Tag: Adaptation

Pardee Director Speaks at Trustees Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Event

Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, participated in a forum on climate change mitigation and adaptation on December 1. Prof. Janetos — along with Adil Najam, Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, and Madhu Dutta-Koehler, a professor of city planning and urban affairs — gave a […]

Experts Discuss Climate Adaptation Strategies at Pardee Center Symposium

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a symposium on Tuesday, November 17 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, […]

Research Associate Marta Marello Wins #Climathon, Trip to Paris

Marta Marello, a Research Associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been invited to attend Climate-KIC’s #Climathon program in Paris, in conjunction with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks in early December. The program is designed for winners of the #Climathon competition, a global 24-hour […]

Pardee Center Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation Strategies

The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a symposium on Tuesday, November 17 titled, “Adaptation Strategies: Coping with Climate Change and Natural Disasters in Developed and Developing Countries.” Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos gave an introduction before presentations by Richard Moss (Senior Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute) and Kira Sullivan-Wiley […]

Visiting Research Fellow Pablo Suarez Published in Nature Climate Change

Visiting Research Fellow Pablo Suarez was one of several co-authors of a paper titled “Ensuring climate information guides long-term development” published in the September 2015 issue of the journal Nature Climate Change. The paper addresses the failure of many sub-Saharan African countries to include climate information in long-term development decision-making. The region, which faces significant climate adaptation challenges […]

Pardee Director Delivers Board of Trustees Lecture on Climate Change Impacts

Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave a lecture at the third installment of a Boston University Board of Trustees forum series on fossil fuel divestment on April 28. Drawing on the findings from the U.S. National Climate Assessment, Prof. Janetos discussed the impacts of climate change on the […]