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Category: Climate Change

October 10, 2017

Exploring the Value of Public Forums for Building Consensus and Changing Perspectives

Jason Lloyd

Over the summer, Nich Weller wrote about the “power of conversation,” reflecting on a public forum in Boston that brought together public participants and facilitators and staff from the Museum of Science to discuss the challenges of sea level rise…

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September 8, 2017

6 Rules for Rebuilding Infrastructure in an Era of “Unprecedented” Weather Events

Jason Lloyd

Before Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Aug. 25, there was little doubt that its impact would be devastating and wide-ranging. Unfortunately, Harvey delivered and then some with early estimates of the damage at over $190 billion, which would make it…

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May 10, 2017

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

Jason Lloyd

A couple of weeks ago, Bret Stephens, the new columnist for The New York Times, wrote a fairly anodyne inaugural essay about the dangers of complete certainty, particularly certainty based on data-dependent predictive modeling. “We live in a world in…

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December 13, 2015

Global breadbaskets at risk from unchecked greenhouse gas emissions

Lori Hidinger

“Different regions around the world are poised to experience climate change differently, and the risks depend on both the climate change experienced, and the human systems on the ground there.” Our new study shows trouble ahead for feeding the world…

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December 8, 2015

The Social Dimensions of Energy Transitions

Lori Hidinger

In tandem with the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21)* in Paris, explore insight shared by CSPO faculty and affiliates regarding climate change and social impacts. *(Refers to countries that signed up to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on…

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December 4, 2015

Alternative political and policy pathways to tackling climate change challenge

Lori Hidinger

In tandem with the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21)* in Paris, explore insight shared by CSPO faculty and affiliates regarding climate change and social impacts. *(Refers to countries that signed up to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on…

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December 3, 2015

Climate adaptation through innovation

Lori Hidinger

In tandem with the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21)* in Paris, explore insight shared by CSPO faculty and affiliates regarding climate change and social impacts. *(Refers to countries that signed up to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on…

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April 24, 2014

It’s the End of the World as We Prefer It, and I Feel … Stupid

Kyle Larkin

By Daniel Sarewitz My predictions for the next 20 years or so: Natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes and typhoons, earthquakes, and droughts will afflict more people than ever, at greater costs than ever, in poor nations and rich alike.…

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November 6, 2013

Is Our Future Nuclear?

Kyle Larkin

Clark A. Miller and Jennifer Richter Nuclear advocacy is at fever pitch in the United States. This week, CNN will air Pandora’s Promise, Robert Stone’s new film advocating a major push for new nuclear power plants. This weekend, several prominent…

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