2021

Professor Stavins is profiled and interviewed by Ingmar Schumacher, Professor of Economics at IPAG Business School in Paris, France, at website, “ Top Environmental Economists,” including a brief video interview, and a much more extensive written version...

Navroz Dubash , professor at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, made a compelling argument on behalf of the power of international institutions and national politics to guide climate policy in the newest episode of “ Environmental Insights...

Chan School’s Hammitt wins Bermuda sailing race Author: Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette Jim Hammitt knows well the two rules of offshore sailboat racing: First, it doesn’t matter how fast you go as long as you’re headed in the right direction; and second...

Energy economist Gilbert Metcalf, Professor of Economics at Tufts University, makes the argument for pragmatic climate change policies that will withstand political divisions in Washington in the newest episode of “ Environmental Insights: Discussions on...

Harvard Kennedy School's Rob Stavins Offers Cautiously Positve Assessment Author: Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette At times it was hard to separate the signal from the noise at the United Nations’ Conference of the Parties on climate change, which ended...

With negotiators from around the world hammering out the details of a revised global climate deal at the 26 th Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow, Scotland, much of the work...

Jeju Island, the 707 square mile self-governing province off the south coast of South Korea which is making ambitious strides toward its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030, serves as a potential important demonstration for other sub-national entities...

Robert Pindyck , the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi P rofessor of E conomics and F inance at MIT's Sloan School of Management, presented his case for additional research on climate adaptation and the social costs of climate change in the newest episode of “...

Source: Harvard Gazette International climate-change experts have issued increasingly dire warnings about the need for deep emissions cuts in the years to come. The nations of the world will consider their individual commitments and plan the path ahead...

Sheila Olmstead, professor of public affairs at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin, shared her thoughts on US water policy and environmental justice in the newest episode of “ Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy...