UPCOMING EVENTS
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.
