Robert Stavins on Beyond Kyoto: An Economic Perspective on International Climate Policy
About the Speaker:Leading environmental economist, Robert Stavins, is the Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government at the internationally renowned Belfer Center, Harvard, and Director of the Harvard Program on Climate Agreements. He is an expert on the dynamics of the UN climate negotiations.A regular contributor to the New York Times and the Huffington Post, he is the editor of two influential books on the subject — “Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy (2009)” and “Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the post-Kyoto World (2007).” He writes regularly online on his blog: An Economic View of the Environment.About the Speech:As preparations for the next round of crucial climate negotiations in Durban commence, Robert Stavins will discuss the prospects for the negotiations, the future of climate action beyond the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012, and the economics of climate change policy.
