Location: Belfer Library (L369), 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Please join the Belfer Center for a Director's Lunch with Sherri Goodman, Secretary General, International Military Council on Climate & Security; and Senior Fellow, Environmental Change and Security Program and Polar Institute, Wilson Center, as she discusses the critical intersection of climate change and global security. In her talk, "Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and Global Security in a New Era," Goodman will explore how climate change is reshaping military strategies, global security dynamics, and the leadership required to address these challenges.

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Location: Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Building Salata Conference Room Floor 3.5 , 79 JFK St. Cambridge

Join us on March 12th, to hear from Hessann Farooqi, Executive Director of the Boston Climate Action Network, Rafael Monge, MPA '24 Clean Energy Deployment Policy Analyst at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Jaida Nabayan, MUP ’23 Principal Climate Policy Advisor for Sonoma County, reflect on their career, education, and current work in climate and sustainability policy.... Read more about Careers in Climate Action Speaker Series: Careers in Climate and Sustainability Policy

Location: Virtual

This virtual seminar will feature: Steve Nicholls (Senior Advisor: Mitigation, South Africa’s Presidential Climate Commission) who will speak about South Africa’s pathway towards an equitable, low-emissions and climate-resilient economy. Chuck Rumsey (President and CEO, Ecotrust Canada) who will speak to Ecotrust Canada’s place-based approach to transformations that emphasizes radical, practical changes to economic systems; and Amanda Woodrum (Co-Director, ReImagine Appalachia) who will speak to grassroots efforts to find common ground, envision and build an economy that is good for...

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Location: HUCE 440, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge MA

The Harvard Energy Seminar series features weekly conversations with leading practitioners in climate and energy. Join on Monday evenings from 6:30-7:15pm at the Harvard University Center for the Environment to meet the CEOs, researchers, investors, and engineers who are driving decarbonization. On Monday 2/24, the Energy Seminar welcomes Dr. Christina Chang, Partner at Lowercarbon Capital and Harvard CCB alumnus.... Read more about Harvard Energy Seminar: Christina Chang

Location: CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

The Program on Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Circle at Harvard provides a space for weekly conversations about contemporary issues in science and technology that are relevant to fields such as anthropology, history of science, sociology, STS, law, government, public policy, and the natural sciences. Dissertation writers and recent graduates are working on exciting topics that intersect with STS at the edges of their home disciplines. The Circle offers wide exposure to such emerging STS scholarship that otherwise has no forum at Harvard.... Read more about STS Circle: Net Zero Climate Targets: The Gulf between Science and Social Representation

Location: Rubenstein Building, Room 414AB, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

The success of nuclear power renaissance hinges on addressing one critical challenge: cost. Historically, nuclear power has been plagued by a “cost escalation curse,” with overnight construction costs rising dramatically in countries like the United States and France from the 1970s to the 1990s. In contrast, China’s nuclear sector presents a striking counterexample, achieving declining costs alongside substantially capacity expansion.... Read more about Breaking the Cost Escalation Curse of Nuclear Power

Location: Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard University

The Air Transportation Forum will convene students, researchers, and members of the academic community to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the global aviation industry. As a student-organized event, the aim is to bring together airline partners and industry leaders with students and faculty to foster dialogue surrounding opportunities and careers in the future of air transportation.... Read more about Air Transportation at Harvard University

Location: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Harnessing AI-Enhanced Collaborative Negotiation to Tackle Global Climate Challenges... Read more about AI Negotiation Challenge at Harvard

Location: Virtual and Harvard GSD, Piper Auditorium 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

The African Landscape Architectures conference brings together a wide range of landscape practices from across the continent. This two-day hybrid event highlights the transformative potential of decolonizing design to address social injustices and prepare African cities for the impacts of climate change. Speakers will explore innovative strategies through frameworks such as ecology, adaptation, and materiality that offer alternative futures for African landscapes.

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Location: Salata Conference Room, Belfer 3.5, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Join the Salata Institute and the Southeast Asia Initiative of the Harvard Asia Center for a lunch and learn to hear from Professor and Executive Director of Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, Dr. Jemaliah Mahmood, who will talk about the Politics of Climate Change and Health and why international collaboration is now more important than ever.  Dr. Mahmood will then be joined for a discussion moderated by Dr. David Duong,, Director of Global Primary Health Care at the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care and the Division of Global Health Equity at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.  Other speakers will include environment defender and community activist from the Philippines, Derek Cabe and Dr. Bach Tran, Professor of Medicine, Dean of Public Health and climate researcher at Vietnam National University.... Read more about The Politics of Climate Change and Health: Why international collaboration is now more important than ever

Location: Center for the Environment, Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge

The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute invite you to hear from photographer and environmental artist Claudio Cambon, whose To Reach the Source: The Stepwells of India series is currently on display at the Center for the Environment. Through his evocative photography of stepwells, Cambon invites us to reconsider our relationship with water, space, and the environment. His work highlights the importance of preserving both historical structures and natural resources, demonstrating how aesthetic appreciation can lead to deeper ecological awareness. By immersing viewers in the beauty and significance of stepwells, Cambon’s art fosters a sense of connection to the past and a renewed responsibility for the future.... Read more about To Reach the Source: The Stepwells of India with Claudio Cambon

Location: Land Hall, Belfer Building, Room 400, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

This is an advanced research seminar on selected topics in environmental and resource economics. Emphasizes theoretical models, quantitative empirical analysis, and public policy applications. Includes presentations by invited outside speakers.

Bard Harstad, Stanford University, will present “The Gas Trap: Outcompeting Coal vs. Renewables.”... Read more about Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Location: Virtual or FXB G12, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston

On Wednesday, March 5th, from 1-1:50 PM in FXB G12 or online, please join us for the fourth installment of our Environments for Health and Happiness Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Lindsey Burghardt of the Harvard Center on the Developing Child.... Read more about What Surrounds Us Shapes Us: How Developmental Environments Shape Lifelong Health and Wellbeing

Location: HUCE 429, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Climate and Sustainability Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other. In Spring 2025, we will meet monthly at the Harvard University Center for the Environment located at 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge. In each session, we will have a few brief talks from different disciplines and perspectives followed by a vegan dinner and discussion.... Read more about Climate and Sustainability Scholars Seminar Series

Location: Virtual

In this opening program for her Radcliffe exhibition, the artist Alia Farid will discuss her newly commissioned artwork Talismans (Kupol LR 3303). Crafted from petroleum-based plastics and thus freighted with the geopolitical and climate implications of this material’s manufacturing, Talismans (Kupol LR 3303) sets her ancestral stories against the backdrop of global events. Farid’s artist talk will be followed by a conversation with curator Meg Rotzel.... Read more about Artist Talk with Alia Farid

Location: HUCE Seminar Room 440, MCZ 4th Floor 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Doug MacMartin, Cornell University, will present as part of the Solar Geoengineering Research Program Lunchtime Seminar Series.... Read more about Geoengineering with stratospheric aerosols: What do we need to know?

Location: HUCE 440, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge MA

The Harvard Energy Seminar series features weekly conversations with leading practitioners in climate and energy. Join on Monday evenings from 6:30-7:15pm at the Harvard University Center for the Environment to meet the CEOs, researchers, investors, and engineers who are driving decarbonization. On Monday 2/24, the Energy Seminar welcomes Ted Dillon, Chief Operating Officer at Clean Energy Ventures.... Read more about Harvard Energy Seminar: Ted Dillon

Location: Belfer Starr Auditorium, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Dr. Vanessa Chan was the Chief Commercialization Officer and Director of the Office of Technology Transitions for the U.S. Department of Energy during the Biden Administration. Dr. Chan will be giving a guest lecture on Monday, March 3rd covering the Biden administration’s clean energy legacy and the outlook for climate technologies under the Trump administration.... Read more about Guest Lecture with Vanessa Chan, former Chief Commercialization Officer of the U.S. Department of Energy

Location: WCC 1010, 18 Everett Street, Cambridge

Join the Harvard Human Rights Journal and the Harvard European Law Association for a lecture by Dr. Síofra O’Leary, former President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which will look at recent climate litigation in Europe, focusing on three ground-breaking cases decided by the ECHR in 2024.... Read more about Climate Change & The Courts: Limits, Role, and Potential

Location: CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

The Program on Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Circle at Harvard provides a space for weekly conversations about contemporary issues in science and technology that are relevant to fields such as anthropology, history of science, sociology, STS, law, government, public policy, and the natural sciences. Dissertation writers and recent graduates are working on exciting topics that intersect with STS at the edges of their home disciplines. The Circle offers wide exposure to such emerging STS scholarship that otherwise has no forum at Harvard.... Read more about STS Circle: Eco-Anxiety and Climate Urgency in the Mother City