In the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements' official side-event in Poznan, Poland, Professor Robert N. Stavins presented key findings from the project's Interim Report, which synthesizes an extensive research effort conducted by 27 teams of leading experts from developed and developing countries, whose goal is to identify key design principles of a scientifically sound, economically rational, and politically pragmatic post-2012 international policy architecture.

The following letter was written in response to David Brooks' op-ed "The Past Meets the Future" which appeared in The New York Times on April 13, 2006.

Deforestation in the tropics is proceeding rapidly. It is in the interest of the United States Government to implement policies for improved management of tropical forests. The most effective approach is through development aid.