Sustainability & Environment
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The latest in Sustainability & Environment
Happy (Sustainable) Holidays from OFS
Harvard University will be on winter recess from December 22 through January 1. We'll be back with more sustainable tips, news and information on January 2, 2013. Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season from all of us at OFS! Before you leave be sure to help us conserve energy by shutting down. Read More…
1 week 4 days ago
Harvard Project Conducts Special Event at COP-18 with Government of Qatar
The Harvard Project on Climate Agreements co-hosted, with the government of the State of Qatar, a special high-level event at the Eighteenth Conference of the Parties (COP-18) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha on December 6, 2012. Read More…
1 week 5 days ago
Sustainable Wintersession Offerings
Each year at Harvard, students have the option of returning to campus ten days before classes resume for Wintersession. Though some will capture every last minute of break, the students who do return are offered the opportunity to explore untapped passions, sample new electives, or spend time investigating possible career paths. Read More…
1 week 5 days ago
Reflections from Cambridge on the Climate Talks in Doha
Ever since I returned – some two weeks ago – from Doha, Qatar, the site of the Eighteenth Conference of the Parties (COP-18) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), I have planned to offer some commentary … Continue reading > Read More…
1 week 5 days ago
Climate change on world stage
In a question-and-answer session, Professor Robert Stavins discusses the recent international conference on climate change, and the prospects for nations to reach agreement on a plan to confront it. Read More…
1 week 6 days ago
From The Harvard GazetteCorn in a changing climate
Harvard researchers have concluded that omitting the adaptive ability of crops from assessments of potential damages from a warming climate could substantially overestimate losses to U.S. maize yields. Read More…
2 weeks 3 days ago
From The Harvard Gazette
A military base, reborn
Harvard design students imagine multiple futures for a longtime New England military base. Read More…
2 weeks 3 days ago
From The Harvard GazetteHarvard Project Conducts Highly Successful Side-Event at COP-18
The Harvard Project on Climate Agreements hosted an official side-event at the Eighteenth Conference of the Parties (COP-18) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha, Qatar on December 3, 2012. The event was titled "Market Mechanisms in a Post-Durban International Climate Regime. Read More…
2 weeks 4 days ago
Lessons for the next Sandy
Disaster relief dollars flowing to those affected by hurricanes like Sandy and Katrina represent an important opportunity to ensure that communities are better able to withstand the stronger storms and higher seas likely coming as climate change worsens, panelists said. Read More…
2 weeks 6 days ago
From The Harvard Gazette