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第十课：国际贸易与应对气候变化的政策

2026-06-26 · 17:30 UTC ·Belfer Center ·1 min read

Brief

Professor Joseph Aldy's Lecture 10 (presentation) in the Belfer Center's course 'The Energy‑Climate Challenge' (published 26 June 2026) examines how carbon is embedded in international trade, the risks created by divergent climate policies—especially between the US and China—and outlines policy design principles for managing trade‑linked emissions risks within bilateral and multilateral frameworks.

Why it matters

Lecture 10 (published 2026-06-26) — Professor Joseph Aldy (Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School) explains how carbon emissions are embedded in international trade and the risks posed by differing national climate policies.

Key details

  • The course 'The Energy-Climate Challenge' is a five‑professor Harvard Kennedy School series focused on the United States and China, the world's two largest carbon‑emitting countries, and on the role of energy systems and policy/technology responses.
  • The Belfer Center published the lecture on YouTube (video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFJEhQlY3I) on 2026-06-26; production credited to Alex Griswold and Sam Maclean with support from Energy Foundation China and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.
Source evidence

《国际贸易与应对气候变化的政策》

In "The Energy-Climate Challenge," five Harvard Kennedy School professors explain the fundamentals of climate change, the role of our energy systems in causing it, and the policy and technology options for addressing it. This course focuses on the United States and China, the world's two largest carbon-emitting companies.

In Lecture 10 of the series, Professor Joseph Aldy, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, explains how carbon emissions are embedded in international trade, the risks stemming from differences in the climate policies of countries, and how to design policies to manage those risks.

English Version (英文版): https://youtu.be/y_tEvihi3nc

Video Production: Alex Griswold, Sam Maclean
Translation Assistants: Lingling Jiang, Youting Lee, Winston Tang, Yiqi Yu, Chi Zhao, Zhuyue Zhou

The Belfer Center gratefully acknowledges Energy Foundation China for its financial support of this course, as well as the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University for its assistance with producing the Chinese-language version of the course.

Channel: Belfer Center
Published: 2026-06-26
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFJEhQlY3I