Robert Stavins Robert N. Stavins is the A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 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, Co-Chair of the Harvard Business School-Kennedy School Joint Degree Programs, and Director of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements.

Email: robert_stavins@hks.harvard.edu
Tel: 617-495-1820
Office: Littauer 306

Assistant: Jason Chapman
Email: jason_chapman@hks.harvard.edu
Tel: 617-496-8054

Mailing Address:
Robert N. Stavins
Harvard Kennedy School, Mailbox #11
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Publications

Aldy, Joseph E., and Robert N. Stavins. “Rolling the Dice in the Corridors of Power: William Nordhaus's Impacts on Climate Change Policy.” Harvard Environmental Economics Program Discussion Paper Series (2020).Abstract

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The seminal contributions of William Nordhaus to scholarship on the long-run macroeconomics of global climate change are clear. Much more challenging to identify are the impacts of Nordhaus and his research on public policy in this domain. We examine three conceptually distinct pathways for that influence: his personal participation in the policy world; his research’s direct contribution to the formulation and evaluation of public policy; and his research’s indirect role informing public policy. Many of the themes that emerge in this assessment of the contributions of one of the most important economists to have worked in the domain of climate change analysis apply more broadly to the roles played by other leading economists in this and other policy domains.

Stavins, Robert. “The Future of U.S. Carbon-Pricing Policy.” Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy 1 (2020): 8–64.

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Stavins, Robert N. “The Madrid climate conference's real failure was not getting a broad deal on global climate markets.” The Conversation (2019). Publisher's Version

Stavins, R. N., L Schneider, M Duan, K Kizzier, D Broekhoff, F Jotzo, H Winkler, M Lazarus, A Howard, and C Hood. “Double Counting and the Paris Agreement Rulebook.” Science 366, no. 6462 (2019): 180–183.

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Latest News

Aldy and Stavins quoted in MIT Technology Review

July 28, 2020

The US needs a green stimulus - but must provide immediate relief first.

How COVID-19 has changed public policy

June 30, 2020

Harvard Kennedy School Policy: Good and bad news for climate.

Stavins quoted in The Hill on coronavirus pandemic, recession, and CO2 emissions

June 21, 2020

Recession likely to hinder rebounding emissions levels.

Roles and Responsibilities

A. J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development, Harvard Kennedy School

Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program

Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements

Director of Graduate Studies for Ph.D. in Public Policy, and Political Economy & Government

Co-Chair, HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

Faculty Chair, Exec Ed Course Climate Change & Energy: Policy Making for the Long Term

University Fellow, Resources for the Future

Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

Co-Editor, The Journal of Wine Economics

Conversations on Climate Change and Energy Policy

The Harvard Project on Climate Agreements is conducting a series of virtual forums addressing key issues in climate-change and related energy policy. Each forum will feature an expert guest and will be moderated by Robert Stavins, Director of the Harvard Project, or another Harvard faculty member. We hope you can join us!

Next Scheduled Event:

Wednesday, August 19, 2020
9:00 – 10:00 am

Rachel Kyte

"Using the Pandemic Recovery to Spur the Clean Transition —
Opportunities and Potential Pitfalls"

Registration is required. Please click here to register in advance for this webinar.

Rachel Kyte will discuss a potential green recovery from the pandemic — how recovery efforts might be leveraged to accelerate the transition to a clean and sustainable energy system — in the United States and globally. She is the Dean of The Fletcher School, Tufts University, and she has held senior positions in the World Bank and United Nations dealing with climate change and sustainability.