The Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment at Princeton University/SPIA is sending a delegation of students, researchers, and faculty to attend COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from November 6-18. We will be hosting two livestreams from Egypt on:
Climate change is impacting biodiversity, ecosystem function, and human well-being. Regions with stable climates can act as climate refugia that will be critical to safeguarding climate-sensitive species. However, such refugia may only be “ecologically viable” if they are not heavily degraded by human activities. This talk…
In this talk, Professor Abigail Neely tells the story of community health and the scientific practices developed to address it in Pholela, South Africa, inviting global health practitioners to recognize the multiple realities their patients live in and to make space for healing beyond scientific social medicine.
Frances Lee, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
High Stakes Negotiation: Reaching Agreement on Pandemic Aid in 2020
Christopher Bertram, American University
Bettina Poirier, American University
FUNG PUBLIC TALK
Are citizens' assemblies a solution to solve two pressing crises: democratic dissatisfaction and climate emergency? The Citizens' Convention for Climate, and the Great National Debate in France, or the Conference on the Future of Europe, were attempts presented as new initiatives. Recently, many climate…
The world needs to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century for a chance at limiting warming to less than 1.5°C. Last year, the Canadian government followed the lead of other nations and legislated a goal of net-zero by 2050. Achieving this goal requires shifting from incremental to transformational approaches…
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Chair of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics; and chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
