The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University is pleased to announce its 2017 Distinguished Lecture, “Biology and Climate Change” featuring Thomas Lovejoy on Tuesday, March 28 from 5:00 – 6:30 pm (reception to follow) at the Metcalf Trustee Center at 1 Silber Way, 9th Floor. Prof. Thomas E. Lovejoy is […]
Post-doctoral associate John Patrick Connors and Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently attended the 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco, the largest Earth and space science meeting in the world. Connors presented their paper titled “Assessing the Impacts of Multiple Breadbasket […]
The Climate Action Plan Task Force, which is chaired by Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, is excited to announce the launch of its website. The website is intended to help Boston University students, faculty, and staff stay abreast of the process, get involved in developing […]
Les Kaufman, a Professor of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, participated in two related workshops in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area of southeastern Florida during the week of November 13. The first workshop was a one-day forum focused on the health of […]
Irene Monasterolo, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, will be co-hosting and participating in a side event at the UN climate change conference in Marrakech. The event, titled “Disentangling the Climate-Finance Nexus: Methods for 2°C alignment and climate stress-tests for institutional investors and development banks,” […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently interviewed about the impact of climate change on cities in Doggerel, the online magazine of Arup in the Americas, which explores innovation in the built environment. In the article, Prof. Janetos discusses the interplay between climate change […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) are pleased to announce the publication of a new report, “Trade in the Balance: Reconciling Trade and Climate Policy.” The report is the outcome of the Working Group on Trade, Investment, and Climate Policy convened by […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been chosen to chair Boston University’s Climate Action Plan Task Force. The announcement of Prof. Janetos’ appointment to lead this year-long effort was made in a university-wide email from President Robert A. Brown on October 31. President […]
Pamela Templer, an Associate Professor of Biology and a Faculty Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was featured on a segment of VICE News Tonight that aired on HBO on October 14, 2016. The segment highlighted Prof. Templer’s Climate Change Across Seasons Experiment (CCASE) at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will co-host an event titled “Bhutan: The Intersection of Climate Change & Health” on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 6:00-7:30 pm at the Metcalf Trustee Center at One Silber Way. Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos will moderate a panel discussion following a keynote […]