Advancing sustainability and climate research to create maximum impact at home and across the globe
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From across campus and around the world, Harvard hosts events that discuss and educate.
The Planetary Health Colloquium
A discussion on "Planetary Mental Health: How Accelerating Environmental Change is Impacting the Mental Health of Different Populations."
Social Innovation in Africa
Ndidi Nwuneli co-founder of Sahel Consulting: Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd. and co-founder of AACE Foods.
The Impact of Gold Mining on the Feasibility of Malaria Elimination in the Amazon
Caroline Buckee discusses her research on the impact of gold mining on the epidemiology and control of malaria in the Amazon rainforest while concurrently examining infectious disease epidemiology as a field of study.
“Climate change cuts across School boundaries, and tackling the challenge of climate change is a quintessential example of how we can draw on all of Harvard’s strengths.”
James Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability
Tackling the Climate Crisis
Watch Vice Provost Stock’s virtual Harvard Alumni Association event, where he shared, along with three faculty members, the University’s multi-disciplinary approach to combating climate change.
Climate Change Solutions Fund
Supporting research and policy initiatives intended to reduce the risks of climate change, hasten the transition from fossil fuel, understand and prepare for the impacts of climate change, and propel innovations.
You may also be interested in: The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment; Harvard Environmental Economics Program
Harvard University Center for the Environment
Harnessing the intellectual power of Harvard to understand and shape our environmental future.
You may also be interested in: Harvard Project on Climate Agreements; Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic; Climate Crisis In Focus
Office for Sustainability
Harvard is using its campus as a living laboratory for piloting and implementing solutions that create a sustainable and resilient community focused on health and well-being.
You may also be interested in: Harvard Forest; Center for Green Buildings and Cities
Environmental Endeavors at Harvard
The Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment
The Harvard-China Project provides natural, applied, and social scientific evidence for the design of innovative and effective policies to confront these challenges in China and beyond.
Harvard Environmental Economics Program
HEEP develops innovative answers to today’s complex environmental issues, by providing a venue to bring together people engaged in research, teaching, and outreach in environmental, energy, and natural resource economics and related public policy.
Harvard Law School Environmental & Energy Law Program
EELP conducts innovative legal analyses to improve environmental and climate outcomes and support clean energy.
HBS Business & Environment Program
The Business and Environment Initiative educates, connects, and mobilizes business leaders to address climate change and other environmental challenges.
Harvard Chan School C-CHANGE
The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment translates innovative research to inform actions that improve public health today and create a more just, sustainable, and healthy future for all.
News
After world leaders depart, hard talks begin at COP26
Pledges and coalitions, mitigation and adaptation, taking to the streets and fringe music fests as conference winds down
Separating signal from noise at COP26
Harvard Kennedy School’s Rob Stavins offers cautiously positive assessment
Dispatch from COP26
Emilly Fan ’22 details urgent Commonwealth warnings, time in Blue Zone, good news for South Africa, and Leonardo DiCaprio sighting
