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June 13, 2013
Harvard Project Co-hosts Workshop on Options for a New International Climate Regime
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By Bryan Galcik
The Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) convened thirty leading international researchers and policymakers on May 23 and 24, 2013 at MCC in Berlin. MCC and the Harvard Project are preparing a synthesis report intended to inform the UNFCCC's Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action as it attempts to forge a new agreement by December 2015.
May 22, 2012
"Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Implementing Architectures for Agreement"
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By Bryan Galcik
Carol Dahl, Professor of Mineral and Energy Economics at the Colorado School of Mines, recently published an extensive review and summary (log in may be required) of this Harvard-Project volume, along with the companion Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Summary for Policy Makers, in the Energy Journal (Vol. 33, No. 2, 2012). Professor Dahl notes that "Anyone interested in climate policy, especially economists and policy makers that are non-specialist in the area, but looking for a good overview of the problems and potential solutions, can benefit from this book."
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April 26, 2012
New Policy Idea: Buy Coal! A Case for Supply-Side Environmental Policy
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By Bryan Galcik
Bard Harstad, Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, recently released a study, "Buy Coal! A Case for Supply-Side Environmental Policy," which will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Political Economy.
