author: Doug Gavel Former White House advisor Jason Bordoff, professor and founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), says the incoming Biden-Harris Administration will...

CAMBRIDGE MA. – With the 2020 US presidential and congressional election quickly approaching, Lisa Friedman, climate desk reporter at the New York Times, shared her thoughts on how climate policy could be affected by the election results in the newest...

Robert Stavins will present for the Jon Goldstein Memorial Lecture on Economics & Environmental Policy, hosted by the University of Minnesota Department of Economics. The event will be hosted virtually via Zoom on Thursday, November 5, at 1:00 pm (U.S...

By Isabella Cho, Contributing Writer to Harvard Crimson Harvard Kennedy School professor Joseph E. Aldy discussed how policymakers can learn from past models to maximize the impact of current American energy legislation at a Monday webinar hosted by the...

As Congress and the Trump Administration continue discussions surrounding a second major COVID-19 economic relief bill, many observers are arguing that any eventual economic recovery package ought to include green energy initiatives to help the U.S. move...

CAMBRIDGE MA. – David Victor, a professor of international relations at the University of California, San Diego, expressed his optimism for European leadership on climate policy in the newest episode of “ Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and...

By HEEP Faculty Fellows Joseph E. Aldy and Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard Kennedy School. Published as an opinion piece in The Regulatory Review. Humanity is its own enemy in the war against the warming of our planet. To our peril, policymakers have ignored...