John P. Holdren
Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Member of the Board (on leave), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
August 5, 2008
"Climate-Change Skeptics Revisited"
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By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
STPP Director John P. Holdren's August 4, 2008, op-ed, "Convincing Climate Change Skeptics", which appeared in both the Boston Globe and International Herald Tribune, has generated much criticism. Professor Holdren has written this essay in response.
March 14, 2008
"Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy To Meet America’s Energy Challenges"
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By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
John P. Holdren provides the context for and an overview of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Energy Policy its 2004 and 2007 reports to the President and Congress of the United States.
February 14, 2008
Global Climatic Disruption: Risks and Opportunities
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By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Holdren presents a detailed summary of the science behind global climate disruption, and offers a look at the technologies that can help mitigate future risk. He then surveys current thinking on the economics of climate disruption and proposes practical steps forward.
January 17, 2008
"Meeting the Climate-Change Challenge"
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By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
John P. Holdren presented the John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture on Science and the Environment on January 17, 2008, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Holdren's lecture was presented during the 8th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Climate Change: Science and Solutions, organized by the National Council for Science and the Environment.
The Chafee Memorial Lecture is presented in memory of the late Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island, who was a champion of bipartisan, scientific approaches for protecting the environment.
December 10, 2007
"Linking Climate Policy with Development Strategy: Options for Brazil, China, and India"
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By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program Director John P. Holdren spoke at a Woods Hole Research Center–sponsored side event at the 13th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali, Indonesia.
November 6, 2007
"Global Climate Disruption: What Do We Know? What Should We Do?"
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By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
"Global warming is a misnomer," said John P. Holdren, speaking at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Kennedy School on November 6. "It implies something gradual, uniform, and benign. What we’re experiencing is none of these."
Holdren also urged the United States to spearhead this effort, going from being a "laggard in climate policy to being a leader." Once that happens, he said, the rest of the world will follow suit.
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Summer 2007
"Recent Findings from Climate Science and their Implications for Policy"
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By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
John P. Holdren was the lead panelist at the first Informal Thematic Debate of the General Assembly, United Nations, New York.
May 23-24, 2007
"The Motivation for Cleaner Coal Technologies"
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By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Presented at "a Joint Workshop on IGCC & Co-Production and CO2 Capture & Storage," Beijing, May 23 - 24, 2007.
May 23-24, 2007
"What Have We Learned? Insights from the Workshop"
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By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Presented at "a Joint Workshop on IGCC & Co-Production and CO2 Capture & Storage," Beijing, May 23 - 24, 2007.
May 23-24, 2007
"What Have We Learned? Insights from the Workshop"
Presentation
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Presented at "A Joint Workshop on IGCC & Co-Production and CO2 Capture & Storage", Beijing, China. Sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology (China), Energy Technology Innovation Policy, and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
