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

Thawing Arctic Permafrost: A Local and (Likely) Global Disaster

| Nov. 02, 2020

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Professor John P. Holdren made these remarks at a Harvard Kennedy School Energy Policy Seminar in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 2, 2020.

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For Academic Citation: Holdren, John P. “Thawing Arctic Permafrost: A Local and (Likely) Global Disaster.” Presentation, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, November 2, 2020. (presented at HKS Energy Policy Seminar, Cambridge, Massachusetts).

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John P. Holdren

John P. Holdren

  • Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Co-Director, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • President Obama's Science Advisor and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (January 2009 – January 2017)
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