A novel price cap on Russian-origin crude oil, implemented by the G7 countries, is set to take effect on December 5.

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Catherine Wolfram, Visiting Professor at Harvard Kennedy School, and Ben Harris, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury. Wolfram will begin the seminar by overviewing the price cap policy. Then, Harris will discuss the policy in a fireside chat with HKS Professor Joe Aldy. Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: In-person attendance is limited to current Harvard ID holders. No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis.

Members of the public are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom. Virtual attendees should register using the button below; upon registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link. 

Recording: The seminar will be recorded and available to watch on this page (typically one week later). Those who register for this event will automatically receive a link to the recording as soon as it becomes available.

Accessibility: Persons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford. Dr. Hepburn will speak on "Will COVID-19 Recovery Packages Accelerate or Retard Progress on Climate Change?" The seminar will be hosted by HKS Professor Joe Aldy.

Attendance: This event is open to the public and hosted on Zoom. For those who cannot attend live, the seminar will be recorded and available to watch via the EPSS homepage.

Registration: Please RSVP at the link below. Registration will remain open until the event begins.

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Spencer Dale, Group Chief Economist at BP. Mr. Dale will speak on "What Do (and Don’t) We Know About the Global Energy System in Net Zero?" The seminar will be hosted by HKS Professor Joe Aldy.

Attendance: This event is open to the public and hosted on Zoom. For those who cannot attend live, the seminar will be recorded and available to watch via the EPSS homepage.

Registration: Please RSVP at the link below. Registration will remain open until the event begins.

Speaker: Joseph E. Aldy, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, HKS

 Drawing from the lessons learned from the unprecedented U.S. spending on clean energy in the 2009 Recovery Act — from first-hand experience negotiating these provisions with Congress as a member of President Obama’s transition team, overseeing their implementation in practice at the White House, and conducting and synthesizing academic research on their performance — Joseph Aldy will explore the potential design of and prospects for climate-oriented economic stimulus.

Registration is required. Please click here to register in advance for this webinar.

Join us for the first-ever virtual Energy Policy Seminar on Monday, September 14 from 12:00-1:00 ET! Leah Stokes, Assistant Professor of Political Science at USCB, will be speaking on "Short-Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States." The seminar will be hosted by HKS Professor Joe Aldy.

This event is open to the public. Please register for the Zoom webinar here. The seminar will be recorded and available to watch via the EPSS homepage for those who cannot attend live.

On Monday November 25th, HKS' own Sarah Armitage and Prof. Joe Aldy will discuss "The Welfare Implications of Carbon Price Certainty."

This seminar series is free and open to the public; lunch will be served.