Climate Policy and Energy Transition Tradeoffs: Local Economies and Global Contexts

Prof. Dustin Tingley is the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy with a joint appointment in the Harvard Kennedy School of Public Policy and Harvard Government Department. His research has spanned international relations, international political economy, climate change, causal inference, data science/machine learning, and digital education, with most focus now on the political economy of climate change and energy transitions. For more information on his expertise and fields of study, please take a look at his hompage. 

Abstract:  
What are the political, social, and economic ingredients of a green energy transition? And how do they play out domestically and internationally? This talk explores the myriad tradeoffs of moving too fast or too slow in an energy transition. We will span transitions of local fossil fuel producing communities to geopolitical negotiations around climate policies such as the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and industrial policy investments by China. Perspectives from business, politics, and broader society all highlight challenging tradeoffs of any approach or policy.”