Location: Wexner Building, W-434 A.B. Conference Room, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

For 12 years — including four years under President Donald Trump -- Mayor Miro Weinberger (an HKS alum) led one of the most ambitious local climate efforts in the country, making Burlington, VT the first 100% renewable city in the country, electrifying everything, and reducing total community emissions 18% from 2019 to 2023. In this session we will discuss Burlington’s efforts, those of other state and local governments, and whether successes like this will still be possible and relevant during a second Trump term.

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Location: Virtual & Rubenstein Building, David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Economic growth in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies is projected to remain closely tied to increasing emissions. However, the development and climate impacts of energy investments differ in their benefits, costs, and risks. Therefore, so must their financing.

In this Energy Policy Seminar, Akash Deep, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, will present a financial mechanism – the Green Swap – that disentangles climate impact from development impact to mobilize financing for renewable energy investment.

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

Join the Salata Institute, Rappaport Institute, and Taubmann Center for a lunchtime discussion on the future of EV adoption, policy, and infrastructure featuring Elaine Buckberg, Senior Fellow at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability; Kathryn Carlson, Executive Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston; Judith Gibson-Okunieff, Zero Emissions Vehicle Program Manager, Boston Transportation Department; and Laila Ale, Former Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation and City of Dallas.... Read more about The Road Ahead for Electric Vehicles

Location: CGIS South Bldg, Rm S030, Concourse level, 1730 Cambridge St, CambridgeTo center the Middle East in scholarly discourse on disasters, the Disaster Studies Initiative at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, is pleased to announce an international conference, scheduled to take place from March 28 to 30, 2025. We thank the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs for their generous support.

In this day and age, under the shadow of debates surrounding the intensifying climate crisis, is it still possible to think of disasters such as earthquakes, floods, fires, and wars as significant events? Are they political events at all? For... Read more about Disasters in and of the Middle East: Event, Place, Intensity

Location: Virtual

In recent years, the cost of residential property insurance has risen dramatically, driven by losses from environmental hazards. Steven Koller, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate and Housing at the Center, will explain how climate change is affecting both private and public entities that provide property insurance. Carlos Martín will join to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities facing residents, real estate investors, insurers, regulators, and policymakers.

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Location: CGIS South, Doris and Ted Lee Gathering Room (S030), 1730 Cambridge Street

"A Visual Narrative of Labour Migration and the Environment"
In conversation with:
Kate Beaton, Cartoonist; Writer; Illustrator; Author, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands.

Katie Mazer, Assistant Professor, Women and Gender Studies and Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Acadia University.
Jean-Christophe Cloutier, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania.

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Location: Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

The Climate Leadership Conference 2025, presented by the students at Harvard University, unites leaders, scholars, and innovators worldwide to address climate challenges. Through discussions and initiatives, it aims to drive solutions and inspire commitment to environmental stewardship. Join for impactful conversations and contribute to building a resilient, sustainable future at this influential conference.

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Location: CGIS South, S153, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge

 

Join The Mittall Institue for another session of the popular State of Architecture in South Asia series that will discuss urbanization in Bangladesh with a focus on population density.

Speaker: Adnan Z Morshed, Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning, Catholic University of America
Moderator: Rahul Mehrotra, John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization, Harvard Graduate School of Design

 

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Location: HUCE 440, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge MA

NOTE: Special Thursday seminar. The Energy Seminar at Harvard series features weekly conversations with leading practitioners in climate and energy. Join 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 THURSDAY 3/27, the Energy Seminar welcomes Dr. Tomás Villalon, CTO of Phoenix Tailings.

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Location: B-400 Land Lecture Hall, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Join The Building Caucus at HKS & The Infrastructure & Housing Club at the GSD for a timely and thought-provoking talk with Heather Clark, former White House Senior Director for Building Sector Climate Policy (2022–2025), as she makes the case for uniting two of today’s most urgent movements: housing abundance and climate action.

In this session, Heather will explore how pro-housing policy and climate goals can align to create a clean, affordable, and equitable built environment. Drawing from her experience shaping national building sector climate policy in the Biden-...

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Location: WCC B015, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Alfred Brownell, founder and executive director of Green Advocates, a Liberian NGO, will discuss his work as an environmental lawyer and activist fighting against the exploitation and destruction of Liberian tropical forests. Brownell is currently living in the United States in temporary exile for his work to prevent the clearing of 500,000 acres of forest. Brownell is a distinguished scholar and associate professor of Law at Northeastern University and a Visiting Human Rights Fellow at Yale Law School.

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Location: Littauer Building, Malkin Penthouse, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

How can we reduce the impacts of the most toxic chemicals in today's supply chains?... Read more about Collaborative Initiatives to Reduce Chemical Hazards: A Path Forward

Location: Virtual

Trained in anthropology and education, Gabrielle Oliveira works at the intersections of migration, education, family, and childhood studies. At Radcliffe, she will write her third book, which will focus on how migrant children conceptualize climate change, land loss, and mobility in schools in Venezuela and Brazil.... Read more about My Home, Our Planet: Venezuelan Migrant Children in Brazil and the Role of Education of Climate Change

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