The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Center for the Study of Asia co-sponsored a seminar titled “Pathways to Emissions Reduction in China and India: Politics, Policy, and Administration” on April 16 at the Pardee Center. Bruce Gilley, Associate Professor of Political Science at Portland State University, spoke about the greenhouse gas […]
Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, gave a public lecture titled “Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and Water Issues in the Northeast” on April 16 in Hudson, MA. The lecture was a review of climate impacts and responses to climate change, with an emphasis on the experience […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted Prakash Javadekar, India’s Minister of State for Environment, Forests & Climate Change, on April 15th. Mr. Javadekar participated in an informal conversation with a diverse group of faculty and experts from a range of academic disciplines across the University, including the Earth […]
China and India Comparative Seminar Series Thursday, April 16, 2015 from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Pardee Center Seminar Room, 67 Bay State Road China and India will largely determine the future of the global climate. How are they doing in emissions reduction? How can they do better? Prof. Bruce Gilley explains and contrasts China’s “state-signaling” and […]
2014 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow Sarah Ann Hill was an invited speaker on a panel and also presented a poster at a recent conference called “Just Food?” held at the Harvard Law School. The conference, on March 28-29, explored the intersections between social, economic and environmental justice and the food system. Sarah spoke during […]
Marta Marello, Project Manager of The Enhancing Energy Efficiency for Urban Housing research project for the The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, is featured in a news article and a similar feature in the 2014 annual report from Wells Fargo. The article, titled “Boston community teams up to improve energy efficiency […]
The Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is now accepting proposals for Faculty Fellows starting in Fall 2015. The Pardee Faculty Fellows are an integral part of the Center’s research programs and critical partners in conducting interdisciplinary, policy-relevant studies on a wide range of issues that contribute to improvement in the human […]
Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos addressed state and local officials and Boston University alumni regarding the impacts of climate change at two different events in late March. Prof. Janetos joined the Foundation for a Greener Future as the keynote speaker at the 3rd Annual Massachusetts Water forum on March 24th, discussing “Climate Change Implications for Water […]
The health, business, and regulatory implications related to products that contain or are manufactured with toxic chemicals was the topic of discussion at the Pardee House seminar on Thursday, March 19. Pardee Faculty Fellow Henrik Selin moderated the session, titled “Chemicals, Products, and Health: Global Challenges.” Other panelists included BU Prof. Wendy Heiger-Bernays (School of […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will host a panel discussion on Friday, March 27 from 3 to 4 pm titled “Water Politics in the Nile Basin” as part of a four-day series of events at Boston University coordinated by the BU Arts Initiative in association with The Nile Project. […]