On the Passing of Jim Rogers
The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, and the larger Duke University community, are heartbroken at the loss of our good friend, Jim Rogers.
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Spring 2019 Courses
Duke Students: Dropping a class? Need to add something new? Our staff lead courses on topics such as climate change and energy, ethical dimensions in of environmental policy, oceans, ecosystem services, economics, and more.
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Expert Workshop
The Great Plains Institute and the Nicholas Institute hosted an expert workshop on December 13 in Washington, D.C. for state officials and stakeholders exploring recent energy and environmental policy developments in the PJM region and the potential challenges in 2019.
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ACES 2018
Our own Lydia Olander, Sara Mason, and Katie Warnell will be among the speakers at the 2018 A Community on Ecosystem Services Conference (ACES). Their discussions will provide an opportunity for ACES attendees to explore how ecosystem services conceptual models and indicators can be used in decision making.
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Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum
The 2018 forum explored how integration could address the mismatch between what has traditionally been local solutions for local water issues and emerging water challenges that impact large geographic regions, multiple sectors, and different community functions.
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What's New
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January 11, 2019|
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Scheduled: Tuesday April 16, 2019|
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Scheduled: Tuesday March 5, 2019|
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Scheduled: Tuesday April 30, 2019|
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Scheduled: Friday January 25, 2019|
Events
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Friday January 25, 2019 | 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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Tuesday March 5, 2019 | 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Our Impact
Murray Earns Prestigious Fulbright Award
Brian Murray, director of the Environmental Economics Program at Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, has been awarded a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair Award in Environment and Economy. Through Fulbright Canada, he will spend the spring 2015 semester conducting research on carbon pricing systems abroad at the University of Ottawa.