Martha Stewart
October 20, 2008
A nuclear weapon-free world is possible, Nunn says
News
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
The U.S. must work with other countries – both those with nuclear capacities and those without – to move toward a nuclear-free world, according to former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA).
October 14, 2008
"Economic Realities Must Guide Africa's Constitutional Reform Efforts"
News
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
"African countries need new constitutional orders to cope with modern economic challenges, Calestous Juma said at a recent lecture....A major challenge is based in the constitutions and laws left behind for the newly liberated countries. 'What was being negotiated as independence was really an exercise in constitutional continuity from the colonial period through independence,' Juma said....While there is enormous pressure on African countries to focus on economic programs, they are unable to because the governmental framework left behind did not integrate the economic role of the colonizer into the new role of president."
September 24, 2008
New Orleans still needs help
News
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
New Orleans could be wiped out tomorrow if another storm hit it, according to former Times-Picayune metro editor Jed Horne.
www.new-pakistan.com
July 25, 2008
Pakistan needs strong judiciary for stability
News
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar President Aitzaz Ahsan discussed what is needed to fix the country’s dire judicial situation at a seminar hosted by the Project on Managing the Atom and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Winter 2007-2008
"Award Winner Makes Renewable Electricity from Jatropha Nut"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
For many living in rural sub-Saharan Africa, lack of electricity means nobody can work after sunset. This limits productivity in many areas, including students' ability to study in the evening. Kerosene lamps are an option, but they are expensive and dangerous and are used only in emergencies. Many people are left in the dark.
The 2007 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership project winner is working to shed some light on this problem with a local and green solution: the jatropha nut.
Summer 2007
"Holdren, Colleagues Call for Immediate Action on Climate Disruptions"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
"Climate change is real, humans are the largest cause of it, it's already doing harm, it's accelerating, and we need to do something serious about it, starting now," John Holdren told United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in February. "If the build-up of greenhouse gases pushes the global average surface temperature past 2-2.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level, the danger of intolerable and unmanageable impacts of climate change on human wellbeing becomes very high."
Summer 2007
"Future of Coal Must Include CO2 Reductions"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
John Deutch, Institute Professor at MIT and Belfer Center Board of Directors and International Council member, testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in late March on the recent MIT report "The Future of Coal-Options for a Carbon Constrained World," co-authored with MIT's Ernest Moniz. The report examines how the world can continue to use coal in a way that mitigates instead of worsens the global warming crisis.
