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Faculty Publications and Research Initiatives (Washington, DC) Dr. David Jhirad Areas of Expertise: OECD • Asia • climate change • energy and security • energy issues • energy technologies • foreign aid and global poverty • governance • natural resources • nuclear power • U.S. energy policy. Author or co-author of three books and over one hundred publications. Recent publications include: • David J. Jhirad and Hari Sharan, “Smart Power for Environmentally-sound Economic Development: An Agenda for Action”. Rockefeller Foundation 2011 • David J. Jhirad, “Smart Cities, Smart Financing” in Green Leadership Handbook, published by the Danish Industries Association, Copenhagen 2011 • David J. Jhirad, William A. Nitze, Lorenz Gollwitzer, “Oil in the 21 st Century: Responding to New Drivers of Change” in The Oil Era: Emerging Challenges, The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi 2011 • David J. Jhirad, “Smart Energy Globalization”, in Proceedings of the Columbia University Conference, “ Engaging the Sovereign Wealth Funds: Toward a Sustainable Capitalism”, Columbia University Press 2011 • David J. Jhirad, “Power to the People”, pp. 38-40 in SAISPHERE, Published by the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC 2010. RESEARCH INITIATIVES Approximately 1.4 billion people worldwide lack access to electricity services and the benefits they bring to human health, agriculture and economic development. To meet this challenge and to improve the livelihood of about one quarter of the world’s population, innovative thinking, a global commitment to alleviating energy poverty, and new investment partnerships will be required over the next two decades. The SPEED initiative sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, and conceptualized by ERE Program Director Professor David J. Jhirad, provides a uniquely creative solution that can revolutionize the provision of electricity services for poverty reduction and economic development in the rural areas of Asia and Africa in a financially and environmentally sustainable manner. This is achieved by engaging the cell phone industry — currently consuming expensive diesel fuel — as anchor tenants for costcompetitive, resilient and renewable power units and mini-grids. The ERE Program plays a leadership role in the SPEED initiative, working collaboratively with local partners implementing pilot projects in India, and serving as a global knowledge, action and solutions hub to extend SPEED to other countries and regions. A second initiative led by Dr. David Jhirad, known as “Accelerating Resilient Infrastructure Investment for Sustainable Economies (ARISE)”, is exploring ways in which new partnerships can alter the direction of capital flows worth billions of US dollars to ensure inclusive, equitable and sustainable economic w w w . s a i s - j h u . e d u Page 32
growth in rural and urban settings in developed and developing nations. The ERE program is collaborating with the US-Brazil Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability (JIUS), launched by President Obama and President Rousseff. JIUS is a public-private partnership with the goal of attracting big money to small, sustainable, urban infrastructure projects, starting with several project pipelines of $1.2-$1.5 billion in Rio de Janeiro and Philadelphia. JIUS provides a prominent and unique platform to pilot the ARISE model at scale for sustainable urban systems. SPEED, with the goal of attracting massive capital to thousands of small rural mini-grids, can be viewed as an application of ARISE to sustainable and resilient rural infrastructure. Deborah Bleviss Areas of Expertise: Asia • Latin America • climate change • developing nations • energy technologies • sustainable development • U.S. energy policy. Recent publications include: • Deborah Bleviss is the author of numerous articles and papers. • She co-authored A New Role for UNFCCC: The Matchmaker of Global Climate Governance (published in 2011) • Lead author for the transportation mitigation chapter of the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (published in 1995) • Author of the book, The New Oil Crisis and Fuel Economy Technologies: Preparing the Light Transportation Industry for the 1990s (published in 1988) Dr. Jonathan Haskett Areas of Expertise: Africa • Latin America • agricultural development • climate change • food security. Recent publications include: • Haskett, J.D., and P. Gutman, 2010. Taking stock of the Global Environment Facility experience with payments for environmental services projects. in Tacconi L., Mahanty S., Suich H. eds. ‘Livelihoods in the REDD?: Payments for Environmental Services, Forest Conservation and Climate Change’. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. • Haskett, J.D., B. Schlamadinger and S. Brown, 2009. Land-based carbon storage and the European union emissions trading scheme: the science underlying the policy. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change, Vol.15(2) pp. 127-136. • Haskett J.D., 2005. Experiencias en la Introducción y Promoción de la Inoculación con Rhizobium para Mejorar la Productividad de las Leguminosas en la Región Central Interandina del Ecuador. In: G. Bernal and V. Diego eds. La Fijación Biológica de Nitrógeno: Un proceso clave en la agricultura sostenible en el Ecuador. ANCUPA, Quito, Ecuador. • Haskett, J.D., Y.A. Pachepsky, B. Acock. 1997. Increase of C02 and climate change effects on Iowa soybean yield, simulated using GLYCIM. Agronomy J. 89: 167-176. • Haskett, J.D. 1995. The Philosophical Basis of Soil Classification and its Evolution. Soil Sci. Soc. Am J., 59:179-184. w w w . s a i s - j h u . e d u Page 33
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