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Nicola De Blasio Named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center

| Sep. 10, 2019

Nicola De Blasio has joined the Belfer Center as Senior Fellow in residence. Dr. De Blasio will lead research on energy technology innovation and the transition to a low carbon economy as part of a joint effort of the Belfer Center's programs on Environment and Natural Resources and Science, Technology, and Public Policy. 

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Press Release - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Researchers Draft Blueprint to Boost Energy Innovation

| November 22, 2011

The U.S. government could save the economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year by 2050 by spending a few billion dollars more a year to spur innovations in energy technology, according to a new report by researchers at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The three-year project by the Belfer Center's Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group calls for doubling investment and adopting policy changes in energy technology.

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Reducing Cars' and Trucks' Carbon Emissions Difficult but Feasible, New Study Finds

| Mar. 04, 2010

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A new study from current and former researchers at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs finds that reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation will be a much bigger challenge than conventional wisdom assumes — requiring substantially higher fuel prices combined with more stringent regulation.

Harvard Kennedy School's John P. Holdren Named Obama's Science Advisor

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Harvard Kennedy School's John P. Holdren Named Obama's Science Advisor

| December 20, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama announced in his radio address Saturday that he has selected Harvard's John P. Holdren to serve as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology in the new administration. The post, popularly known as "the President's science advisor," also includes directorship of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President and requires Senate confirmation.