Clint Andrews
Professor
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Biography
Clinton Andrews is a professor of urban planning, associate dean for research, and director of the Center for Green Building at Rutgers University’s Bloustein School. He was educated at Brown and MIT in engineering and planning, and worked previously in the private sector and at Princeton University. He teaches environmental planning, coastal risk, and quantitative methods courses. Andrews performs research on how people use the built environment and the implications for resilience and sustainability. He publishes both scholarly and popular articles and his books include Humble Analysis: The Practice of Joint fact-Finding, Regulating Regional Power Systems, and Industrial Ecology and Global Change. He is co-editor of the Journal of Planning Education and Research. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and a licensed Professional Engineer. Andrews is a Fellow of AAAS, a winner of IEEE’s 3rd Millenium Medal, a current distinguished lecturer for and past president of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, and an avid experimenter with new methods for collecting field data in urban settings. He is currently involved in state-level clean energy planning activities.
Rutgers Climate Bridge Conference Overview
Abstract
The institutional context strongly influences why, how, and what public policies get created. I will discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with making meaningful climate policy in federal political systems including Germany and the United States. Although some innovative solutions may be transferable among jurisdictions, the decentralized nature of our political systems suggests that implementation will be uneven. While frustrating for advocates of rapid change, this intergovernmental arrangement of responsibilities allows valuable experimentation and learning by doing, as well as opportunities to tailor solutions to local conditions. Simultaneously it makes achievement of equitable outcomes more difficult, unless we successfully realign intergovernmental incentives.