The Changing Landscape of Western Wildfire Risk

Fri, 2023-10-20 09:00
Location: Zoom & Harvard Forest Fisher Museum, 324 N. Main St., Petersham

The Harvard Forest and the Harvard University Center for the Environment present the second of two 2023 Charles Bullard Lectures featuring Chris Field, Director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Stanford University.... Read more about The Changing Landscape of Western Wildfire Risk

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Managing the Risk of Climate Overshoot

Thu, 2023-10-19 15:00
Location: Science Center Lecture Hall A, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

The Harvard Forest and the Harvard University Center for the Environment present the 2023 Charles Bullard Lectures featuring Chris Field, Director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Stanford University.... Read more about Managing the Risk of Climate Overshoot

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Careers in Climate Action Speaker Series

Wed, 2023-10-18 16:00
Location: Mignone Center for Career Success, 54 Dunster St., Cambridge

Speakers Julie Goodridge, Founder and CEO, North Star Asset Management; Nimrit Kang, Chief Investment Officer, North Star Asset Management; Michelle Graham, Chief Operating Officer, North Star Asset Management; and Ashley Cohen, Director of Outside Investments, North Star Asset Management will reflect on their work and career path, providing students from across Harvard with valuable insights needed to launch a climate career... Read more about Careers in Climate Action Speaker Series

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Harvard Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Wed, 2023-10-18 14:30
Location: Land Hall (400), Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

"Market Power and Environmental Policy in the Amazon" with Marcos Barrozo, Harvard University.... Read more about Harvard Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

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Energy Policy Seminar

Wed, 2023-10-18 10:00
Location: Room 414AB, David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Rubenstein Building, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

"Energy Policy Seminar: "Killer Robots? Law and Policy of Lethal Autonomous Weapons" with Eric Rosenbach, Director of the Belfer Center's Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program."

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Political signaling drives China’s pilot emissions trading scheme

Wed, 2023-10-18 08:30
Location: Zoom

"Political signaling drives China’s pilot emissions trading scheme with Chen Xiang, Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University."

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Teaching in a Changing Climate: Lessons for Living Sustainably and Equitably as Global Citizens

Tue, 2023-10-17 10:00
Location: Virtual

Join Principal Research Scientist in Education, Tina Grotzer Ed.D. '93 as she discusses climate change and its existential threat to life on Earth and how to use education as a tool to address it.... Read more about Teaching in a Changing Climate: Lessons for Living Sustainably and Equitably as Global Citizens

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The Environment Forum

Tue, 2023-10-17 10:00
Location: Plimpton Room (Barker Center 133), 12 Quincy St., Cambridge

The Mahindra Center invites you for "Writing Our Extinction: Anthropocene Fiction and Vertical Science" with Patrick Whitmarsh, a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at College of the Holy Cross where he teaches 20th- and 21st-century Anglo-American literature.... Read more about The Environment Forum

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The Environment Forum

Tue, 2023-10-17 10:00
Location: Plimpton Room (Barker Center 133), 12 Quincy St., Cambridge

"Writing Our Extinction: Anthropocene Fiction and Vertical Science" with author Patrick Whitmarsh.

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Energy Policy Seminar

Mon, 2023-10-16 10:00
Location: Room 414AB, David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Rubenstein Building, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

"Energy Policy Seminar: "Permitting Progress in Support of U.S. Clean Energy and Climate Goals with Ana Unruh Cohen, Senior Director for NEPA."

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Water Stories with the Artist Atul Bhalla

Sat, 2023-10-14 11:00
Location: Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall, 8 Garden St., Cambridge

Join the curator Jinah Kim and the artist Atul Bhalla for a tour of "Water Stories: River Goddesses, Ancestral Rites, and Climate Crisis" and a discussion of the artwork "I was Not Waving but Drowning II" (2005). ... Read more about Water Stories with the Artist Atul Bhalla

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The Oil Machine | Film Premiere + Q&A with Producer Sonja Henrici

Sat, 2023-10-14 11:00
Location: Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge

You're invited to celebrate the Massachusetts premiere of the documentary THE OIL MACHINE, followed by a special conversation with international BAFTA-nominated producer Sonja Henric. ... Read more about The Oil Machine | Film Premiere + Q&A with Producer Sonja Henrici

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The Paradox of Sustainability

Fri, 2023-10-13 16:00
Location: S010, Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA

"The Paradox of Sustainability."

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Future of Cities: Extreme Heat

Fri, 2023-10-13 14:00
Location: Askwith Hall, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

 

Extreme weather patterns are increasing; how should individuals and institutions decide what to do next? Future of Cities: Extreme Heat, the third installation of OVPIA’s Future of Cities series, will showcase a panel discussing concerns around environmental justice and public health as global average temperatures rise. Cosponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs, the Salata Institute Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University, and the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, this discussion will convene experts in urban...

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Water Stories: Panel Discussions

Fri, 2023-10-13 08:00
Location: Zoom & Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

The Radcliffe Institute invites you to hear from artists whose works are represented in the exhibition with scholars of religion, anthropology, and transnational studies to explore water’s multivalent meaning and to contemplate our current relationships with water.... Read more about Water Stories: Panel Discussions

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50 Years Since the 1973 Oil Embargo: Reflections and Perspectives

Thu, 2023-10-12 14:00
Location: Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor, Littauer Building, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Join Harvard Kennedy School's Middle East Initiative for an enlightening discussion with speakers Professor Meghan O'SullivanVijay Vaitheeswaran, Dr. Edward Luttwak, and Dr. Helima Croft, who will delve deep into the repercussions of the 1973 Oil Embargo and shed light on the intricate web of the present-day geopolitics of energy.... Read more about 50 Years Since the 1973 Oil Embargo: Reflections and Perspectives

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Climate Research Workshop

Thu, 2023-10-12 11:15
Location: HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

"Using Satellite-Based Detection of Methane Emissions to Contribute to the U.S. Regulatory Process" with Daniel Jacob, Vasco McCoy Family Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering; Carrie Jenks, Executive Director, Environmental and Energy Law Program, HLS; Daniel Varon, Research Associate, Harvard SEAS.... Read more about Climate Research Workshop

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Thursday Brown Bag Series

Thu, 2023-10-12 11:00
Location: Zoom

"Thursday Brown Bag Series: Environmental devastation, unlawful gold mining & persecution of Indigenous ways of life in the Peruvian Amazon."

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The Geopolitics of Critical Materials: The Role of Central Asia

Thu, 2023-10-12 07:00
Location: Zoom & YouTube

The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies invites you for a discussion with Sophia Kalantzakos, Global Distinguished Professor in Environmental Studies and Public Policy, New York University Abu Dhabi, the UAE, and Roman Vakulchuk, Head of Climate and Energy Research Group, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).... Read more about The Geopolitics of Critical Materials: The Role of Central Asia

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