On July 12, the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a group of students from the St. Paul’s School Advanced Studies Program for a conversation with Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos about science, ethics, and climate change. Prof. Janetos presented the science and impacts of climate change, and the current and […]
An article by Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos that was published recently by The Conversation has been picked up by media outlets and websites around the world. Originally appearing in The Conversation on June 4, the article is about research conducted by Prof. Janetos and Pardee Center Post-Doctoral Associate John Connors that uses models to […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, wrote an op-ed for The Conversation about the implications of President Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Prof. Janetos explained that the last several reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]
Prof. Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently participated in a day-long meeting on multiple breadbasket failure sponsored by the University of Wisconsin, the U.S. Geospatial Agency, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Economic Research Service. The meeting was held at the USDA’s […]
Prof. Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, attended the spring meeting of the National Academy of Sciences Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) last week in Washington, DC. The Committee aims to bring together a wide range of expertise to advise the USGCRP […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a meeting with groups of scholars from Beijing Normal University and Boston University on April 10. The meeting, which was convened by Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Bruce Anderson, was an opportunity to share research on climate change risk at the two universities. Pardee […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was quoted in a recent Washington Post story by Chris Mooney about the Trump administration’s approach to climate change policy. The White House’s proposed budget has raised doubts about continued funding for climate science programs spanning 13 government agencies, as well […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is pleased to announce the publication of a new Research Report, “The Risks of Multiple Breadbasket Failures in the 21st Century: A Science Research Agenda.” According to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (Statistics Division 2016), a relatively small area of the world, 23 […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future co-hosted a panel discussion on Thursday, February 22, highlighting the role played by Boston University researchers in two of the city of Boston’s signature climate initiatives: Climate Ready Boston and the Boston Climate Action Plan. The event, co-hosted by Initiative on Cities (IOC), the […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, helped convene and participated in the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs’ Global Food Plus Conference at Harvard University on February 24, 2017. The conference featured 24 “speed talk” presentations on the nexus of food, agriculture, environment, health, and […]