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John P. Holdren on Global Climate Change
Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program Director John P. Holdren discussed global climate change on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman on April 17, 2008. View Professor Holdren's interview here.
Professor Holdren published "Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being", an essay in the January 25, 2008, issue of Science which is adapted from the Presidential Address he delivered at the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco on February 15, 2007.
Professor Holdren delivered the John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture on Science and the Environment on January 17, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The topic was "Meeting the Climate Change Challenge".
Professor Holdren presented "Linking Climate Policy with Development Strategy: Options for Brazil, China, and India" at a Woods Hole Research Center–sponsored side event at the 13th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali, Indonesia.
Professor Holdren was interviewed for "Talking Up Climate" a Newsweek web exclusive about climate change.
Professor Holdren was quoted in an International Herald Tribune article, "In Indonesia's Shrinking Forests, a Glimmer of Hope" on December 5, 2007.
Professor Holdren addressed "Global Climate Disruption: What Do We Know, What Should We Do?" at a Harvard Kennedy School Forum on November 6, 2007. View this event by visiting the Forum archive.
Professor Holdren was quoted in "Gore's Nightmare: Europe Turns to U.S. Coal", a November 6, 2007, Bloomberg News article.
Project on Managing the Atom (MTA) News
MTA Senior Research Associate Matthew Bunn's interview about the IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program, "Let's Talk about Bombs" appeared on March 3, 2008, in Asia Times Online.
Matthew Bunn was quoted in "Pakistan Says Its Nuclear Weapons are Secure" which appeared in the Los Angeles Times on January 27, 2008. (login may be required)
Matthew Bunn was quoted in "Nuclear Fuel: Keeping it Civil" which appeared in Nature.com on January 23, 2008. (login required)
Matthew Bunn was quoted in "How Safe are Pakistan's Nukes?", which appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer on January 6, 2008.
Matthew Bunn participated in an online discussion of On Nuclear Terrorism by Michael Levi for the TPM Cafe Book Club. More>
Matthew Bunn received the 2007 Hans Bethe award for science in service of a more secure world from the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 2007. More>
Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group News
"Giving Green to Get Green: Incentives and Consumer Adoption of Hybrid Vehicle Technology", a working paper co-authored by ETIP Director Kelly Sims Gallagher, was highlighted in Atlantic.com's Primacy Sources June 2008 column.
The ETIP research group is launching a new three-year project to develop energy research policy recommendations, prepare annual budget commentaries, and assess energy technology innovation around the country. Read the press release.
ETIP Fellow Hongyan He Oliver responds to readers' questions about vehicle pollution control technologies and policies on the New York Times blog, "China: Choking on Growth."
ETIP Director Kelly Sims Gallagher discusses nuclear power pros and cons on the first of a three-part "Nuclear Power" series on Public Radio International's The World. The program, which airs at different times nationwide, can be accessed here.
Kelly Sims Gallagher participated in "Will China's Rise Lead to an Environmental Catastrophe?", an Oxford-style debate sponsored by Chicago Public Radio and The Economist magazine on Wednesday, October 24, 2007.
The debate was broadcast on Tuesday, October 30 at noon and 9 p.m. (Central time) on Chicago Public Radio's Worldview program.
Listen to the debate here.
Science, Technology, and Globalization Project (STG) in the News
STG Project Director Calestous Juma will be the featured speaker at a United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)–convened G8 Dialogue on "Higher Technical Education in Africa: Sustaining Long-Term Growth" on May 23, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan. More>
Professor Juma will also be a keynote speaker at the UNU-IAS Pre–Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Public Forum: "Science, Technology and Innovation for a Sustainable Future: Priorities, Pathways and Partnerships for Japan and Africa" on May 26, 2008. More>
Calestous Juma comments on the history of the slave trade and Africa's economic development in " Shackled to the Past", an April 21, 2008, Boston Globe feature.
Calestous Juma is one of eighteen scientists, entrepreneurs, and thinkers that had been convened by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to identify problems for technology in the 21st century that, if solved, would change the world.
The group presented its report and list of challenges at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston.
Read the February 15, 2008, Guardian news story, " Leading Thinkers Identify the Greatest Challenges Facing Humanity."
Calestous Juma has been appointed special adviser to the International Whaling Commission. He is to help advise on the future of the commission and is assisting with the preparation of a special meeting to be held in London in March 2007. Read the press release.
As part of International Relations Week at Harvard, Calestous Juma delivered the keynote address on Tuesday, Oct. 23, from 6:00 – 7:00 PM at the Center for Government and International Studies. Download Professor Juma's presentation here.
