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New Paradigms for Delivering Affordable and Just Energy Access: Insights from the Social Sciences
University of Sussex Prof. Benjamin Sovacool discussed how small-scale renewable energy technologies are helping planners eradicate energy poverty and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in some of the world’s poorest communities at a Pardee [...]Center lecture on July 14, 2016.
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BU Conference on Sustainability Research Session I: Measuring Sustainability
Approximately 100 people attended the one-day BU Conference on Sustainability Research that featured presentations by Boston University faculty with a diverse range of expertise on their research related to sustainability issues.
Following opening [...]remarks by Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos and College of Arts and Sciences Dean Ann Cudd, Prof. Lucy Hutyra (Earth and Environment) moderated the first session on measuring sustainability. Panelists included Prof. Nathan Phillips (Earth and Environment), Prof. Pam Templer (Biology), Prof. Michael Gevelber (Mechanical Engineering), and Prof. Thomas Little (Electrical and Computer Engineering). Topics included measuring local and regional energy use, carbon storage, commercial buildings energy use, and smart lighting technology.
The BU Conference on Sustainability Research was co-sponsored by the the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Earth and Environment, the Pardee School of Global Studies, and the Institute for Sustainable Energy.
May 9, 2016
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BU Conference on Sustainability Research Session II: Modeling Sustainability
Approximately 100 people attended the one-day BU Conference on Sustainability Research that featured presentations by Boston University faculty with a diverse range of expertise on their research related to sustainability issues.
Session II, [...]moderated by BU Sustainability Director Dennis Carlberg, focused on modeling sustainability. Prof. Peter Fox-Penner (Questrom) gave an overview of the newly created Institute for Sustainable Energy, of which he is the Director, while Prof. Kevin Gallagher (Pardee School of Global Studies) spoke about his research on climate change, trade, and finance conducted at the Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI), of which he is the Co-Director. Conor Gately (Earth and Environment) and Prof. Jonathan Levy (Environmental Health) discussed methods to improve greenhouse gas emissions inventories and the public health benefits of clean energy, respectively.
The BU Conference on Sustainability Research was co-sponsored by the the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Earth and Environment, the Pardee School of Global Studies, and the Institute for Sustainable Energy.
May 9, 2016
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2016 Pardee Center Distinguished Lecture: Evidence- Based Policy or Policy-Based Evidence?
Sir Robert Tony Watson, the world’s leading authority on integrated scientific assessments, discussed his experiences over the past 30 years and his views on the future of such assessments at the 2016 Distinguished Lecture hosted by the [...]Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on April 11, 2016.
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BU Conference on Sustainability Research Session III: Human Dimensions of Sustainability
Approximately 100 people attended the one-day BU Conference on Sustainability Research that featured presentations by Boston University faculty with a diverse range of expertise on their research related to sustainability issues.
The third session [...]was moderated by Initiative on Cities Executive Director Katharine Lusk and featured Prof. Cutler Cleveland (Earth and Environment), Prof. Henrik Selin (International Relations) and Prof. Anne Short (Earth and Environment). Topics included energy end use and energy transitions, efforts to reduce hazardous substances, and social and ecological aspects of sustainable development.
The BU Conference on Sustainability Research was co-sponsored by the the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Earth and Environment, the Pardee School of Global Studies, and the Institute for Sustainable Energy.
May 9, 2016
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The New Silk Roads: Will China’s Investments Enrich the World?
At a seminar hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on March 21, 2016, a panel of experts spoke about the implications of China’s “one belt, one road†initiative for transnational [...]investment, foreign diplomacy, and regional geopolitics. The panel was moderated by Prof. Min Ye of the Pardee School of Global Studies and featured Prof. Julie Klinger of the Pardee School, Prof. Khalid Saeed of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Prof. Deborah Bräutigam of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
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Pardee Center Symposium: Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a symposium on November 17, 2015 at the Boston University School of Law titled, “Adaptation Strategies: Coping with Climate Change and Natural Disasters in Developed [...]and Developing Countries.†Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos gave an introduction, followed by presentations by Richard Moss (Senior Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute) and Kira Sullivan-Wiley (Doctoral Candidate, BU Department of Earth & Environment).
November 17, 2015
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BU Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation Forum with Professors Najam, Janetos, and Dutta-Koehler
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Forum featuring Dean Adil Najam, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, and Professor of International Relations and Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor Anthony Janetos, BU [...]College of Arts & Sciences, Earth & Environment; Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future; and Professor Madhu Dutta-Koehler, Associate Professor of the Practice and Program Coordinator, City Planning and Urban Affairs, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Metropolitan College. The event was held on December 1, 2015 and was hosted by the Board of Trustees Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing (ACSRI) as they consider the topic of fossil fuel divestment. This forum was part of the educational activities undertaken by the committee over the last year.
December 1, 2015
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Cancer and NCDs in the Developing World: The Looming Crisis in Global Health
A panel of experts spoke about the impact of cancer and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the developing world at a seminar hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos [...]gave an introduction, followed by presentations by Maia Olsen, Program Manager, NCD Synergies, Partners in Health, Dr. Franklin Huang, Co-founder and Co-director of Global Oncology (GO) and Prof. Susan Foster of the Boston University School of Public Health.
February 24, 2016
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