ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
November 20, 2007
"Using Emission Fees to Curb Greenhouse Gases: A Primer"
Summary
By Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
"Any serious effort to address anthropogenic climate change will require giving the private sector a financial incentive to reduce emissions. Firms and consumers currently pay nothing to emit carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases. If we want to reduce the harmful effects of such gases on our environment, this free ride for pollution must come to an end...."
Courtesy of E&ETV
October 4, 2007
"Resources for the Future (RFF) Panel Analyzes Alternative Proposals for Post-Kyoto Strategy"
Media Feature
By Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Todd Stern and David W. Conover
How should a post-2012 international climate policy be structured? During E&ETV Event Coverage of a recent Resources for the Future discussion, panelists analyze alternative strategies to a post-Kyoto policy.
September 2007
Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World
Book
By Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
The Kyoto Protocol serves as an initial step to mitigate the threats posed by global climate change but policy-makers, scholars, businessmen, and environmentalists have begun debating the structure of the successor to the Kyoto agreement. Written by a team of leading scholars in economics, law and international relations, this book contributes to this debate by examining the merits of six alternative international architectures for climate policy.
September 24, 2007
"Designing the Next International Climate Agreement"
Op-Ed, RFF Weekly Policy Commentary
By Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
The world's first step to address global climate change, in the Kyoto Protocol, was not perfect. The next step does not need to be perfect either, but it ought to be an improvement. To contribute to the effort in designing the next step, we have just launched the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements. This initiative will draw upon leading thinkers from academia, private industry, government, and non-governmental organizations from around the world to identify key design elements and construct a small set of promising policy frameworks, and then disseminate and discuss the design elements and frameworks with decisionmakers in the United States, Europe, and around the world.
September 5, 2007
Powerpoint: Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Presentation
By Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
This powerpoint presentation provides an easy-to-understand overview of the project, the six potential frameworks that are its starting point, the Kyoto Protocol, and the current state of international climate negotiations.
September 21, 2004
Designing a Regime for Developing Countries that is Cost-Effective and Equitable
Conference Paper
By Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and Jeffrey Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
Paper presented at the Leaders' Summit on Post-Kyoto Architecture: Toward an L20? Conference, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY, September 21, 2004
2004
Saving the Planet Cost-Effectively: The Role of Economic Analysis in Climate Change Mitigation Policy
Book Chapter
By Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
In: R. Lutter and J.F. Shogren, eds., Painting the White House Green: Rationalizing Environmental Policy Inside the Executive Office of the President. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future Press, pp. 89-118
December 2003
Addressing Cost: The Political Economy of Climate Change
Book Chapter
By Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
This is a chapter from the report, "Beyond Kyoto: Advancing the International Effort Against Climate Change." Arlington, VA: Pew Center on Global Climate Change, pp. 85-110.
September 9, 2003
Thirteen Plus One: A Comparison of Global Climate Policy Architectures
Journal Article, Climate Policy, issue 4, volume 3
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and Scott Barrett
A critical review of the Kyoto Protocol and thirteen alternative policy architectures for addressing the threat of global climate change.
October 2001
Climate Change: An Agenda for Global Collective Action
Conference Paper
By Joseph E. Aldy, Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Peter R. Orszag
Prepared for the conference on "The Timing of Climate Change Policies," Pew Center on Global Climate Change, October 2001.
