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Climate Change and Energy
Policymaking for the Long Term
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY
Policymaking for the Long Term
Scientists and most policymakers agree that global climate change is one of
the greatest challenges of our time. It poses a significant threat to our natural
environment, the global economy, and the long term viability of human society.
Energy-related emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate
change account for approximately two-thirds of total global emissions, and
therefore any effort to address climate change must bring about a significant
transformation in the ways that we produce and use energy. Energy in turn
plays a role in almost all aspects of every national economy, making climate
change policy both difficult to address and an essential consideration for many
leaders in government, private industry, and civil society
“An exceptional program and an CURRICULUM

invaluable opportunity to learn from
other participants experiencing the Climate Change and Energy: Policymaking for the Long Term is a six-day
Harvard Kennedy School executive program chaired by Professor Robert
diverse impacts of climate change around
Stavins that will explore this climate-energy nexus. The program will provide
the world. The comprehensive curriculum you with deep insight into how we might address climate change through
addressed many issues from a global public policy and closely related aspects of energy production and use.
perspective and provided the frameworks
that will enable me to take a leading role Here, you will join public policymakers — as well as leaders from business,
in discussions in my home country.” multilateral development banks, and nongovernmental organizations from
around the world — to examine new policy perspectives distilled from
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cutting-edge research. Through a combination of lectures, discussions,
case studies, and group work, you will become familiar with state-of-the-art
analytical tools and conceptual frameworks to better understand policies
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, undertake the energy transformation
required to address global climate change, and adapt
The program will consider key questions, such as:

» How can economic analysis advance effective policy measures
to address climate change, and what are the impacts of these
measures on the corporate and public sectors?
» What are the options for policy makers in the United States, Europe,
and other parts of the world, including developing countries?
» How can developing countries best address climate change while
pursuing economic development goals?
» What progress has there been to slow climate change through
international negotiations, and what are the options going forward?
» What approaches to adaptation and resilience in the face of climate
change are likely to be most effective, and what impediments to
progress exist?

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Given the importance and broad impact of the subject matter, Climate
Change and Energy: Policymaking for the Long Term is for individuals of
wide ranging backgrounds and responsibilities. Ideal participants include:
» Executives and senior staff in corporations that are affected by
environmental regulation, manufacture products or provide services in the
energy sector, or may foresee opportunities in the “clean energy” space.
» Officials in national, state/provincial, and local governments with
responsibility for climate change and related energy policy, or who
anticipate that they may have such responsibility in the future. The
program would also be appropriate for individuals responsible for
planning for the enhanced resilience of infrastructure in the face of
TO APPLY OR LEARN ABOUT PROGRAM DATES,
climate change. CURRICULUM, TUITION, AND MORE, PLEASE VISIT
» Leadership and senior staff in intergovernmental and nongovernmental
organizations dealing with climate change and energy policy.
» Professionals in finance, accounting, or legal services whose clients may
be affected by environmental or climate regulation and who wish to gain Admission is competitive and based on professional
an in-depth understanding of climate change policy and related topics in achievement and organizational responsibility. There are no
energy production and use. formal educational requirements; however, fluency in written
and spoken English is a necessity for participation.
The program will equip you with the tools to understand the economics
This program qualifies for both the Economic Development
and politics of climate change and energy. It will also provide a unique Executive Certificate and the Public Policy Executive Certificate.
opportunity for you to engage with faculty who are among the leading Visit www.hks.harvard.edu/ee/certificate to learn more.
experts and foremost researchers in the field, and with accomplished
peers from around the world.
FACULTY CHAIR
Robert Stavins is the A. J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development at Harvard Kennedy
School and Director of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements. Stavins is also Director of the Harvard
Environmental Economics Program; Director of Graduate Studies for the Doctoral Program in Public Policy
and the Doctoral Program in Political Economy and Government; and Co-chair of the Harvard Business
School-Kennedy School Joint Degree Program. He was formerly the Chairman of the Environmental
Economics Advisory Committee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board.
Professor Stavins was a lead author of the Second and Third Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change and a coordinating lead author of the Panel’s Fifth Assessment Report. His
research has examined diverse areas of environmental economics and policy, and his work has appeared
in books and in over 100 articles in academic journals and popular periodicals. Stavins holds a B.A. in
philosophy from Northwestern University, an M.S. in agricultural economics from Cornell, and a Ph.D.
in economics from Harvard.
SELECTED ADDITIONAL FACULTY & GUEST SPEAKERS:

» Joseph Aldy is an economist and Professor of » John Macomber is a Senior Lecturer in the » Forest Reinhardt is the John D. Black Professor
the Practice of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. He of Business Administration at Harvard Business
School. He served as a climate and energy has held senior positions in commercial real School and a global expert on the interface
advisor in two U.S. presidential administrations. estate and construction — and is an expert between business, climate, and energy.
on making urban infrastructure more resilient
» John Holdren was President Barack Obama’s » David Victor is a global thought leader on
to climate change.
science advisor for eight years. He is the climate change policy and the energy systems
Teresa and John Heinz Professor of » Meghan L. O’Sullivan is the Jeane Kirkpatrick transformation that is required for a low-carbon
Environmental Policy at Harvard Kennedy Professor of the Practice of International future. He is a professor at U.C. San Diego’s
School and a global expert on the science Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. She School of Global Policy & Strategy.
and impacts of climate change. focuses on international energy security and
has served in senior national security roles in
the U.S. Government.
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Climate Change and Energy

Policymaking for the Long Term

“An exceptional program and an CURRICULUM

The program will consider key questions, such as:

YOU’RE HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

SELECTED ADDITIONAL FACULTY & GUEST SPEAKERS:

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