Eric Haxthausen
Eric Haxthausen is director of U.S. Climate Change Policy at The Nature Conservancy. He leads the Conservancy's U.S.–based policy work and advocacy on climate change including the roles that forest carbon and ecosystem-based adaptation can play in climate solutions. He has been with the Conservancy since 2006.
Eric has over a decade of experience in climate, energy and environmental policy and is trained as an economist. He previously led Environmental Defense's efforts to improve federal fuel economy standards for light trucks, where his work led to inclusion of climate change in agency benefit-cost analysis. Earlier, he served in the White House Office of Management and Budget, where he coordinated administration review of air quality and other major environmental regulations relating to the transportation, electricity, refining and manufacturing sectors. Eric has also worked as an economic consultant on climate change and other environmental topics.
Eric holds an M.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He began his career in the physical sciences, earning a bachelors degree in astrophysics from Columbia University, and studying atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Posts by Eric Haxthausen:
Climate Change Legislation: Adaptation Sees Movement in the Senate
Momentum is building on Capitol Hill for addressing a crucial piece of the climate change puzzle — ecosystem-based adaptation.
Why is helping nature adapt to climate change important? Because natural systems serve as the backbone of public health and the nation’s economy — everything from providing clean water and air and protecting communities from catastrophic weather-related [...]
Posted: October 29th, 2009 under Climate Change, Policy.
Tags: agricultural industry, clean energy, coasts, committee chair, conservation initiatives, effects of climate change, Eric Haxthausen, Grasslands, jeff bingaman, local groups, natural resources committee, outdoor recreation industry, private landowners, protection strategies, senate energy, storm surge, surge protection, tribal agencies, udall, weather disasters
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Climate Change Legislation: It’s Time to Act
I went to Capitol Hill this morning to watch Senators Barbara Boxer and John Kerry unveil their climate bill. It was an exciting moment. Three months ago, the House of Representatives passed climate change legislation, surprising many people who thought it could not be done so quickly – less than three months from discussion draft [...]
Posted: September 30th, 2009 under Climate Change, Policy.
Tags: ACES, barbara boxer, capitol hill, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon dioxide levels, change legislation, clean energy, climate change pollution, Copenhagen, emission reduction targets, impacts of climate change, international negotiations, John Kerry, kerry bill, less than three months, reduction target, security act, senate bill, sneak peek, Washington Post
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In Brazil, The Meat Industry Searches for a Solution to Deforestation
I am presently lodged in a small frontier town of ~30,000 called São Felix de Xingu, in the Northeastern state of Pará, Brazil. The roads are mostly dirt, but it is very lively on a Friday night, with motorbikes driving everywhere and crowds of people at the local boîtes. We had dinner (delicious fish [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2009 under Climate Change, Rainforests, South America.
Tags: amazon region, causes of deforestation, deforestation in brazil, degraded land, delicious fish, Eric Haxthausen, forest code, frontier town, Greenpeace Amazon cattle, land parcels, land tenure, land titles, meatpackers, meatpacking, national governments, native forest, northeastern state, ranchers, reforestation, rio xingu, slaughterhouse
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Deconstructing Climate Change Legislation
I’m Eric Haxthausen, Director of The Nature Conservancy’s U.S. Climate Policy program, and I’ll be blogging over the coming weeks and months about U.S. climate legislation. On Friday, Congressmen Henry Waxman and Ed Markey, the chairmen of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced comprehensive legislation that would address global warming and energy security. [...]
Posted: May 17th, 2009 under Carbon Markets, Climate Change, Policy, United States.
Tags: adaptation, bill, climate change legislation, emissions reductions, forest carbon, funding, house committee on energy and commerce, House Energy and Commerce, house of representatives, Waxman-Markey
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