EVENTS ARCHIVE

Climate Change: Is Economics the Source of the Problem or the Key to the Solution?

Lecture
Open to the Public - Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building-5th Floor
December 3, 2007
4:00-5:30 p.m.

Speaker: Charles Kolstad, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Center for the Environment, Professor of Environmental Economics, Department of Economics/Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara

Related Project: Harvard Project on Climate Agreements

Economics is often at the center of the climate change storm. Some blame economists and economic thinking for the problem or for overemphasizing material goods at the expense of intangible environmental well-being. Others feel that it is only through economic thinking that we can get past rhetoric and acutally do something to solve the climate change problem. This talks looks at both sides of the issue.

The World Premiere of AN ISLAMIC CONSCIENCE: the Aga Khan and the Ismailis

Forum Event
Open to the Public - John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
December 3, 2007
6:00-8:00 p.m.

Related Project: Religion in International Affairs

The film will be followed by a Panel Discussion with:
 
Firas Ahmad: Deputy Editor of Islamica Magazine (KSG '05)
Ali Asani: Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture (Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)
Bill Cran: Emmy Award-Winning Director
Shamir Allibhai: Filmmaker and Producer (HDS '09)
Moderated by Jocelyne Cesari: Director of the Islam in the West Program