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Winter 2009-10
"Agricultural Innovation in Africa: Addressing Climate-Smart Growth"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Beth Maclin, Communications Assistant
The Belfer Center's new Agriculture Innovation in Africa project will work to address the dual challenges of climate change and food shortages with the help of a generous grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Summer 2006
"Kennedy School Thoughts on New Orleans"
Belfer Center Newsletter
On March 25, 18 Kennedy School students traveled to New Orleans to assist residents of the devastated New Orleans neighborhood of Broadmoor in designing a strategy for neighborhood recovery. Broadmoor, an economically and racially diverse neighborhood in the heart of New Orleans, experienced extensive flooding as a result of the failed levees in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Five residents of this neighborhood of 7,000 were killed; 3500 have not yet returned. Those who have returned are taking unprecedented steps to demonstrate the vitality of their neighborhood. Working with resident committees set up by the Broadmoor Improvement Association, the Kennedy School students spent a week this spring applying their skills in organization, civic engagement, urban planning, and economic development to help the residents develop a strategic plan in response to the city's request for neighborhood viability reports. The plan will serve as a model for other neighborhoods searching for the path forward. The Kennedy School/Broadmoor initiative was developed by Doug Ahlers, a fellow at the Belfer Center and a member of the Economic Development Committee for the "Bring New Orleans Back" Commission. "It is clear that the arrival of the Kennedy School and other Harvard students helped reenergize the residents," Ahlers said. "For the students, this has been the opportunity to use their skills to help in a way that will make a very real and lasting difference to thousands of people."
Winter 2009-10
"Realistic Costs of Carbon Capture"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Mohammed Al-Juaied, Mohammed Al-Juaied, Former Visiting Scholar, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 2008-2009 and Adam Whitmore
Mohammed Al-Juaied, a 2008-09 visiting scholar with the Belfer Center's Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, co-authored the Belfer Center discussion paper, "Realistic Costs of Carbon Capture," with Adam Whitmore, chief economist with Hydrogen Energy International Ltd. The paper, published in July 2009, is available at: http://belfercenter.org/CCcosts.
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Summer 2009
"Center Hosts U.S.-China Workshop on Clean Energy and Carbon Collection, Sequestration"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach
With both China and the United States relying heavily on coal for electricity, senior government officials from both countries have urged immediate action to push forward technology that would reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired plants. They discussed possible actions at a high-level workshop in April jointly sponsored by the Belfer Center's Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group, China's Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Summer 2009
"Newsmakers"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
Belfer Center Newsmakers.
Martha Stewart
Spring 2009
"Preliminary Policy Recommendations for Enhancing Energy Innovation in the U.S."
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Laura Diaz Anadon, Project Manager, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration & Deployment Policy Project, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom; Co-Principal Investigator, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment (ERD3) Policy Project, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group and Charles Jones, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
The Obama administration and the 111th Congress face enormous challenges and opportunities in tackling the pressing security, economic, and environmental problems posed by the energy sector in the United States and worldwide. Improving the technologies of energy supply and end-use is a prerequisite for surmounting these challenges in a timely and cost-effective way. This article is adapted from the executive summary of the Belfer Center Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) report, "Tackling U.S. Energy Challenges and Opportunities," by Laura Diaz Anadon, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Matthew Bunn, and Charles Jones.
Belfer Center
Spring 2009
"Center Hosts Al Gore and Top Energy/Climate Experts in Climate Solutions Summit"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
The Belfer Center hosted former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore and 30 of the United States' top energy and climate experts in October for a "Solutions Summit" on the climate challenge ... participants brainstormed concrete solutions to producing carbon-free electricity, using as a starting point Gore’s July 2008 Generational Challenge to Repower America, which calls on the nation to produce 100 percent of America's electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within ten years.
Belfer Center
Winter 2008-09
"Laura Diaz Anadon Leads Research in Low-Carbon Energy Technologies"
Belfer Center Newsletter
Laura Diaz Anadon, former chemical engineer and financial consultant, was named program manager of the Center’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group’s Energy Research Development & Deployment Policy (ERD3) this past summer. She heads the Center's efforts to produce and promote a comprehensive set of recommendations for the next U.S. administration to accelerate the development and deployment of low-carbon energy technologies.
Nicole Davis
Winter 2008-09
"Reflections and Actions on Improving China's Air Quality"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Hongyan He Oliver, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 2004-2009
While the world congratulated Beijing for its dazzling Olympic stadiums and the splendid opening ceremony, the Belfer Center's Hongyan Oliver argues that it should have also given the city another round of applause for its decade-long efforts to clean up its air. While some of these improvements were temporary, she notes, "its Olympic effort showed the world and China that it is capable of making great changes."
Martha Stewart
Winter 2008-09
"Experts Identify Most Urgent Energy Policy Needs at Acting in Time Conference"
Belfer Center Newsletter
By Sam Milton, Former Project Coordinator, Energy Technology Innovation Policy, 2006-2009
On September 18-19, the Belfer Center’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group hosted a major conference on U.S. energy policy. Under the auspices of the Consortium for Energy Policy Research at Harvard, led by William Hogan and Louisa Lund, and with the cooperation of Harvard University Center for the Environment, ETIP brought together members of academia, research centers, government, business, and non-governmental organizations for intensive discussion on future energy policy directions for the United States. Click here for photos.
