HIGHLIGHTS
May 13, 2011
Justin Dargin on Global Energy Security
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin in a brief interview at the St. Gallen Symposium about my designation as a Leader of Tomorrow and why energy security is important to everyone.
March 8, 2011
Mosques And American Identity
By Karam Dana, Former Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Karam Dana, Dubai Initiative Research Fellow, and co-principal investigator of the Muslim American Public Opinion Survey (MAPOS) completed a survey showing that mosque attendance among American Muslims is correlated not just with greater civic participation, but with the belief that Islam and American politics are compatible.
March 8, 2011
Mosques Make Muslim-Americans More American
By Karam Dana, Former Research Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Karam Dana, Dubai Initiative Research Fellow, and co-principal investigator of the Muslim American Public Opinion Survey (MAPOS) finds that Muslims active in mosques report being more likely to be active in American politics.
Photo by Don Pollard
June 2010
Robert Stavins Conducts Seminar at International Peace Institute in New York
By Robert C. Stowe, Executive Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program; Manager, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
Robert Stavins, Director of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements conducted a seminar hosted and organized by the International Peace Institute in New York City on June 21, 2010. His talk, entitled "Climate Change Policy after Copenhagen," addressed the outcomes of COP-15 in Copenhagen, the institutional context of international climate policy, and prospects for domestic climate policy in the United States.
Ughetta Molin Fop Photo
Spring 2010
Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Conducts Research Workshop in Venice, Italy
By Robert C. Stowe, Executive Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program; Manager, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
On May 21, 2010, The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements convened the International Research Workshop on Institutions for Global Governance—a research workshop at which leading scholars examined the institutional context of international climate change policy.
Spring 2010
Leading Climate Change Negotiators and Policymakers Visit Harvard Kennedy School
By Robert C. Stowe, Executive Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program; Manager, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
In spring 2010, the Harvard Project hosted events with Ambassador Makio Miyagawa, the deputy head of Japan's delegation to the international climate talks, and Nancy Kontou, the European Commission's former head of cabinet to the Commissioner for Environment, at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Photo by Jason Chapman
January 13, 2010
Harvard Project Hosts High-Level Climate Policy Roundtable in Copenhagen
By Sasha Talcott, Former Director of Communications and Outreach
The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements hosted a high-level roundtable at the Copenhagen Conference of the Parties (COP 15) in December, attended by key leaders in government, business, and environmental advocacy groups. The meeting gave negotiators and stakeholders an opportunity to explore the future direction of climate change policy and included a briefing on recent Harvard Project research.
Photo by Jason Chapman
October 14, 2009
Harvard Project Conducts Roundtable Workshop in Brussels, Hosted by the European Union Commissioner for Environment
By Robert C. Stowe, Executive Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program; Manager, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
The Harvard Project conducted a roundtable workshop on September 30, 2009, hosted by European Union Commissioner for Environment Stavros Dimas and titled "Post-2012 Climate Change Policy: Insights from the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements". Commissioner Dimas and Robert Stavins, Director of the Harvard Project, spoke, respectively, on the status of European Union (EU) and U.S. climate change policy.
Belfer Center
September 25, 2009
Ernest May: Bridging the Chasm Between History and Policy
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
On September 24, 2009, the Belfer Center hosted a seminar to discuss Ernest May's unique ability to serve as a bridge between history and policy. A member of the Belfer Center's board of directors until his death in June 2009, Ernest May was a world renowned historian of international relations and foreign policy and a member of the Harvard faculty for over 50 years. During the seminar, "Reflections on Ernest May: A Rare Bridge Between History and Policy," a number of May's colleagues, students, friends, and family members reflected on Ernest (Ernie) May, the man, and on his "extraordinary" contributions.
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September 22, 2009
Look Ahead -- President Obama Chairs UN Security Council Session on Nuclear Nonproliferation
By Sasha Talcott, Former Director of Communications and Outreach
President Obama plans to introduce a nonproliferation resolution while chairing a session of the UN Security Council on September 24, with the aim of advancing the Administration's nonproliferation agenda. Though Iran and North Korea are not mentioned specifically in the resolution, they are likely to dominate leaders' discussions on the sidelines. In advance of the session, here is some "required reading" for each of the major issues at stake.
