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

COP-21 & The Pathway to Paris

January 2016

Climate change is a global problem that will require global solutions. Harvard Kennedy School expects to be a part of the solution through the development of academically rigorous research and ideas, and by engaging policymakers, non-governmental actors, practitioners, scholars, and others from around the world.

News - Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Belfer Center

Legal and Policy Perspectives on EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan

    Author:
  • Louisa Lund
| October 6, 2014

Is EPA's proposal for regulating carbon emissions from existing sources a reasonable interpretation of the Clean Air Act, likely to lead to significant environmental benefits at reasonable economic cost, or is it an overly complex overreach, likely to be overturned by the courts or abandoned by a future president?  In a discussion moderated by Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government Robert Stavins, David Doniger of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Jeffrey Holmstead of Bracewell & Giuliani discussed their differing views of EPA's proposed rule.

News - Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Belfer Center

A Preview of the Warsaw Climate Change Conference

| November 15, 2013

Professor Robert Stavins explains the background of the international climate change policy negotiations now taking place in Warsaw, Poland, their significance, and the path ahead. As director of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, he also describes the activities of the Project at the meetings in Warsaw.

European Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard during a press conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, May 26, 2010.

AP Photo

News - Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Belfer Center

European Commissioner Connie Hedegaard Speaks on Europe's View on International Climate Policy

    Author:
  • Louisa Lund
| September 29, 2010

Commissioner Connie Hedegaard spoke at the Harvard Kennedy School on September 20, 2010, on Europe's view on international climate policy. Hedegaard, who previously served as Denmark's Minister for Climate and Energy, spoke about Europe's hopes for international climate policy, what might be accomplished at the upcoming UN climate conference in Cancun, and the role the United States could play in furthering the development of robust international agreements.

A video of this event has been posted and can be viewed by clicking on the title above.