Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
Robert N. Stavins is the Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, a University Fellow of Resources for the Future, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Stavins' research has examined diverse areas of environmental economics and policy.
This paper lays out the arguments for using cap-and-trade to address climate change and proposes a system that includes an upstream cap on CO2, a gradual downward trajectory of emissions ceilings over time, and mechanisms to reduce cost uncertainty.
The Hamilton Project hosted a forum highlighting a new strategy paper and two new discussion papers on how to best design market mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including proposals to expand the federal R&D program to better promote the development of new greenhouse gas reducing technologies.
Full video from the A Climate of Change: Economic Approaches to Reforming Energy and Protecting the Environment Hamilton Project event.
The Hamilton Project hosted a forum highlighting a new strategy paper and two new discussion papers on how to best design market mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including proposals to expand the federal R&D program to better promote the development of new greenhouse gas-reducing technologies.
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