2024

CAMBRIDGE MA. – Max Bearak, an energy policy and global climate negotiations reporter for the New York Times, shared his perspectives on the recently concluded 29 th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

CAMBRIDGE MA. – The use of economy-wide, integrated assessment modeling to better understand climate change impacts and policy was the focus of discussion in the latest episode of “ Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from the...

CAMBRIDGE MA. – How climate change is affecting agriculture and land use was the focus of discussion in the newest episode of “ Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from the Harvard Environmental Economics Program” featuring Wolfram...

The Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP) has awarded three prizes to Harvard University students for the best research papers addressing a topic in environmental, energy, or natural-resource economics – one prize each for an undergraduate paper...

Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP) Director Robert Stavins and other current and former HEEP Faculty Fellows are featured in The Palgrave Companion to Harvard Economics , published in July 2024 by Palgrave Macmillan, the latest in a series of...

CAMBRIDGE MA. – The ways in which land use and environmental policies intersect with natural resource sustainability and climate change were the focus of discussion in the newest episode of “ Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from...

On June 17, 2024, Professors Joe Aldy and Rob Stavins co-hosted the Harvard Climate Economics Pipeline Workshop. Supported by the Harvard Environmental Economics Program and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, this workshop convened a dozen...

Efforts to measure and mitigate the impact of methane emissions was the topic of discussion last Monday (June 10, 2024) at a panel convened as part of Climate Action Week in the Northwest Building, sponsored by Harvard’s Salata Institute for Climate and...

CAMBRIDGE MA. – The rise of political populism and economic protectionism are serious barriers impeding efforts to combat global climate change. Robert Lawrence , the Albert Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment at Harvard Kennedy...

CAMBRIDGE MA. – International relations expert Meghan O'Sullivan , the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School , expressed her hopes for achieving successful international climate policy solutions in...