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Before a sea of enthusiastic spectators, Princeton Professor David S. Wilcove spoke last night about the impact of environmental practices in two developing areas of the world as part of the “Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change?? lecture series...
...University President Drew G. Faust affirmed Harvard’s commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 30 percent of its current levels by 2016. Schrag outlined the steps the University will need to take in order to achieve this goal. He also stressed the severity of climate change??an impending “catastrophe,” he said, if not addressed—and asked the panelists to discuss their opinions on how best to approach the problem. William C. Clark, co-director of the Sustainabilty Science Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, pushed...
...work and life as a diplomat during a period of explosive economic growth in China. Emphasizing the differences between urban and rural areas, Spelman detailed the visibility of the “trappings of luxury” in Shanghai, as well as the “huge change?? they have represented. “The mentality is to be a successful entrepreneur—to get rich is glorious, and those who do so achieve national progress,” he said. Spelman, now retired, also discussed how the personal values of the Chinese have been affected...
...Environment traveled to Boston to discuss environmental issues, speaking at the Harvard Kennedy School in the afternoon after meeting with Democratic State Senator Mark R. Pacheco. Stavros Dimas’ talk at the Kennedy School focused on the European Union’s proactive commitment to tackling climate change??the body’s “number one priority”—and entreated the United States to follow suit. “There is a domestic part and an international part to our [environmental] legislation,” Dimas said...
...Take one shot every fifth time “Change?? is mentioned. (If you took one every time, you’d be rushed to UHS before the first ten minutes of the debate had passed...