How International Relations Theory on Norm Cascades Can Inform the Politics of Climate Change
To confront the climate crisis, we need political change involving a dramatic shift in domestic and transnational norms.
Research
Sustainability Transitions in Consumption-Production Systems
The need for faster and deeper transitions toward more sustainable development pathways is now widely recognized.
System transitions research and sustainable development: Challenges, progress, and prospects
The central challenge of our age is how to make development sustainable—to assure that it advances people’s well-being in the here and now without unfairly constraining the ability of people elsewhere
Progress in modeling dynamic systems for sustainable development
This Perspective evaluates recent progress in modeling nature–society systems to inform sustainable development.
Fertilizer and Algal Blooms: A Satellite Approach to Assessing Water Quality
Fertilizer is critical to agricultural supply chains, but its use results in downstream externalities in the form of aquatic hypoxic zones and algal blooms.
On the Role of Solar Geoengineering in Combatting Climate Change: Harvard University vs. Indigenous Voices
In 2021 the Saami Council asked Harvard to suspend research related to stratospheric aerosol injections, a form of geoengineering.
A more globally minded European green industrial policy
Industrial policy has for a long time raised difficult questions for policymakers to unpick.
Investment versus Output Subsidies: Implications of Alternative Incentives for Wind Energy
This study examines the choice between subsidizing investment and subsidizing output to promote socially desirable production.
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage: CO2 Transport costs and network infrastructure considerations for a net-zero United States
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 i
Vietnam: Navigating a Rapidly Changing Economy, Society, and Political Order
In the late 1980s, most of the world still associated Vietnam with resistance and war, hardship, refugees, and a mismanaged planned economy.
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