Topic: 1997 International Conference on Global Warming in Kyoto, Japan
At the December 1-10 Kyoto conference on global warming, the economic consequences of imposing carbon dioxide limits versus environmental safety will be hotly debated. To help the media provide perspective on the business, scientific, political, and economic aspects of this story, we have compiled a list of experts who can address various aspects of these issues. To get in touch with an expert, please call the contact at the end of each section.
Business and Economic Impact
John F. Mahon, Professor of Management Policy
Mahon is an experienced commentator on how corporations deal with the political and social aspects of environmental regulation. Eli Berman Assistant Professor of Economics Berman studies the effect of environmental regulation on productivity in the oil industry, and the relationship between environmental regulation and labor demand. Andrew Hoffman Assistant Professor of
Organizational Behavior Formerly a compliance engineer for the E.P.A. and an analyst for Amoco, Hoffman is an expert on corporate environmental strategy. He is the editor of Global Climate Change: A Senior Level Dialogue at the Intersection of Economics, Strategy, Technology, Science, Politics and International Negotiation (1997), and author of From Heresy to Dogma: An Institutional History of Corporate Environmentalism (1997).
-- Contact: Janice Zazinski, 617/353-4198; [email protected]
Scientific Impact
Peter L. Levin Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Levin is an expert on the production and consumption of electric energy and computer modeling of these systems. He participated in the October 6th White House Conference on Climate Change and was a White House Fellow in 1995-96, serving as special assistant to the Office of Management and Budget and expert consultant for the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
-- Contact: Joan Schwartz, 617/353-4626; [email protected]
Cutler Cleveland, Associate Professor of Geography
Cleveland is an expert on the oil and natural gas industry, alternative energy, energy and environmental policy, and sustainable development. He is a vice-president in the International Society of Ecological Economics and in 1992-93 was a lecturer in the European Economic Community's Advanced Education Programme on the Environment. He has consulted with the U.S. Department of Energy and E.P.A. Robert Kaufmann Associate Professor of Geography Kaufmann studies the world oil markets, global climate change, and ecological economics. He most recently wrote a landmark study that demonstrates how human activities are responsible for global warming.
-- Contact: Laura Raichle, 617/353-2745; [email protected]
Legal Implications
Michael S. Baram Professor of Law Baram practices environmental law at the law firm of Bracken and Baram. He has served on several National Academy of Sciences committees and expert groups for the U.S. Department of Energy and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has consulted for the E.P.A., the European Community, and the World Health Organization. He has published five books and has written extensively on environmental topics. David Dana Associate Professor of Law A former staff member of the Harvard Environmental Law Review, Dana has served in the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Professor Dana's research and teaching interests include environmental law and policy, property, and takings law.
-- Contact: Colin Riley, 617/353-5386; [email protected]
Social and Political Impact
Betty H. Zisk, Professor of Political Science
Zisk is the author of The Politics of Transformation: Local Activism in the Peace and Environmental Movements (1992), and numerous articles on interest groups and social movements such as Greenpeace. Robert Weller Associate Professor of Anthropology Weller researches the development of the environmental movement in China and Taiwan in the context of economic growth.
-- Contact: Janice Zazinski, 617/353-4198; [email protected]
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