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    • Leveraging Charging Strategies to Reduce Grid Impacts of Electric Vehicles 

      Gschwendtner, Christine (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2024-05)
      Electric vehicles (EVs) can challenge or support electricity systems depending on how they are charged. Uncontrolled charging may strain electricity systems, e.g., by increasing peak demand in the evening,1 which may require ...
    • Linkages between the Indian Innovation System and MNE R&D Centers in India 

      Kamat, Ajinkya; Sagar, Ambuj; Narayanamurti, Venkatesh (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2020-09)
      The rise of developing economies (such as India and China) as new knowledge powers is reshaping the global innovation landscape. In a related vein, R&D has been increasingly globalizing beyond the triad region, multinational ...
    • MIGHTY: Model of International Green Hydrogen Trade 

      Nunez-Jimenez, Alejandro; De Blasio, Nicola (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2022-08)
      The Model of International Green Hydrogen Trade (MIGHTY) is an optimization model to investigate renewable hydrogen production, consumption, and trade between countries. MIGHTY supports strategic analysis by policymakers ...
    • Mission Hydrogen: Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy 

      De Blasio, Nicola; Pflugmann, Fridolin; Lee, Henry; Hua, Charles; Nunez-Jimenez, Alejandro; Fallon, Phoebe (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-10)
      To accelerate the global transition to a low-carbon economy, all energy systems must be actively decarbonized. While hydrogen has been a staple in the energy and chemical industries for decades, clean hydrogen – defined ...
    • National Cyber Power Index 2020: Methodology and Analytical Considerations 

      Voo, Julia; Hemani, Irfan; Jones, Simon; DeSombre, Winnona; Cassidy, Daniel; Schwarzenbach, Anina (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2020-09)
      The Belfer National Cyber Power Index (NCPI) measures 30 countries’ cyber capabilities in the context of seven national objectives, using 32 intent indicators and 27 capability indicators with evidence collected from ...
    • New Risks in Ransomware: Supply Chain Attacks and Cryptocurrency 

      Robinson, Amy; Corcoran, Casey; Waldo, James (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2022-05)
      With the first attack dating back to 1989, ransomware is far from a new phenomenon. However, as of late, ransomware attacks have significantly changed in nature, becoming larger, more sophisticated, and more frequent. While ...
    • New Russian Law on Northern Sea Route Navigation: Gathering Arctic Storm or Tempest in a Teapot? 

      Todorov, Andrey (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2023-03)
      Amid increasing tensions between the West and Russia, Russia’s every move, both political and legislative, is under public scrutiny. A new law regulating the navigation of foreign warships in the Northern Sea Route, whose ...
    • Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project: The Promise and Peril of High-Potential Environmental Partnerships 

      Sardonis, Amanda; Rambert, Reine (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2023-02)
      The Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project (“NKMCAP”), launched in 1997, was one of the first voluntary avoided deforestation joint implementation projects demonstrating the use of carbon sinks for climate change ...
    • Offshore Wind in the Eastern United States 

      Segal, Katherine; Lee, Henry (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-12)
      In the last decade, many states set ambitious goals to decarbonize their energy portfolios. Seven states along the Atlantic coast are pursuing 100% clean electricity targets, while others have adopted stringent emissions ...
    • Outsiders Wanting In: Asian States and Arctic Governance 

      Heng, Calvin Kee Hang; Freymann, Eyck (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2023-07-07)
      The strategic interests of Asian countries in the Arctic continue to grow despite the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the geopolitical fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. China and India have their eye on ...
    • The Persistent Consequences of the Energy Transition in Appalachia’s Coal Country 

      Krause, Eleanor (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2023-03)
      The persistence and intensification of earnings, employment, and opportunity gaps across place has become an increasingly salient feature of the United States economy over the past several decades.1 This economic divergence ...
    • Pursuing a Low-Carbon Action Plan: The Case of Chongqing City 

      Tan, Xianchun; Lee, Henry (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2017-05)
      China has committed to stabilize its greenhouse gas emissions and increase the percent of non-fossil fuel energy to 20% by 2030. This goal will require significant programmatic and policy changes across all sectors of its ...
    • Reforming the Arctic Narrative: Indigenous Storytelling, Journalism, and the Potential of Co-Production in the North 

      Agsten, Allison (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-06)
      This paper aims to articulate the absence of Indigenous people in Arctic climate change news coverage and to enumerate approaches for generating resonant, representative, and ethical stories in the white hot center of ...
    • Reinventing Climate Change Education 

      Hemminki-Reijonen, Ulla; Logadottir, Halla (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-10)
      This paper will review the changing world of climate change education and opportunities for adopting innovative pedagogical approaches such as immersive technologies, participatory methods, and art-based learning. It will ...
    • The Role of Blockchain in Green Hydrogen Value Chains 

      De Blasio, Nicola; Hua, Charles (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-11)
      A rainbow of colors currently dominates almost every conversation on the transition to a low-carbon economy: green, grey, blue, turquoise, pink, yellow[1] - an ever-increasing palette to describe the same colorless, odorless, ...
    • The Role of Clean Hydrogen for a Sustainable Mobility 

      De Blasio, Nicola (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-08)
      Hydrogen and energy have a long-shared history. Although there have been false starts in the past, this time around, hydrogen is capturing unprecedented political and business momentum as a versatile and sustainable energy ...
    • The Role of Electric Vehicles in Decarbonizing China’s Transportation Sector 

      Qiao, Qinyu; Lee, Henry (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2019-04)
      The Chinese government has repeatedly embraced a goal of developing and deploying electric vehicles (EVs) as it attempts to transition its passenger fleet away from conventional gasoline and diesel-fueled cars. China’s ...
    • Should Regulators Make Electric Utilities Pay Customers for Poor Reliability? 

      Khanna, Shefali; Rowe, Kevin (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2020-06)
      In September 2017, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) required that the city’s regulated electricity distribution utilities pay compensation to customers experiencing power outages of three hours or longer. ...
    • Sustainable Mobility: Renewable Hydrogen in the Transport Sector 

      De Blasio, Nicola; Hua, Charles; Nunez-Jimenez, Alejandro (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-06)
      The transportation sector is the second-largest source of CO2 emissions, after electricity and heat generation, accounting for about 25 percent of global emissions.1 However, it is also one of the most challenging to ...
    • Technical Difficulties of Contact Tracing 

      Robinson, Amy; Waldo, James (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-02)
      In mid-October, thousands of English and Welsh citizens received phantom alerts that they had potentially been exposed to COVID-19. A quick Twitter tour reveals the spiraling fear, frustration, and confusion that ensued. ...