# John Holdren
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John Paul Holdren (born March 1, 1944) is an American scientist who served as the senior advisor to President Barack Obama on science and technology issues through his roles as assistant to the president for science and technology, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
Holdren was previously the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and director of the Woods Hole Research Center.
== Early life and education ==
Holdren was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania and grew up in San Mateo, California.
John Holdren: Climate change, the Arctic and current U.S policies
Prof. John P. Holdren is a leader of the Arctic Initiative at the Belfer Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The former Chief Scientific Advisor to President Barack Obama attended the 2018 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he sat down with the Polar Geopolitics podca…
The Arctic faces historic pressures from competition, climate change, and Trump
John Holdren is the Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and co-director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is a …
Can U.S. climate science survive under Trump?
Yesterday, the U.S. Congress approved President Donald Trump's so-called 'Big Beautiful Bill'. This controversial federal budget is set to defund a huge proportion of the nation's climate and environmental science - what will the impacts be for America, and for global efforts against the climate cr…
WHAT ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS? Cause for panic or time for intergenerational action? | Ft. John Elkington
Demography is the study of human populations, while demographics refer to the characteristics of a population like age, gender, ethnicity, income, education, health. These traits both influence – and are influenced by – the climate crisis.
In this episode, James and Daisy speak with John Elkingto…
40 years of climate economics and the practice of hope with Professor Gary Yohe
How do you make decisions for the next hundred years based on evidence you only know today? That’s the question Gary Yohe has spent more than four decades wrestling with. One of the first five economists in the world working on climate change back in the early 1980s, Gary served as the Coordinating…
The Future of Science
What does the future of science look like in a rapidly changing Arctic? And how can global scientific collaboration advance climate resilience and sustainable solutions?Joining the conversation are:
Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous, President, World Meteorological Organization
Professor Dame Angela McLean, …
John Holdren, Harvard Professor | America’s Retreat From Climate Reality
In this episode of Hot Spots with Kay Brown, Harvard University Professor John Holdren joins Kay to examine the sweeping consequences of Donald Trump’s sustained attacks on science, climate research, and global cooperation. Holdren explains that climate change is no longer a future threat but a pre…
What Is Enriched Uranium, Exactly?
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Then, for our Ame…
Episode 104. Pugwash: John Holdren
On July 9, 1955, mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell announced the Russell-Einstein manifesto, which warned the world of the dangers posed by nuclear weapons. The 11 signatories included Albert Einstein, who signed it just before his death. Physicist Joseph Rotblat stated that the manif…
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