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

Robert Metcalfe, Columbia University, will present “Expecting Climate Change: A Nationwide Field Experiment in the Housing Market.”... Read more about Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Location: Cruft 309, 19 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Incorporating disorder into structure-property models remains a major challenge in computational materials design. Technological materials often deviate from ideal crystalline structures due to defects, chemical disorder, or amorphous phases, and key functionalities frequently emerge at interfaces. Addressing these complexities requires modeling techniques that bridge first-principles quantum calculations with large-scale disorder and interfacial effects.... Read more about Simon Gelin: Predictive Modeling of Materials and Interfaces for Energy Conversion and Storage

Location: HUCE 440, 4th Floor, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge

The Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group 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. Mike Wang, Director of R&D at Lithios.... Read more about Harvard Energy Seminar

Location: Rubenstein 414ab, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Decarbonization will require a massive expansion of renewable energy infrastructure, potentially putting clean energy advocates and land conservationists at odds. Join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Charles Taylor, Assistant Professor at Harvard Kennedy School, who will present findings from a forthcoming paper co-authored with Meredith Fowlie (UC Berkeley).... Read more about Land Conservation and the Clean Energy Transition

Location: HUCE 440, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge

Interested in gardening, land stewardship, or community? Join the PBHA Environmental Action Committee and Harvard Divinity School’s Garden Stewardship Initiative!
Our workshops this semester will focus on land and plant stewardship, highlighting Indigenous voices and the interconnectedness of all species.
The first workshop features a panel discussion on the ancestral significance of land and how to care for the plants and soil intentionally.... Read more about Garden Stewardship Initiative Workshop

Location: Virtual

The Salata Institute and the Harvard Alumni Association invite you for the latest installment of Harvard Voices on Climate Change, a virtual series featuring Harvard faculty and fellows on different dimensions of the climate challenge.

In this session, Stefanie Stantcheva, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, will examine the intersection of public opinion and climate policy, exploring how societal attitudes and political dynamics influence the development and implementation of effective climate strategies and solutions. Hosted by Jim Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University.... Read more about Harvard Voices on Climate Change: Public Opinion and Climate Policy

Location: Virtual

The Salata Institute and the Harvard Alumni Association invite you for the latest installment of Harvard Voices on Climate Change, a virtual series featuring Harvard faculty and fellows on different dimensions of the climate challenge.

In this session, Stefanie Stantcheva, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, will examine the intersection of public opinion and climate policy, exploring how societal attitudes and political dynamics influence the development and implementation of effective climate strategies and solutions. Hosted by Jim Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University.... Read more about Harvard Voices on Climate Change: Public Opinion and Climate Policy

Location: Cruft 309, 19 Oxford Street, Cambridge

 

The transition to sustainable energy solutions has long been hindered by the challenge of developing efficient, cost-effective alternatives to hydrocarbons. Hydrogen, a leading candidate for green fuel, offers a promising pathway through water splitting. However, its widespread adoption remains constrained by sluggish electrocatalytic reactions, poor catalyst stability, and high material costs, limiting both hydrogen production and utilization in fuel cells.... Read more about Ali Abdelhafiz: Race Against the Clock of Global Warming; Accelerated Discovery of Novel Energy Materials

Location: Smith Campus Center, 2nd Floor, Mt. Auburn Room

Are you interested in the ways the food system can be impacted by law and policy? Clinical Fellow, Kristen McEnroe, at the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) will break down the mission and goals of the FLPC as well as current projects with a focus on global food donation policies and food is medicine initiatives. Additionally, learn about potential careers in food law and policy that span food, agriculture, and food systems. 
This event is open to all HUID holders. Registration is encouraged as seating is limited.... Read more about Food Literacy Project Speaker Series: HLS Food Law and Policy Clinic Goals & Projects

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.

Peter Tufano, Harvard University, will present “An Empirical Examination of Business Climate Alliances: Effective and/or Harmful?”... Read more about Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Location: Virtual and Milstein East A, HLS, 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge

Join the HLS Library on Wednesday February 19 at 12:30pm for a HLS Library Book Talk in Wasserstein Hall – Milstein East A. This event features a discussion on Climate Justice: What Rich Nations Owe the World—and the Future with author and HLS Professor Cass Sunstein. This event is free and will be recorded, open to all Harvard ID holders in person, open to the public on Zoom Webinars.... Read more about HLS Library Book Talk: Climate Justice

Location: Zoom

Consumers’ decision-making on adopting alternative energies is often cast as a mysterious “black box” of unknown factors. What can cutting-edge innovations in the behavioral sciences teach us about effectively promoting sustainable energy behaviors? How can social-scientific experiments and sophisticated surveys demystify energy choices and inform policy design and successful implementation?... Read more about The Behavioral Economics of Sustainable Energy Use

Location: TBD

Elizabeth Kolbert traveled from Alaska to Greenland, and visited top scientists, to get to the heart of the debate over global warming. The result is The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, a book about mass extinctions that weaves intellectual and natural history with reporting in the field began as an article in The New Yorker.... Read more about The Environment Forum | A Conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert

Location: VirtualJoin other HACE members living in Africa or focused on African climate mitigation and adaptation for a virtual networking event. Please register to receive online access to the event.... Read more about Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment (HACE) Africa Virtual Networking Event

Location: Virtual

The recent media blitz about Greenland – and Donald Trump’s interest in purchasing it – has dwarfed a much more important story about the world’s largest island, Greenland, and the impact of its melting ice on people throughout the world.... Read more about The Real Reason Greenland Determines our Fate: Melting Ice and Drowning Coasts

Location: GSD campus (48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138), Room TBDCalling all design leaders! Design for Decarbonization is a first-of-its-kind HBS x GSD lecture that demonstrates how design and business leaders can decarbonize the built environment (i.e., architecture and infrastructure). This lecture—crafted for design students and enthusiasts—will be led by industry practitioner & nonprofit leader Lew Epstein. Epstein will reflect on his career, discuss the growing role that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will play in our decarbonization toolkit, and share examples of innovations in the CDR space. Food is provided!... Read more about Designing for Decarbonization: Carbon Removal in Architecture, Materials, and Spaces (Design Focus)

Location: Hawes Room 202, HBS campus

Calling all business leaders! Design for Decarbonization is a first-of-its-kind HBS x GSD lecture that demonstrates how design and business leaders can decarbonize the built environment (i.e., architecture and infrastructure). This lecture—crafted for business students and enthusiasts—will be led by industry practitioner & nonprofit leader Lew Epstein. Epstein will reflect on his career, discuss the growing role that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will play in our decarbonization toolkit, and share examples of innovations in the CDR space.... Read more about Designing for Decarbonization: Spotlight on Carbon Dioxide Removal (Business Focus)

Location: VirtualThis virtual seminar will feature: Carrie Exton (acting Senior Counsellor of the Centre for Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity at the OECD) who leads the OECD’s efforts to measure sustainability; Eli Fenichel (Yale University and former assistant director for natural resource economics and accounting at the White House) who led the Biden administration’s efforts to incorporate natural capital into US government metrics and decision-making; and Mary Ruckelshaus (executive director of the Natural Capital Project at Stanford University) who has extensive experience supporting governments around the world in building sustainability measurement and decision-making tools. The seminar will be moderated by Alicia Harley (Senior Research Fellow, Sustainability Science Program, Harvard Kennedy School).... Read more about Capacity building to measure progress toward sustainable development

Location: HUCE 440, 4th Floor, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge

 

The Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group 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 2/10, the Energy Seminar welcomes Dr. Don Sadoway, Professor Emeritus of Materials Chemistry at MIT, Co-Founder of Ambri, Co-Founder of Boston Metal, and Co-Founder and CSO of Pure Lithium.

Location: Rubenstein 414ab, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

President Trump has vowed to cut off federal and state support for electric vehicles, but can his administration really put the brakes on EV adoption? Join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Elaine Buckberg, Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability.... Read more about EVs and the Road Ahead: Will the Trump Administration Stall Adoption?