William Moomaw

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'''William R. Moomaw''' is the Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy at the Fletcher School, Tufts University.<ref name="Faculty profile 2014"/><ref name="Koba 2012"/> Moomaw has worked at the intersection of science and policy, advocating for international sustainable development.<ref name="Rosenthal 2007"/><ref name="USA Today 2010"/> His activities have included being a long-time contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<ref name="Curwood 2007" /><ref name="Revkin 2008" /><ref name="Moomaw UN" /> and an author on the [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00027/full seminal "Perspective" paper] on proforestation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Moomaw|first1=William R.|last2=Masino|first2=Susan A.|last3=Faison|first3=Edward K.|date=2019|title=Intact Forests in the United States: Proforestation Mitigates Climate Change and Serves the Greatest Good|journal=Frontiers in Forests and Global Change|volume=2|article-number=27 |language=English|doi=10.3389/ffgc.2019.00027|issn=2624-893X|doi-access=free|bibcode=2019FrFGC...2...27M }}</ref>

==Education and career== Moomaw graduated from Williams College in 1959, and in 1965 he earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<ref name="Moomaw UN"/><ref name="MIT panel 2008"/> Moomaw was director of the climate, energy and pollution program for the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Feder 1989"/> Later he joined the faculty of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where he was appointed Professor of International Environmental Policy.<ref name="Faculty profile 2014"/><ref name="Revkin 2007"/><ref name="Borenstein 2004"/><ref name="Dow 2007"/><ref name="Koba 2012"/> In 1992 he founded the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, within the Fletcher School, and remained the director of the center for 22 years, until his retirement in 2013.<ref name="Horwitz 2013"/>

==Activities== Moomaw has conducted research in areas including sustainable development, renewable energy, trade and environment, technology and policy implications for climate change, water and climate change, economics and geochemistry of the nitrogen cycle, biodiversity, and negotiation strategies for environmental agreements.<ref name="Rosenthal 2007"/><ref name="USA Today 2010"/><ref name="Moomaw UN"/>

Moomaw has been a lead author for several Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports,<ref name="Curwood 2007"/><ref name="Revkin 2008"/><ref name="Moomaw UN"/><ref name="Anderson 2007"/> including being the coordinating lead author of the 2001 chapter on greenhouse gas emissions reduction and a lead author for the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Chapter 4: Energy Supply in Mitigation of Climate Change (Working Group III).<ref name ="IPCC 2007"/>

As an American Association for the Advancement of Science Congressional Science Fellow, he worked on energy and forestry legislation and on legislation that eliminated American use of CFCs in spray cans to protect the ozone layer.<ref name="Anderson 2007"/> Moomaw also founded the Tufts Climate Initiative and co-founded the Global Development and Environment Institute, and has served on the boards of The Climate Group, Clean Air-Cool Planet, Earthwatch Institute, Center for Ecological Technologies, Woods Hole Research Center,<ref name="WHRC"/> and the Consensus Building Institute.<ref name="CBI"/> He remains an active advocate and commentator.<ref name ="Fletcher Forum 2013"/>

Moomaw has also given expert testimony in the U.S. Congress,<ref name="Targeted 2008"/> and written reports for the United Nations.<ref name="Moomaw UN"/>

==Awards== In 2007 the Nobel Peace Prize<ref name="Curwood 2007"/> was jointly awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC and Vice President Al Gore. Moomaw was a lead author for chapters of several IPCC reports, including the 2007 report.<ref name="Faculty profile 2014"/><ref name="Revkin 2008"/>

==Publications== {{Expand list|date=October 2015}}

===Books=== * Transboundary Environmental Negotiation: New Approaches to Global Cooperation(co-editor) (2002). * People and Their Planet: Searching for Balance (co-editor) (1999). * Innovations in International Environmental Negotiation (co-editor) (1999)

==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name="Revkin 2007">{{cite news |title= Climate Panel Reaches Consensus on the Need to Reduce Harmful Emissions|first= Andrew C.|last= Revkin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/science/04climatecnd.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date= May 3, 2007|access-date= May 18, 2015 }}</ref>

<ref name="Revkin 2008">{{cite news |title= Warming: Pollution or Technology Problem?|first= Andrew C.|last= Revkin|url=http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/warming-pollution-or-technology-problem/ |newspaper= The New York Times|date= Dec 15, 2008 |access-date= May 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412100117/http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/warming-pollution-or-technology-problem/ |archive-date=April 12, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Borenstein 2004">{{cite news |title=Russia ratifies emissions treaty; U.S. won't sign on Moscow's decision puts 1997's Kyoto pact, aimed against global warming, into effect in 90 days. |first=Seth |last=Borenstein |url= http://articles.philly.com/2004-10-01/news/25389005_1_global-emissions-global-warming-carbon-dioxide |newspaper= The Philadelphia Inquirer |date= October 1, 2004 |access-date= Jun 17, 2015 |page=A05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617161731/http://articles.philly.com/2004-10-01/news/25389005_1_global-emissions-global-warming-carbon-dioxide |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Dow 2007">{{cite news |title=CAPITOL REPORT: Billions At Stake In Greenhouse Gas Debate |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/billions-at-stake-in-greenhouse-gas-debate |newspaper= Dow Jones Business News |date=October 29, 2007 |access-date= Jun 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617162212/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/billions-at-stake-in-greenhouse-gas-debate |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Feder 1989">{{cite news |title=Turning On the Research Switch |first=Barnaby J. |last=Feder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/14/business/turning-on-the-research-switch.html?pagewanted=2&pagewanted=all |newspaper= The New York Times |date=May 14, 1989 |access-date= May 18, 2015 }}</ref>

<ref name="Rosenthal 2007">{{cite news |title= A Greener IPCC?|first= Elizabeth |last=Rosenthal |url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/a-greener-ipcc/ |newspaper=The New York Times |date= May 6, 2007 |access-date= May 18, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101029195716/http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/a-greener-ipcc/|archive-date=October 29, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="USA Today 2010">{{cite news |title=Systematic Transfer Will Take Decades |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/50607769/systematic-transfer-will-take-decades |newspaper=USA Today |location=New York |date=April 1, 2010 |access-date= Jun 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617154527/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/50607769/systematic-transfer-will-take-decades |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Targeted 2008">{{cite news |title=Climate change hot debate in 2008 |newspaper= Targeted News Service|location=United States |date=January 15, 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="Anderson 2007">{{cite news |title=Fletcher plans faculty growth |first=Linda |last=Anderson |newspaper=Financial Times|location=London (UK) |date=Dec 17, 2007 |page= 15 |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a749a8fe-ac41-11dc-82f0-0000779fd2ac.html#axzz3a30QW9fP= }}</ref>

<ref name="WHRC">{{cite web | url= http://www.whrc.org/about/directors.html |title=Board of Directors | date= 2014 | publisher= Woods Hole Research Center| location= Falmouth, MA | access-date= May 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413143145/http://www.whrc.org/about/directors.html | archive-date=April 13, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="CBI">{{cite web | url= http://www.cbuilding.org/about/bio/william-moomaw |title= William Moomaw| access-date= May 5, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141020165319/http://www.cbuilding.org/about/bio/william-moomaw | archive-date= October 20, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name ="Fletcher Forum 2013">{{cite journal |last1= Moomaw|first1= William R |date=2013 |title=Can the International Treaty System Address Climate Change? |journal=The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages= 105–118|publisher=The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy| location=Medford, MA |issn=1046-1868 |url=http://www.fletcherforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Moomaw_37-1.pdf |access-date= May 13, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150513192225/http://www.fletcherforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Moomaw_37-1.pdf |archive-date= May 13, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Horwitz 2013">{{cite news |title=Gallagher appointed new CIERP director |first=Alexa |last=Horwitz |url=http://www.tuftsdaily.com/news/gallagher-appointed-new-cierp-director-1.2833704 |newspaper=Tufts Daily |date=September 9, 2013 |access-date= May 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914020128/http://www.tuftsdaily.com/news/gallagher-appointed-new-cierp-director-1.2833704 |archive-date=September 14, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Faculty profile 2014">{{cite web | url= http://fletcher.tufts.edu/Fletcher_Directory/Directory/Faculty%20Profile?personkey=67A797D9-CB21-4684-ADAF-388F7ED0DE39 |title=William Moomaw - Faculty profile | date= 2014 | publisher= The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy | location= Medford, MA | access-date= Oct 14, 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151002130424/http://www.fletcher.tufts.edu/Fletcher_Directory/Directory/Faculty%20Profile?personkey=67A797D9-CB21-4684-ADAF-388F7ED0DE39 | archive-date=October 2, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Curwood 2007">{{cite news |title= Nobel Peace Prize Goes Green |first= Steve|last=Curwood |url=http://loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=07-P13-00041&segmentID=1 |newspaper=living on earth |location=Boston, MA, USA |date=October 12, 2007 |access-date= May 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226124036/http://loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=07-P13-00041&segmentID=1 |archive-date= February 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name ="IPCC 2007">{{cite book |first1=R.E.H. |last1=Sims |first2=R.N. |last2=Schock |first3= A.|last3=Adegbululgbe |first4=J. |last4= Fenhann |first5=I. |last5= Konstantinaviciute |first6=W. |last6= Moomaw |author-link6= William Moomaw |first7=H.B. |last7= Nimir |first8=B. |last8=Schlamadinger |title=IPCC Fourth Assessment Report |url=https://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg3/en/ch4.html |date= 2007 |chapter= Climate Change 2007: Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change - Chapter 4: Energy Supply |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150907201921/http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg3/en/ch4.html|archive-date= September 7, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Moomaw UN">{{cite web | url= https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/publications/seminars/dps_moomaw_bio_100609.pdf |title= Moomaw profile - United Nations | date= 2011 | publisher= United Nations | location= New York | access-date= Oct 14, 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140114202352/http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/publications/seminars/dps_moomaw_bio_100609.pdf | archive-date= January 14, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="MIT panel 2008">{{cite web | url= http://globalchange.mit.edu/news-events/communications/19 |title=How Would Climate Change Influence Society in the 21st Century? (Panel discussion) | date= January 29, 2008 | publisher= Massachusetts Institute of Technology | location= Boston, MA | access-date= Oct 14, 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150916131149/http://globalchange.mit.edu/news-events/communications/19 | archive-date= September 16, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Koba 2012">{{cite news |title=Parched Earth Policy: Are We Running Out of Water? |first= Mark|last=Koba |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2012/11/22/parched-earth-policy-are-we-running-out-of-water.html |newspaper=CNBC |date= November 22, 2012|access-date= October 2, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160801001059/http://www.cnbc.com/id/49890504|archive-date= August 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==External links== * Video [https://www.c-span.org/video/?7800-1/new-energy-environmental-agenda New Energy & Environmental Agenda] The second speech of the conference was entitled Growth & the Environment: Defusing the Population Bomb.

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