1. Global Warning

Kennedy School Professor John Holdren, a contributor to a recently released UN Foundation report on climate change, warns that time is running out to prevent irreversible climate change.

2. Fuel for Thought

Are biofuels the means to energy self-sufficiency? Though still in its nascent stage, the biofuels industry offers hope for climate sustainability and a more prosperous future.

3. After Kyoto

What will the next climate change treaty look like? A new system will need to balance political viability, economic pragmatism, and scientific discipline. Kennedy School Economics Professor Robert Stavins is already busy drawing up blueprints.

4. Outside the Box

Government programs are often seen as lacking in intrepre-neurial know-how, but for the last 20 yearse, the Ash Institute´s Innovations in American Government Awards program has been recognizing excellence and creativity in the public sector.

Departments

1. Executive summary
2. Letterse
3. From the Charles

Laura Ledwith Pennypacker MPP2004 on preserving forests… Richard Zeckhauser on the perception of risk…Edward Glaeser on rethinking environmentalism.

4. Bully pulpit
5. In print
   • Intricate Ethics: Righs, Responsabilities, and Permissible Harms.
   • The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreing Policy
   • Governance and information technology
6. Capital ideas
7. Classnotes

From the Field: Frank Popper MPA 1968 on his Buffalo Commons project for restoring the Great Plains

8. Recognizing donors
9. Exit poll