Join us at the 5th session of the Salata Scholar Seminar Series for a discussion with Jacqueline Evans, an MC-MPA 2024 student at the Harvard Kennedy School from the Cook Islands in the Pacific, as she sheds light on the potential threats to ocean biodiversity in the transition to renewable energy.

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Location: Fisher Museum, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham

"Harvard Forest Research Discussion" with Jonathan Thompson, Research Director.

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Location: Piper Auditorium, GSD, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

"Documentary Screening" with David Abel, JocCole Burton, Elizabeth Christoforetti, and Chris Osgood.

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Location: Zoom

"The Practice of Wild Mercy: Something Deeper Than Hope" with Terry Tempest Williams, HDS Writer-in-Residence.

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Location: Pound Hall, HLS, Cambridge

"Harvard Climate Connect."

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Location: Science & Engineering Complex (SEC) Atrium, 150 Western Ave., Allston

Join us for a historic moment as we celebrate MethaneSAT, a groundbreaking satellite that will track methane emissions on a global scale. Food and beverages will be served as we raise a glass to MethaneSAT’s upcoming launch. All members of the Harvard community are welcome to join!

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Location: Gund Hall Piper Auditorium, 42 Qunicy St, Cambridge

 

Daniel Urban Kiley Lecture: “Unsettling Sustainability – Landscape Laboratories as Experimental and Experiential Grounds” with Elizabeth K. Meyer

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Location: HUCE Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

Join us for an evening full of stimulating conversations and the opportunity to network with fellow academics and climate enthusiasts. Our two speakers for the next installment will offer a dual perspective on youth engagement and forest monitoring and conservation in climate action.... Read more about Salata Scholar Seminar

Location: CGIS South S216, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

"Agriculture and the Rural Environment", with Angie Higuchi, Erika Tenorio, Patricio Winckler, and Pablo Lapegna.

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Location: CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge

The CMES Environmental Studies of the Middle East Speaker Series presents “Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire” with Faisal Husain, Assistant Professor of History, Department of History, College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State... Read more about Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire

Location: Zoom

Harvard Graduate School of Design Professors Holly Samuelson and Jonathan Grinham will discuss how green building design is adapting and evolving in the context of renewable energy sources. The faculty will explore how renewable energy sources are integrated into building design to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and minimize carbon emissions. ... Read more about Harvard Speaks on Climate Change: Green Building Design in the Age of Renewables

Location: Online

"How air pollution impacts our brains", a panel discussion.

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Location: Zoom

"Apocalyptic Grief: Reckoning with Loss, Wrestling with Hope" with Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Professor of Christian Morals and Minister in the Memorial Church.

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Location: Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge

"The Health Effects of Air Pollution: The Harvard Six Cities Study as a Generator of Surprises" with David S. Jones, Professor of the Culture of Medicine, HMS.

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Location: Room 414AB, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, MA

"Advancing Equitable Clean Technology Investment" with Jahi Wise, Senior Advisor to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Location: B-101, Northwest Building, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge

"The role of constraints in the evolution of plant reproductive strategies" with Jannice Friedman, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Biology
Queen's University."

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Location: HKS

"Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Health in South Asia" with Caroline Buckee, Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health.

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Location: Barker Center 133, Mahindra Humanities Center, 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA

"Inherently Limited by Our Imaginations: Health Anxieties, Politics, and the History of the Climate Crisis" with David Jones.

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Location: HUCE Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

In the third edition of the Salata Scholar Seminar Series, we present a dual talk on transformative sustainability strategies. Lingling Jiang and Elena Indar Athwal share insights on reshaping corporate landscapes and advancing climate change mitigation through Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS).... Read more about Transformative Strategies for a Sustainable Future: From Corporate Evolution to Climate Mitigation

Location: ZoomLeah C. Stokes works on energy, climate, and environmental policy. Her award-winning book Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States examines why we are behind on climate action, telling the history of fossil fuel companies and electric utilities promoting climate denial and delay. In this lecture, Stokes will examine how climate policy rose to the top of the agenda, became a priority in Congress, and eventually became law through the Inflation Reduction Act.... Read more about The Campaign for the Future: The Long Road to the Inflation Reduction Act