Hosted by Prof. William Clark, Science, Environment and Development Group, Center for International Development

Thursday, 4 November 2004
12:00-1:30 pm
Lunch will be served
Perkins Room (Room 415), Rubenstein Building, KSG 

RSVP required - please contact cid_events@harvard.edu if you plan to attend 
 

Biography:

Robert W. Kates is an independent scholar in Trenton, Maine, and University Professor (Emeritus) at Brown University. Having failed retirement, he is Co-Convener of the international Initiative for Science and Technology for Sustainability (ISTS); an Executive Editor of Environment magazine; Distinguished Scientist, George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University; Faculty Associate, College of the Atlantic; Visiting Scholar of the Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and a Board member of the Acadia Disposal District and Maine Global Climate Change, Inc. He is a recipient of the 1991 National Medal of Science, the MacArthur Prize Fellowship (1981-85), and Laureat d’Honneur, International Geographical Union (2004), and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Academia Europaea. Author, editor, and co-editor of 24 books and monographs, his most recent books include the Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead (2002), and with the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Global Change and Local Places Research Group, Global Change in Local Places: Estimating, Understanding, and Reducing Greenhouse Gases (2003).

Leiserowitz, Anthony, Robert Kates, and Tom Parris. 2004. "Sustainability Values, Attitudes and Behaviors: A Review of Multi-national and Global Trends." Unpublished draft of November.

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