SPECIAL PAPER COMPETITION
CLOSING DATE: JULY 1, 2008
The Harvard Project on International Climate
Agreements invites submission of papers focused
on the design of international climate policy
architectures. Papers should propose a complete
policy framework to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in the post-2012 period.
The Harvard Project will select one or more
submitted papers and award winning authors an
honorarium of US$3,000 per paper. The Harvard
Project will publish the winning paper through
the Projectâs Working Paper Series and website:
<http://www.belfercenter.org/climate>www.belfercenter.org/climate.
Papers should be submitted as a PDF file
attachment by email to
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
by July 1, 2008. Include âHARVARD PROJECT
PAPERâ on the subject line of the email. The
paper should include the following: the title of
the paper, name and institutional affiliation of
author(s) and their disciplines on the title
page; a one-page abstract; and text not too
exceed 10,000 words. Only English-language
papers will be considered in the
competition. Email submissions should also
include a PDF file attachment of the lead authorâs curriculum vitae.
The Harvard Project will acknowledge receipt of
all submissions by email. Notification of
acceptance will be made by September 1, 2008.
This call for papers is open to policy
practitioners, scholars, students, and others in
all fields from developed and developing
countries. Professors, researchers, students,
and others affiliated with Harvard University or
Resources for the Future are not eligible to participate in this competition.
Criteria for Evaluating Papers
The Harvard Project will evaluate the submitted
papers based on how effectively they address the following questions:
(1) What incentives does the policy framework
provide for participation and compliance?
(2) Is the policy approach robust to various
economic, political, and environmental shocks as
well as the resolution of uncertainty over time?
(3) Is it politically feasible to transition from
the Kyoto Protocol to the proposed policy
architecture? How does the proposed approach
address major issues raised in the Bali Action
Plan, including mitigation, adaptation, technology, and financial mechanisms?
(4) What are the equity implications of the proposal?
(5) How does the proposal pursue cost-effective
mitigation of climate change risks?
(6) How does the proposed framework provide the
basis for satisfying the ultimate objective of
the Framework Convention on Climate Change (Article 2)?
(7) What are the costs and benefits of the
proposed policy architecture, to the extent these can be identified?
For examples of climate policy architectures,
please refer to the proposals described in:
Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global
Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World, Joseph E.
Aldy and Robert N. Stavins, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Summaries of these proposals can also be found on
the Harvard Project website:
<http://www.belfercenter.org/climate>www.belfercenter.org/climate.
About the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
The goal of the Harvard Project on International
Climate Agreements is to help identify key design
elements of a scientifically sound, economically
rational, and politically pragmatic post-2012
international policy architecture for global
climate change. We are drawing upon leading
thinkers from academia, private industry,
government, and non-governmental organizations
from around the world to construct a small set of
promising policy frameworks, and then disseminate
and discuss the design elements and frameworks
with decision makers. The Harvard Project on
International Climate Agreements is co-directed
by Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of
Business and Government and Director of the
Harvard Environmental Economics Program, and
Joseph E. Aldy, Fellow at Resources for the
Future, a non-partisan, non-advocacy research
institute in Washington, DC. For news, research
results, and more information, see the
Projectâs website at
<http://www.belfercenter.org/climate>www.belfercenter.org/climate.
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Major funding for the project has been provided
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funding has been provided by Christopher P.
Kaneb, AB 1990, Harvard College and the James M.
and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation.
Best regards,
Joe Aldy and Rob Stavins
Joseph E. Aldy
Co-Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Fellow, Resources for the Future
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Co-Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
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