Americans and Climate Change: Closing the Gap Between Science and Action

Daniel R. Abbasi

ISBN 10: 097078824X / ISBN 13: 9780970788245

Published by Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Americans and Climate Change: Closing the Gap Between Science and Action
• Publisher: Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 097078824X
• ISBN 13: 9780970788245
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 0.75 pounds

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Abbasi, Daniel R., Americans And Climate Change: Closing The Gap Between Science And

About the Author

Daniel R. Abbasi, Director of the 2005 Yale F&ES Conference on Climate Change, is an Associate Dean at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Director of the Environmental Attitudes and Behavior project at the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy. He is also an advisor to MSM Capital Partners, which invests in business platforms and low-carbon technologies to mitigate climate change. Prior to Yale, Mr. Abbasi was an executive in the for-profit education sector with the Kaplan, Inc. unit of the Washington Post Company and a strategy and M&A professional at Time Warner. He served as Senior Adviser in the Office of Policy at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1993-1996, working on climate change, trade, public/private environmental technology partnerships, sustainable development, regulatory innovation, and public communications. Mr. Abbasi has experience as an environmental issues specialist on a winning presidential campaign, as an international correspondent for the Earth Times newspaper, and managing a project on corporate accounting for environmental costs and risks at the World Resources Institute. He has also been a dispute resolution specialist for the American Arbitration Association and was Associate Director of the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation at Stanford University. He holds a BA, magna cum laude, from Harvard College, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and an MA in Political Science from Stanford University.