2021

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New Paper in Science Reinforces the Value of Using the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) for Evaluating Climate Policy Options

August 19, 2021


Essay co-authored by HEEP faculty affiliates Joseph Aldy, and Robert Stavins, and FAS Professor James Stock

Four prominent environmental economists present their case against a recent push to change the standard measure for determining the benefits of climate policies in a new paper published in the journal Science. The article, titled “Keep climate policy focused on the social cost of carbon,” posits that the social cost of carbon (SCC) remains the most objective, credible, and holistic tool...

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Valerie Karplus

Assessing China's National Carbon Market: An HPCA Conversation with Valerie Karplus, Carnegie Mellon University

July 23, 2021

Author: Doug Gavel

China recently launched the world’s largest emissions trading market, but it is just one component of the nation’s ambitious efforts to curb the rise in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). That was the message delivered on Thursday (July 22) by Carnegie Mellon University Associate Professor Valerie Karplus during a...

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Nat Keohane

Nathaniel Keohane, former HEEP Fellow, named President of C2ES

May 25, 2021

CAMBRIDGE, MA - Nathaniel Keohane, a former Pre-Doctoral Fellow of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP), was named the new President of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) on May 24, 2021. He will assume that role on July 1.

Nat received his Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University in 2001. He has been a member of the...

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2020-2021 HEEP Paper Prize winners: Kevin Rowe, Shefali Khanna, Dan Stuart, Eki Ramadhan, Alida Monaco, and Oliver York

2020-2021 HEEP Student Paper Prize Winners

May 21, 2021

CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Harvard Environmental Economics Program has, for the twelfth consecutive year, 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 or senior thesis, master’s student paper, and doctoral student paper. Each prize was accompanied by a monetary award. The Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP) is a University-wide initiative...

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