Center for Development and Strategy

Center for Development and Strategy

Abbreviation	CDS
Formation	2014 (2014)
Type	Environmental and economic policy think tank
Headquarters	Buffalo, N.Y.[1]
Executive Director	David Harary[2]
Website	thinkcds.org

The Center for Development and Strategy (CDS) is an environmental and economic American think tank and online publisher based in Buffalo, New York, in the United States. The center develops research and policy studies on political, economic and environmental issues throughout the world, with a specific focus on issues concerning sustainability, development, and resource security.^[3]

CDS is officially a non-partisan think tank with scholars that represent varying points of view across the political spectrum. It is also open-sourced whereby readers are able to submit edits and revisions to previously published documents.

History

In 2014, CDS was founded as a 'student-run' think tank focused on economic development.^[4] At the time, it was the second major international student-run think tank in the world.^[5] In 2015, CDS won a first prize in the Best Applied Experience category at the University at Buffalo School of Management's DEAL Expo along with a $750 reward.^[6] Since then, CDS has expanded to involve academics and young professionals in government, business, and non-profits.^[7]

Programs

CDS operates three programs that develop sustainability research, thought, and organizations. The think tank's main program, Think Publication, publishes reports written by graduate-level students, academics, and professionals. CDS's Think Together program is a news-style blog that publishes opinion articles written by academics.^[8] The think tank also runs a virtual business incubator called Think Incubation and has helped start up numerous not-for-profit institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania's Global Impact Collaborative group.^[9]

30 Under 30 Leaders

CDS also publishes a list of 30 young professionals under the age of 30.^[10] The awardees were recognized for their achievements in sustainability, development, and human rights.^[11] Among the list in 2016 was popular science communicator, Kellie Gerardi.

Publications

Along with its own set of publications, CDS members publish material in a variety of journals. These have included the Center for International Relations, Cornell International Affairs Review, Harvard Kennedy School Review, Inquiries Journal, and Southern California International Review.

• The Key for Liberals on Climate: Pushing Harder for National Security (2017)^[12]
• Remote Sensing Satellites as a Solution Towards Anticipating Food and Water Wars" (2017)^[13]
• Carbon Capture and Storage as a Method to Mitigate Climate Change (2017)^[14]
• Applying Jus Ad Bellum in Cyberspace (2016)^[15]
• Commercialization of Biochar and the Benefits for Climate Change and Agriculture (2016)^[16]
• Environmental Decisions in the Context of War: Bombing ISIL's Oil (2016)^[17]
• An analysis of the threat of Ontario’s hydroelectric dams on its river ecosystems (2016)^[18]
• Joint-Value Creation Between Marine Protected Areas and the Private Sector (2016)^[19]
• Clear-Cutting of the Coastal Temperate Rainforest: A Brief Analysis of Clayoquot Sound (2016)^[20]
• Ecosystems as Stakeholders to Urban Air Pollution Mitigation Decisions in Toronto (2016)^[21]
• Costs and Benefits of Nitrogen and Phosphate Fertilizer Use In the Lake Erie Basin (2016)^[22]
• Effects of Conventional and Organic Agricultural Techniques on Soil Ecology (2016)^[23]
• Toxicological Effects of Nanomaterials on Aqueous and Terrestrial Ecosystems (2016)^[24]
• Should AGOA be Renewed in 2015? (2014)^[25]
• Do Civil Society Organizations Undermine State-building? (2014)^[26]

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