Heidi Peltier, a Research Professor at the BU Department of Political Science and a Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow, authored an article for The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft exploring the environmental costs of recently proposed increases in military spending to “enhance U.S. deterrence of China.” In the article, Prof. Peltier reflects on the financial […]
Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a paper on the politics and social movements surrounding coal-based development in the Philippines for the journal World Development. The paper focuses specifically on a proposed coal mine on Indigenous land in the Province […]
Min Ye, an Associate Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies and a Faculty Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave a talk exploring the origins, motivations, and implementation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and examined the various impacts of COVID-19 on the […]
During Boston University’s 2020 Alumni Weekend, the Pardee School of Global Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future co-hosted “World in Flux,” a three-part webinar series drawing on the Pardee Center’s recently concluded video series, “The World After Coronavirus.” Over the course of more than 100 episodes in the video […]
Ahmad Azari, a 2020 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellow and a MA candidate at the Pardee School of Global Studies, recently authored a blog post for BU’s Institute for Sustainable Energy on the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) renewable energy investments during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the post, Azari outlines the recent steps taken by the UAE […]
Qi Zhang, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, co-authored a recent paper proposing a new framework for estimating cropping intensity (CI), a measure of crop harvest frequency that is a key indicator of food production. In the paper, published in the journal Remote Sensing of […]
Emily Klein, a senior post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, is the lead author of three new papers with colleagues at the NOAA Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division, stemming from work to support ecosystem-based management in the Southern Ocean. Antarctic krill, a small marine crustacean, are critical […]
Qi Zhang and Kira Sullivan-Wiley, post-doctoral associates at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, co-authored a new paper exploring the impacts of China’s forest conservation programs on livelihood decisions. In the paper, published in the journal Land Use Policy, the authors examine the direct and indirect effects of two […]
Boston University has launched the Anthony Janetos Climate Action Prize in honor of the late Prof. Tony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future from 2013-2019. This recognition will be awarded annually each spring to the student or team of students involved in a project through BU’s […]
The interdependencies of environmental and social systems, as recognized by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), create opportunities for pursuing simultaneous improvements in several areas, such as climate, food, water, nutrition, and health. But significant challenges remain in the conservation sphere, where integrating social and environmental goals will require large-scale changes in individual behavior. In this Issues […]