Tag: Robert Stavins

  • Nation & World

    Combining forces to accelerate climate action here, there, now

    Experts from Harvard and around the world embark on ambitious interdisciplinary projects that tackle climate change challenges head-on.

    11 minutes
    Drought in India; flooding in Nigeria; Jeff Bezos announces climate pledge; flares burn off methane; coal miner.
  • Nation & World

    Glimmers of movement, hope at COP27

    The most significant climate change action during COP27 this month occurred thousands of miles away, in Bali, Indonesia, when the U.S. and China agreed to restart what had been a successful partnership to cut globe warming emissions before the two nations’ relations soured in recent years.

    8 minutes
    Robert Stavins.
  • Nation & World

    A global beacon on climate change

    Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability casts off with University-wide, interdisciplinary approach to begin finding real solutions to existential crisis .

    6 minutes
    Salata Institute Panel.
  • Nation & World

    Separating signal from noise at COP26

    COP26, while a mixed bag, maintained progress toward global climate goals, says Rob Stavins.

    11 minutes
    Robert Stavins.
  • Nation & World

    Heat rising, along with urgency and hope, as climate summit nears

    Despite dire warnings of climate scientists, Harvard climate experts are encouraged by recent progress to fight it.

    13 minutes
    Caldor Fire creates smoky orange sky above Sierra Nevada mountains.
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    So how much change can Biden bring on climate change?

    Harvard environmental experts discuss what’s next in climate-change policy.

    9 minutes
    Solar panels.
  • Nation & World

    7 projects win Global Institute grants

    Seven projects that feature interdisciplinary, cross-collaborative research and span five Harvard Schools will receive grants from the Harvard Global Institute.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Scholars greet Paris exit as multifaceted mistake

    Harvard experts look at different aspects of President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement.

    10 minutes
  • Nation & World

    What to expect from Pruitt’s EPA

    The Gazette speaks to Robert Stavins, director of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and a past member of the EPA’s Science Advisory Board, about the future of the EPA under the leadership of Scott Pruitt.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    At last, global fretting on climate change

    The Paris agreement to fight climate change greatly expands the international commitment to the cause, Harvard Professor Stavins says.

    11 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Mapping the road ahead for climate research

    The need for continuous rigorous and relevant climate science will be more important than ever. With that framing, a group of scholars on Wednesday shared their ideas for improving the process by which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) carries out its research agenda, at a side panel at the U.N. Climate Change Conference…

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    How climate agreement impacts business

    The private sector — from large corporations to small businesses — will undoubtedly be impacted by whatever international agreement emerges from the U.N. Climate Change Conference taking place in Paris, but opinions vary as to how burdensome and costly those impacts will be.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Optimism on U.N. climate talks

    Panelists at the Kennedy School on Monday expressed optimism about the U.N. climate conference set to begin in Paris on Nov. 30, calling U.S. participation on the heels of domestic climate-related moves a “game-changer.”

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Q&A with Harvard President Drew Faust

    Harvard President Drew Faust sat down with The Gazette recently to discuss the University landscape for the coming academic year, including Harvard’s priorities for 2015-16 as well as some of the challenges ahead.

    24 minutes
    Drew Faust
  • Nation & World

    On climate, ‘do no harm’

    Harvard’s Robert Stavins discusses the importance of flexible rules that allow national carbon markets, if established under a future climate agreement, to link, which would increase efficiency and cut costs of reducing carbon emissions.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Advising on climate change

    In addition to conducting research and teaching about climate, energy, and the environment, Harvard faculty members also serve as expert advisers to policymakers, putting their science to work to improve laws and regulations and to foster understanding between the worlds of government and academics.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Climate convergence

    Representatives from some 195 nations have converged on Warsaw this week for a two-week meeting focused on climate change expected to lay the groundwork for the next international climate agreement. The Gazette spoke with climate policy expert Robert Stavins of the Kennedy School to understand what’s expected from the session.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Fresh hopes on climate change

    A top U.N. climate official said doom and gloom on the issue is just part of the story and that there are many innovative programs and products that provide reasons for hope.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Climate change on world stage

    In a question-and-answer session, Professor Robert Stavins discusses the recent international conference on climate change, and the prospects for nations to reach agreement on a plan to confront it.

    11 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Spoiled opportunity

    Republican objections to a climate change “tax” have stained the cap-and-trade approach to tackling climate change, making it politically unpalatable, even though it proved effective at fighting acid rain over the past two decades.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Battling climate change on all fronts

    Harvard’s research spans the gamut from the sciences to the humanities, examining key questions about this critical challenge facing humanity.

    9 minutes
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    Prepping for Copenhagen

    Harvard Kennedy School professor Robert Stavins will work behind the scenes at the 2009 U.N. summit on climate change with his Harvard-led initiative on global warming.

    4 minutes