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October 2008

In Pursuit of a Sustainable Energy Future

Non-Belfer Event

Lecture
Open to the Public - Science Center Lecture Hall D, One Oxford Street
October 6, 2008
5:00-7:00 p.m.

Speaker: John W. Rowe, Chairman and CEO, Exelon Energy Corporation

Finding secure, safe and reliable sources of energy to power world economic growth will be one of the great challenges of this century. The Harvard University Center for the Environment invites the Harvard community to take up the challenge by participating in this ongoing series of discussions.

 

In Pursuit of a Sustainable Energy Future

Lecture Series
Open to the Public - Science Center, 1 Oxford Street
October 6, 2008
5:00 p.m.- - Presentation and Discussion

THE FUTURE OF ENERGY, “In Pursuit of a Sustainable Energy Future.”

John Rowe, Chairman and CEO, Exelon Energy Corporation

 

Student Session, With Marcel Lettre, Senior National Security Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Student Session
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 7, 2008
3:00-4:00 p.m. - Discussion

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Student Session with Marcel Lettre on Tuesday, October 7th in the Belfer Center Library (L369).

 

Equity and Climate Policy: An Allocation Method Based on Individual Emissions

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 7, 2008
9:30-11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Ananth Chikkatur, ETIP Research Fellow, Shoibal Chakravarty, Researcher, Princeton Environmental Institute

Related Projects: Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Environment and Natural Resources, Science, Technology, and Public Policy

The speakers will present a new framework for allocation of a global carbon reduction target among nations, in which "common but differentiated responsibilities" refers to the emissions of individuals, rather than of nations.  Their scheme is designed to blend parsimony, fairness, and pragmatism - one rule for everyone. All those with the same emissions are treated equally, wherever they live. "High emitters" are defined as those whose emissions exceed a universal individual emissions cap, which is derived transparently from a global emissions target. National targets are derived by summing the excess emissions of all "high emitter" individuals in a country. Nations are free to determine the policies they need to meet these targets, but policies that pursue emissions reduction across a wide swath of a country's economy is preferable to those that address only the emissions of the country's high emitters.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis.

 

Containing the Iran Threat, with R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School

Director's Luncheon
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 8, 2008
12:15-1:45 p.m.

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Lunch with Nicholas Burns on Wednesday, October 8th in the Belfer Center Library (L369).

 

How Much Is Enough? China’s Appetite for Coal

Director's Seminar
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 9, 2008

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Directors' Seminar with Jonathan Sinton on Thursday, October 9th in the Belfer Center Library (L369).

 

Dangerous Deterrents? Evaluating the Argument and Evidence that Nuclear Acquisition Emboldens Weak States

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 9, 2008
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: T. Negeen Pegahi, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program

Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Public Policy, International Security, Managing the Atom

Under what conditions does acquiring nuclear weapons embolden weak states to do things they otherwise would not have done against their stronger adversaries?

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

 

Twin Births, Divergent Democracies: The Social Origins of Political Parties in India and Pakistan

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 16, 2008
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Maya Tudor, Research Fellow, International Security/Intrastate Conflict Programs

Related Project: International Security

Why have some post-colonial states established durable democracies whereas others frequently oscillate between fragile democracies and autocracies?

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

 

Contextual Factors and the Soft Power of American and French Origin Universities in the Middle East

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 17, 2008
12:15-1:45 p.m.

Speaker: Rasmus Bertelsen, Dubai Initiative Fellow

Related Project: The Dubai Initiative

A brown bag seminar with DIubai InitiativeFellow, Rasmus Bertelsen

 

The Many Faces of Political Islam

Seminar
RSVP required - Taubman 401
October 22, 2008
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Speaker: Mohammed Ayoob, University Distinguished Professor of International Relations, James Madison College and the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University

Related Projects: Religion in International Affairs, International Security

Dr. Mohammed Ayoob will discuss the major themes of his recent book on the diverse manifestations of Islam and its impact on global politics. Lunch will be provided.

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Worst of the Worst: Dealing with Repressive and Rogue Nations

"This volume makes an unparalleled contribution to the growing and vital field of measurement and human rights. [The book] offers a useful categorization and assessment of repressive and 'rogue' states, allowing us to measure the extenet of repressive state behavior more accurately. His [Rotberg] work should embolden external critiques and facilitate more transparent and accountable foreign policy."

--Sarah Sewall, Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University