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Government Service, Carbon Pricing, and Climate Policy: A Conversation with Catherine Wolfram

| Feb. 08, 2023

Environmental Insights: Conversations on policy and practice from the Harvard Environmental Economics Program

Overview

Having served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate & Energy Economics in the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 2021, Catherine Wolfram has some particularly relevant and insightful insights to offer on the development and implementation of climate change policy. Wolfram, the Cora Jane Flood Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business at the University of California discussed her time in government service and on her hopes for a carbon pricing scheme during the latest episode of “Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from the Harvard Environmental Economics Program,” a podcast produced by the Harvard Environmental Economics Program.

 

 

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For more information on this publication: Please contact Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
For Academic Citation: “Government Service, Carbon Pricing, and Climate Policy: A Conversation with Catherine Wolfram.” Audio, February 8, 2023, posted by “Harvard Environmental Economics Program”.

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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