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Climate Negotiators Create an Opportunity for Scholars

| August 31, 2012

Overview

In a new Science article, authors Joseph Aldy, Harvard Project Faculty Affiliate and Faculty Fellow of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP), and Robert N. Stavins, Harvard Project and HEEP Director, challenge researchers, think tanks, and advocacy groups to devise new policy approaches to combat climate change—in light of the opportunity presented by the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action. A key part of any such new approach would be to involve all major emitting countries—both developed and developing.

Read the article here (login may be required): http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6098/1043.summary


The authors expand upon this article in a Harvard Project Policy Brief, "Climate Negotiations Open a Window: Key Implications of the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action."

Read the full text here: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/22319/ 

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For Academic Citation: Aldy, Joseph E. and Robert N. Stavins. “Climate Negotiators Create an Opportunity for Scholars.” Science, vol. 337. no. 6098. (August 31, 2012):
1043-1044
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The Authors

Robert N. Stavins

Robert N. Stavins

  • Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
  • A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
  • Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group
  • Chairman, Ph.D. Programs in Public Policy and Political Economy & Government
  • Co-Chair, Kennedy School–Harvard Business School Joint Degree Programs
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