Browsing HKS Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs by Title

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    • Addressing Dramatic Changes in the Bering Strait Region Requires Governance Adaptations 

      Ulmer, Frances (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2020-11)
      These words describe the extraordinary changes happening in the Arctic region. The Arctic of today does not resemble the Arctic of fifty years ago, and the Arctic of 2070 will be different still, based on everything we ...

    • Avoiding a Plastic Pandemic: The Future of Sustainability in a Post COVID-19 World 

      De Blasio, Nicola; Fallon, Phoebe (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-01)
      The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is upending our lives and the global economy in ways unimaginable until recently. While the overall impacts are still difficult to quantify, ramifications are sure to be felt for decades to ...

    • Biofuels and the Water-Energy Nexus: Perspectives for the United States 

      Strapasson, Alexandre; Lee, Henry; Schnettler, John (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-11)
      This paper focuses on liquid biofuels, especially corn-based ethanol, and the energy-water nexus. It examines the implications of potential land area expansion for increased biofuel production and on water supply availability. ...

    • Can the Paris Deal Boost Sustainable Development Goals Achievement? 

      Davide, Marinella; Campagnolo, Lorenza (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2018-02)
      The paper analyses the synergies and trade-offs between emission reduction policies and sustainable development objectives. Specifically, it provides an ex-ante assessment that the impacts of the Nationally Determined ...

    • Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage: Carbon Dioxide Transport Costs and Network-Infrastructure Considerations for a Net-Zero United States 

      Galeazzi, Clara; Lam, Tin Wai; Holdren, John (HKS Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2023-07-20)
      Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) is a set of technologies that capture carbon dioxide (CO₂) at point source and either store the CO₂ for permanent storage underground or utilize it in the economy such ...

    • The Central Arctic Ocean fisheries moratorium: A rare example of the precautionary principle in fisheries management 

      Calderwood, Cayla; Ulmer, Frances (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2023)
      On 25 June 2021, a historic fisheries Agreement entered into force: The Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO). Nine countries and the European Union agreed to refrain from ...

    • The Challenges of Decarbonizing the U.S. Electric Grid by 2035 

      Moch, Jonathan; Lee, Henry (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2022-02)
      The Biden administration has established a national goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035 and reaching net-zero economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To realize these goals, the United States must not only ...

    • Charging the Future 

      Lee, Henry; Clark, Alexander (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2018-09)
      Electric vehicles (EVs) have advanced significantly this decade, owing in part to decreasing battery costs. Yet EVs remain more costly than gasoline fueled vehicles over their useful life. This paper analyzes the additional ...

    • China's Carbon Emissions Report 2016 

      Liu, Zhu (Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2016)
      Climate change driven by anthropengic carbon emissions is one of the most serious challenges facing human development. China is currently the world’s largest developing country, primary energy consumer, and carbon emitter. ...

    • China: The Renewable Hydrogen Superpower? 

      De Blasio, Nicola; Pflugmann, Fridolin (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-05)
      President Xi Jinping’s pledge during the 2020 United Nations General Assembly, that China would reach peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, is a significant step in the fight ...

    • China’s National Carbon Market: Paradox and Potential 

      Springer, Cecilia (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2020-12)
      China announced it would launch a national carbon market in 2017, yet this policy is taking years to come into effect. What will it take for a carbon market to work in command-and-control China? This policy brief explores ...

    • Combining Technology-Push and Demand-Pull Policies to Create More and Better Energy Jobs 

      Nunez-Jimenez, Alejandro; Knoeri, Christof; Hoppmann, Joern; Hoffmann, Volker H. (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2022-09)
      Policymakers guiding their economies to a low-carbon, prosperous future must strike the right balance between technology-push and demand-pull. The rapid build-out of solar photovoltaics (PV) in recent years has revealed ...

    • The Coming AI Hackers 

      Schneier, Bruce (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-04)
      Artificial intelligence—AI—is an information technology. It consists of software. It runs on computers. And it is already deeply embedded into our social fabric, both in ways we understand and in ways we don’t. It will ...

    • Comparative Assessment of China and U.S. Policies to Meet Climate Change Targets 

      Tan, Xianchun; Lee, Henry (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2017-02)
      China and the United States together emit more than 40 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide (CO2) according to the latest available data.[1] Therefore any successful global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must ...

    • The Department of Energy National Laboratories 

      Bin-Nun, Amitai; Chan, Gabriel; Diaz Anadon, Laura; Narayanamurti, Venkatesh; Maxted, Sarah Jane (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2017-11)
      This report recommends policies and actions to improve the return on investment the U.S. government makes in sponsoring research and development (R&D) at the Department of Energy's (DOE) seventeen National Laboratories ...

    • Deploying Energy Innovation at Scale for a Low-Carbon Economy: The Private Sector Role - ENGIE 

      De Blasio, Nicola; Krishnamoorthy, Shankar; Kapadia, Zul; Mayer, Abigail; Schiele, Johanna; Sweeney-Taylor, Anthony (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2020-09)
      Providing secure, reliable, affordable energy that is needed to fuel prosperity for all without causing devastating environmental consequences is perhaps the greatest challenge of the 21st century. Over the coming decades, ...

    • Environmental Implications and Policy Challenges for Bringing Long-Haul Electric Trucks into China: The Case of the Tesla Semi 

      Moch, Jonathan (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2019-07)
      The Tesla Semi is a battery powered electric long haul truck currently in the prototype phase. Since cost and technological barriers have prevented electric vehicles from making significant inroads into the market for long ...

    • The European Union at a Crossroads: Unlocking Renewable Hydrogen’s Potential 

      De Blasio, Nicola; Nunez-Jimenez, Alejandro (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-11)
      European countries are at a crossroads on their path to carbon neutrality. Today, they are at the forefront of the global clean hydrogen race but going forward they would be better served by collaborating instead of working ...

    • Foundations of Decarbonization in China: A Post-2030 Perspective 

      Lee, Henry; Peng, Wei; Wang, Pu (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2017-07)
      The Harvard-Tsinghua Workshop on Low-Carbon Development and Public Policy is the fourth annual joint workshop between the Harvard Kennedy School’s Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Center for Science, ...

    • The Future of Carbon Offset Markets 

      Lee, Henry; Mayer, Abigail (Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2020-10)
      Corporations, organizations, and even governments are purchasing offsets to reduce their carbon footprint. This policy brief provides an overview of the offset process – who buys them, who produces them, and who certifies ...