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Avoiding a Plastic Pandemic: The Future of Sustainability in a Post COVID-19 World
(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 ...
The Coming AI Hackers
(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 ...
Technical Difficulties of Contact Tracing
(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. ...
Hydrogen Deployment at Scale: The Infrastructure Challenge
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-08)
Clean hydrogen is experiencing unprecedented momentum as confidence in its ability to accelerate decarbonization efforts across multiple sectors is rising. New projects are announced almost every week. For example, an ...
Reinventing Climate Change Education
(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 ...
Biofuels and the Water-Energy Nexus: Perspectives for the United States
(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. ...
Reforming the Arctic Narrative: Indigenous Storytelling, Journalism, and the Potential of Co-Production in the North
(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 ...
China: The Renewable Hydrogen Superpower?
(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 ...
The European Union at a Crossroads: Unlocking Renewable Hydrogen’s Potential
(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 ...
Mission Hydrogen: Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
(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 ...