Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored two new papers on climate change and sustainable development policy in Southeast Asia. In the first paper, published in the journal Climatic Change, he explores the potential for future geoengineering research in Southeast Asia. […]
Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a paper on the importance of resilient energy systems for islands in the journal Energy Research & Social Science. While the need for resilient infrastructure in climate-vulnerable islands (whether geographical islands surrounded by water […]
Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently gave the keynote address at the Ateneo School of Government’s first Energy and Sustainable Development webinar. The event, which was attended virtually by over 400 people, focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on […]
Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a paper on indigenous peoples’ dissent against state and corporate incursions in their land, published in the journal Energy Research & Social Science. In the paper, Delina explains the widespread global suppression of indigenous […]
Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently delivered a pair of lectures on sustainable energy transitions at the University of the Philippines. The lectures were part of Delina’s 19-day scientific visit to the University of the Philippines under the auspices of the Balik […]
Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently convened a pair of interdisciplinary workshops on the future of energy systems in developing countries. The first workshop, which was held November 1-2 at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India, focused on China’s rapidly expanding investments in energy […]
Laurence Delina, a post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future from 2015-2019, recently began a new position as an assistant professor at the Division of Environment and Sustainability at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Delina will be continuing his collaboration with the Pardee Center […]
Laurence Delina, a former senior post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a paper titled “ICTs for delivering climate-development strategies: an informational governance framework for local climate-development organizations” published in the journal Climate and Development. Around the world, a growing number of “climate-development organizations” (CDOs) — particularly […]
Laurence Delina, a senior post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a 139-page commissioned white paper on China-Philippine cooperation on climate change action, of which Oxfam has published a 15-page summary. In the white paper, Delina makes the case for cooperation between government agencies and civil […]
Laurence Delina, a senior post-doctoral associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored his fourth book, titled Emancipatory Climate Actions: Strategies from histories. The book, published by Palgrave Macmillan, offers strategies for strengthening climate change activism based on the mechanisms that made previous large-scale social movements successful. […]