Upcoming Events
We have wrapped up our event slate for the academic year. Check back soon for upcoming events in the fall!
Past Events
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Aviation Biofuels: Propelling the World toward a Low-Carbon Future
Cristina Haus, Executive Editor, Jet Fuel Intelligence, Energy Intelligence Group
12:30-1:45, Murrow Room, The Fletcher School
Hosted by CIERP's Energy, Climate, and Innovation Program.
Friday-Saturday, April 20-21, 2012
Tufts Energy Conference – Transforming the Global Energy Debate: From Challenges to Solutions
Please see the conference website for complete information.
Co-sponsored by CIERP.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Overcoming the Challenges of Climate Change
An Earth Day Talk
William Moomaw, Director, CIERP
11am, Tufts Institute of the Environment’s Multipurpose Room, Miller Hall, 210 Packard Ave
Co-sponsored by TIE, Tufts Office of Sustainability, Tufts Climate Policy and Planning Coalition (CPPC), and CIERP
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Natural Gas: Risks and Opportunities
Shale gas, hydraulic fracturing, and other facts
Susan Tierney, Managing Principal, Analysis Group, and Member of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's Shale Gas Committee
7:00-8:30pm, Cabot 206, The Fletcher School
Hosted by CIERP's Energy, Climate, and Innovation Program.
Read a summary of her presentation here.
Monday, March 26, 2012
The Arctic: A New Model for Global Cooperation
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland
3:30-5:00pm, ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School
Reception to Follow
Hosted by The Edward R. Murrow Center, The Fletcher School; CIERP, The Fletcher School; The Institute of the North, Anchorage, AK; and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Norway.
Read a summary of his presentation here.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Getting Agriculture into the Climate Negotiations
Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa (via Skype)
3:20-4:00, Mugar 200, The Fletcher School
Hosted by CIERP's Sustainable Development Diplomacy & Governance Program.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Indigenous People and Resource Rights
Chandra Roy-Henriksen, Chief of the Secretariat, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
12:30pm, Cabot 206, The Fletcher School
Part of the series Resource Conflicts: Spotlight on Global Trends, National Interests, and Private Sector Role, co-sponsored by CIERP, CEME, Tufts Energy Conference, FLEC, and INCR.
Monday, March 12, 2012
NIMBY-ism and Wind Power — a New Look at an Old Problem
Maria Petrova Stefanovich, Postdoctoral Fellow, CIERP, The Fletcher School
12:30-1:45pm, Goddard 310 (Crowe Room), The Fletcher School
Hosted by CIERP's Energy, Climate, and Innovation Program.
Read a summary of her presentation here.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
International Resource Politics and Minerals: How does the Resource Nexus come in?
Raimund Bleischwitz, Transatlantic Academy Fellow and Co-Director, Material Flows and Resource Management, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
7:00-8:30pm, Mugar 200, The Fletcher School
Hosted by CIERP's Sustainable Development Diplomacy & Governance Program.
Read a summary of his presentation here.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Climate Change & Sustainable Development Diplomacy: The Ongoing Process
Andrew Steer, Special Envoy for Climate Change, the World Bank
3:20-5:20pm, Mugar 200, The Fletcher School
Hosted by CIERP's Sustainable Development Diplomacy & Governance Program.
Read a summary of his presentation here.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Everett-Moomaw Debate on Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment
Bruce McKenzie Everett, Adjunct Associate Professor of International Business, The Fletcher School
William Moomaw, Professor of International Environmental Policy and CIERP Director, The Fletcher School
6:30-8pm, ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School
Hosted by the Fletcher Energy Consortium (FLEC)
Read a summary of the debate here.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Reversing Global Warming and Desertification with Livestock?
Counter Intuitive Thinking: A Futurist's Inquiry
Seth Itzkan, President, Planet-TECH Associates
12:30-1:45, Cabot 702, The Fletcher School
Hosted by CIERP's Agriculture, Forests, and Biodiversity Program
Read a summary of his presentation here.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
From Rio to Rio: Moving Towards Sustainable Development in a Multi-speed World
Rachel Kyte, Vice President of Sustainable Development, World Bank
3:50-5:20, Mugar 200, The Fletcher School
Hosted by CIERP's Sustainable Development Diplomacy & Governance Program
Read a summary of her presentation here.
Monday-Tuesday, January 9-10, 2012
The Globalization of Clean Energy Technologies: Firm-Level Perspectives and Policy Implications
A roundtable illuminating the key barriers and incentives for the global movement of cleaner and more efficient technologies
Hosted by CIERP's Energy, Climate, and Innovation Program, with support from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, BP Group, and a gift from Barbara Kates-Garnick, F73, F78, F84 (MA, MALD, PhD) and Marc B. Garnick, M.D.
Note: This was a closed workshop.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Interconnected Energy Grids - a Future for Electric Energy
Aleksandar Stanković, Alvin H. Howell Professor in Electrical Engineering
12:30-1:45 in Cabot 108b, The Fletcher School
Part of the Energy and Climate Policy Research Seminar Series
View his presentation here.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Energy Security in South Asia: Towards Cooperation or Conflict?
Charles K. Ebinger, Director, Energy Security Initiative, The Brookings Institution
12:30 in Mugar 200, The Fletcher School
Part of the series Resource Conflicts: Spotlight on Global Trends, National Interests, and Private Sector Role, co-sponsored by CIERP, CEME, Tufts Energy Conference, FLEC, and INCR
Read a summary of his presentation here.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation: The 2011 IPCC Report
William Moomaw, Convening Lead Author, IPCC SRREN Report 2011, and Director, CIERP
12:30-1:45 in Mugar 200, The Fletcher School
Part of the Energy and Climate Policy Research Seminar Series
Read a summary of his presentation here.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Book Talk – Climate Governance at the Crossroads: Experimenting with a Global Response after Kyoto
Matthew J. Hoffmann, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
12:45pm in Cabot 102, The Fletcher School
Part of the Road to Durban Speaker Series
Read a summary of his presentation here.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Resource conflicts: Renewable energies as peace enablers?
Sherri W. Goodman, SVP and Corporate Secretary, CNA Analysis and Solutions
12:15pm at the Tufts Olin Center, Room 012
Part of the series Resource Conflicts: Spotlight on Global Trends, National Interests, and Private Sector Role, co-sponsored by CIERP, CEME, Tufts Energy Conference, FLEC, and INCR
Monday, October 3, 2011
Understanding Climate Mitigation Responses in the United States and China from the Strategic and Institutional Perspective
Xingshu Zhao, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, CIERP
12:30-1:45pm in the Crowe Room (G310), The Fletcher School
Part of the Energy and Climate Policy Research Seminar Series
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Resource Wars - Underlying Structures and Trends
Michael T. Klare, Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, based at Hampshire College
12:30-1:45 in Room 702, The Fletcher School
Part of the series Resource Conflicts: Spotlight on Global Trends, National Interests, and Private Sector Role, co-sponsored by CIERP, CEME, Tufts Energy Conference, FLEC, and INCR
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 CIERP Meet & Greet
5:30–7:00pm, Cabot 7th floor, The Fletcher School