NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
September 12, 2005
Appointments That Disappoint
Op-Ed, Los Angeles Times
By Juliette Kayyem, Member of the Board (on leave), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
At the very least, Congress should reconsider its position of "once approved, always approved."
September 2005
"Coupling CO2 Capture and Storage with Coal Gasification: Defining "Sequestration-Ready" IGCC"
Discussion Paper
By Jennie Stephens, Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Carbon dioxide can be separated and captured more efficiently and at a lower cost from an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coal generation power plant than from a conventional pulverized coal power plant.
June 3, 2005
Will Security Problems That Have Plagued Oil Trade Re-emerge as Gas Trade Expands? Harvard Energy Expert Says No
Press Release
April 25, 2005
Energy Technology for Sustainable Development
Op-Ed, Harvard Crimson
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Human well-being rests on a foundation of three pillars: economic conditions and processes; sociopolitical conditions and processes; and environmental conditions and processes. Arguments about which pillar is “the most important” are misguided. All three pillars are indispensable.
Spring 2005
Belfer Center Newsletter Spring 2005
Newsletter
The Spring 2005 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features a discussion of the non-proliferation treaty and the Iranian and North Korean nuclear challenges. The Center's Spring issue also features an analysis of Post-9/11 Science, Belfer Fellows instructing NATO on Suicide attacks, and the Center's contributions to the United Nations reform efforts. Also in this issue is a Spotlight on Monica Duffy Toft, a Q&A with Calestous Juma, a letter from Belfer Center Director Graham Allison, and more.
2005
Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms
Book
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements, Bruce L. Hay and Richard H. K. Vietor, Steering Committee Member, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
| Everyone agrees that firms should obey the law. But beyond what the law requires—beyond bare compliance with regulations—do firms have additional social responsibilities to commit resources voluntarily to environmental protection? How should we think about firms sacrificing profits in the social interest? Are they permitted to do so, given their fiduciary responsibilities to their shareholders? Even if permissible, is the practice sustainable, or will the competitive marketplace render such efforts and their impacts transient at best? Furthermore, is the practice, however well intended, an efficient use of social and economic resources? And, as an empirical matter, to what extent do firms already behave this way? | ||
| Until now, public discussion has generated more heat than light on both the normative and positive questions surrounding corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the environmental realm. In Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms, some of the nation’s leading scholars in law, economics, and business examine commonly accepted assumptions at the heart of current debates on corporate social responsibility and provide a foundation for future research and policymaking. |
April, 2005
Dawning of a New Era: The LNG Story
Discussion Paper
By Henry Lee, Director, Environment and Natural Resources Program
March 28, 2005
Like Nujoma, Africa Needs to Go Back to University
Op-Ed, The East African
By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
