FALL SCHEDULE 2000
STEP PEI Seminar Series
The seminar series is co-sponsored with the Princeton Environmental Institute
(PDF Schedule)
Wallace Hall, Room 300
(12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m)
Lunch is provided starting at 11:45 a.m.
September 25, Brian C. O'Neill
Brown University
“Population and Climate Change: Linkages in Science and Policy”
October 2, Richard Revesz
Director, Program on Environmental Regulation
Center on Environmental and Land Use Law, NYU Law School
"Markets and Geography: Designing Marketable Permit Schemes to Control Local and Regional Pollutants"
October 9, Eric Martinot
Climate Change Program at the Global Environment Facility
“Renewable Energy Markets in Developing Countries”
October 16, Hilary Sigman
Department of Economics, Rutgers University
“International Spillovers and Water Quality in Rivers”
October 23, Cynthia Rosenzweig
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
“Emerging Issues in Climate Change Impact Assessment: Regional, National, and Global Scales”
October 30 - Fall Break
November 6, Bruce R. Levin
Department of Biology, Emory University
“Antibiotic Treatment and the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance: A Biological, Social and Economic Perspective”
November 13, Peter A. Lehman
Director, Schatz Energy Research Center
Humboldt State University
“The Role of Hydrogen in a Renewable Energy Future”
November 20, Thomas C. Schelling
Department of Economics, University of Maryland
“Why Kyoto Won't Work”
November 27, Richard Newell
Fellow, Resources for the Future
“Discounting the Distant Future with Uncertain Rates”
December 4, Jorge L. Sarmiento
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University
“The US Carbon Cycle Science Plan”
December 11, Adam B. Jaffe
Chair, Department of Economics, Brandeis University
“Randomization and Program Evaluation in Research Grant Programs”