The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future recently hosted a presentation and discussion about a new National Science Foundation (NSF) report, titled Sustainable Urban Systems: Articulating a Long-Term Convergence Research Agenda. The report, released in January, is intended to serve as a guide for the direction of research on sustainable urban systems in coming decades in […]
Pardee Center postdoctoral associate Laurence Delina and Director Prof. Anthony Janetos have guest edited a special journal issue consisting of 24 accounts, stories, narratives, and perspectives on the futures of energy systems. The special volume has been published in the journal Energy Research and Social Science (Vol. 35, January 2018). The collection covers disparate geographic […]
Join us for a talk by Sebastian Helgenberger from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, where he leads the “Multiple Benefits of Renewables” project. Building on experiences with Germany’s Energiewende (transition towards renewable energies), Sebastian and his team in their research activities and international science-policy dialogues are putting particular emphasis on the social […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, is serving on the Organizing Committee for the second annual GlobalFood+ Speed Talks Symposium to be hosted by the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. The symposium will take place at the Behrakis Auditorium of the Jaharis […]
A new National Science Foundation (NSF) report released today establishes a research agenda for sustainable urban systems in coming decades. The report, titled Sustainable Urban Systems: Articulating a Long-Term Convergence Research Agenda, is intended to serve as a guide for the direction of research on cities in the face of unprecedented urbanization. Fewer than one-third of the world’s population […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and Irene Monasterolo, a Visiting Research Fellow, recently co-authored a paper on climate-related financial disclosure in the journal Climatic Change. The paper, titled “Vulnerable yet relevant: the two dimensions of climate-related financial disclosure,” proposes two novel indices to identify […]
Boston University has become a leader in addressing the challenges of climate change with the Board of Trustees’ vote on December 7, 2017 to formally adopt the ambitious recommendations of the Climate Action Plan Task Force. The Task Force, which is chaired by Prof. Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of […]
Last fall, the Climate Action Plan Task Force, which is chaired by Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos, was charged with developing a plan to address the University’s carbon emissions and prepare for the impacts of climate change on BU’s campuses. The Task Force has released its draft plan, and held public forum where the Janetos […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently interviewed about Hurricane Harvey in BU Today. Prof. Janetos explained the ways in which climate change likely influenced the severity of Hurricane Harvey, such as higher sea levels and warmer water temperatures leading to a larger storm surge and […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, will teach a graduate level course this fall titled “Scientific Assessments of Environmental Issues: Process and Evaluation.” Drawing on his wealth of experience serving on several national and international study teams, including the U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA) […]