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.
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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
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:
Monday, October 19, 2020
9:00 – 10:00 am (U.S./Canada Eastern Time)
"Greening Economic Stimulus: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act"
Register in advance for this webinar
The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated an economic crisis in the United States and around the world. Once the public health risk is managed, the U.S. economy will likely face its highest unemployment rate and largest shortfall of economic activity since the Great Depression. Other economies across the world are likewise suffering through significant economic contractions that necessitate economic recovery programs. Environmental stakeholders, the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the International Energy Agency, and major politicians have called for the greening of future economic stimulus so that it simultaneously promotes job creation and addresses the climate crisis. Drawing from the lessons learned from the unprecedented U.S. spending on clean energy in the 2009 Recovery Act – from first-hand experience negotiating these provisions with Congress as a member of President Obama’s transition team, overseeing their implementation in practice at the White House, and conducting and synthesizing academic research on their performance – Joe Aldy will explore the potential design of and prospects for climate-oriented economic stimulus.
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