ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
September 2007
Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World
Book
By Joseph Aldy, Former Co-Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements and Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on International 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 17, 2007
NBER New Program on Environmental and Energy Economics
Press Release
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has launched a new "Program on Environmental and Energy Economics." Martin Feldstein, NBER President, has announced the election of six new NBER Research Associates as part of the program, including two Faculty Fellows of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP): Robert Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government at the Kennedy School, and Martin Weitzman, Professor of Economics.
September 5, 2007
"Frankel Proposal: Formulas for Quantitative Emission Targets"
Policy Brief
By Jeffrey Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
Jeffrey Frankel has proposed a climate policy architecture that builds on the quantitative targets and timetables infrastructure of the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol. He calls for a sequence of negotiations (one per decade) to determine the global greenhouse gas emissions cap and a formula for allocating this global cap among all participating countries.
September 5, 2007
Powerpoint: Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Presentation
By Joseph Aldy, Former Co-Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements and Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on International 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.
June 5, 2007
Implications of a Future Global Biofuels Market for Economic Development and International Trade
Report
By Henry Lee, Director, Environment and Natural Resources Program, William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development; Co-director, Sustainability Science Program; Faculty Chair, ENRP;, Robert Lawrence, Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Gloria Visconti, Affiliate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy; Fellow, Center for International Development
Summary report from a joint ENRP/Sustainablity Science Program workshop convening experts from academia, international institutions, government, and the private sector to explore possible implications of emerging global biofuels markets for economic development and international trade.
June 2007
"A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol"
Magazine or Newspaper Article, The Economist's Voice, issue 3, volume 4
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Robert Stavins and Sheila Olmstead propose ways to modify the Kyoto Protocol for its second commitment period (2012–2016) so that it will provide a way forward that is scientifically sound, economically rational, and politically pragmatic.
Ed Fladung
March 1, 2007
"China Shifts Gears: Automakers, Oil, Pollution, and Development"
Presentation
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
March 2007
"Decontamination and Remediation after a Dirty Bomb Attack"
Journal Article, Nonproliferation Review, issue 1, volume 14
By Jennifer C. Bulkeley, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2008-2009; Former Research Assistant, Preventive Defense Project, 2007-2009
Article in The Nonproliferation Review
February 26, 2007
Enel Energy Corporation Gives $5 Million to Environmental Economics Program Headed by Belfer Center's Robert Stavins
Press Release
In February of 2007, the Environmental Economics program at Harvard, headed by Belfer Center's Robert Stavins, receives major gift from Enel, an energy corporation based in Italy.
February 16, 2007
"Towards a National Policy on Cars, Oil, and Climate"
Presentation
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
