Boston University has played a critical role in contributing to two of Boston’s signature climate initiatives: Climate Ready Boston and the Boston Climate Action Plan. Join the Boston University Initiative on Cities, the Institute for Sustainable Energy, the Pardee Center, and sustainability@BU for a panel discussion featuring: Bruce Anderson – Professor, Department of Earth & Environment, […]
Post-doctoral associate John Patrick Connors and Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently attended the 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco, the largest Earth and space science meeting in the world. Connors presented their paper titled “Assessing the Impacts of Multiple Breadbasket […]
The Climate Action Plan Task Force, which is chaired by Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, is excited to announce the launch of its website. The website is intended to help Boston University students, faculty, and staff stay abreast of the process, get involved in developing […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, was recently interviewed about the impact of climate change on cities in Doggerel, the online magazine of Arup in the Americas, which explores innovation in the built environment. In the article, Prof. Janetos discusses the interplay between climate change […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) are pleased to announce the publication of a new report, “Trade in the Balance: Reconciling Trade and Climate Policy.” The report is the outcome of the Working Group on Trade, Investment, and Climate Policy convened by […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, is participating in a meeting hosted by the Global Observations of Forest Cover and Land Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD) and the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI) in the Netherlands from October 31 through November 4, 2016. The objective of the GFOI and GOFC-GOLD […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, has been chosen to chair Boston University’s Climate Action Plan Task Force. The announcement of Prof. Janetos’ appointment to lead this year-long effort was made in a university-wide email from President Robert A. Brown on October 31. President […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future invites you to attend the Boston University Research event, “Home Away from Home: Capitalizing on BU’s Cross-Discipline Research Centers” on Monday, October 31 from 9:00 to 10:30 am at the Photonics Colloquium Room. Boston University is home to 13 University-level centers and institutes, […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future will co-host an event titled “Bhutan: The Intersection of Climate Change & Health” on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 6:00-7:30 pm at the Metcalf Trustee Center at One Silber Way. Pardee Center Director Anthony Janetos will moderate a panel discussion following a keynote […]
Anthony Janetos, the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, and post-doctoral associate Laurence Delina will guest edit a special issue of Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) on ‘Energy and the Future’ to be published in October 2017. The special issue seeks a collection of interdisciplinary papers that explore the […]