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Watch: Best Practices for EV Charging Programs in Cities

Hear from leading EV charging cities on best practices for developing EV charging infrastructure. Presented by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University, Taubman Center for State and Local Government. and the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research.
Action Accelerator News
Thu, Jan 16, 2025

Charging Uncertainty: Real-Time Charging Data and Electric Vehicle Adoption

New NBER paper: Salata and MIT CEEPR researchers find open data from fast chargers would raise EV adoption. Today, only one in three DC fast charging stations adjacent to 6 major Interstates provide their real-time status on PlugShare, a major chargefinding app. Data deserts without real-time data are up to 1,308 miles.  If universal real-time data is accompanied by improved charger uptime and driver confidence in the accuracy of the real-time data, it would effectively eliminate range anxiety, the authors predict. Their modeling estimates that the EV share of new vehicle sales would grow by 8.0 percentage points in 2030, expanding the EV fleet by 13.2%, and reducing 2030 carbon emissions by 22.5 mmt, all versus baseline projections for 2030.
Action Accelerator News White Paper
Mon, Jan 13, 2025

Ten questions for a winning climate-transition business strategy

New work by Harvard's George Serafeim: The move to a low-carbon economy will create opportunities for innovation and growth. To make the most of them, leaders must understand the challenges they could face along the way.
Action Accelerator News White Paper
Wed, Jan 8, 2025

Corporate Carbon Targets Research Workshop: Building a Community of Scholars & Practitioners

The Salata Institute gathers practitioners and scholars to help frame research on voluntary corporate emission reduction goals and chart new collaborations.
Action Accelerator Cluster Research News
Wed, Jan 8, 2025

Harvard-West Africa collaboration probes climate adaptation in Gulf of Guinea

For tens of millions of people in West Africa, climate change is a problem that cannot wait. They are living the extreme effects today.
Action Accelerator Cluster Research News
Tue, Dec 17, 2024
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Salata Institute Funds Five New Climate Research Projects

Today the Salata Institute announced a fifth round of seed grant awards for work on understudied and emerging topics in climate and sustainability. The projects include upcycling wasted wool into building insulation; a new way to monitor, predict, and prevent wildfires; and a workshop to bring together experts on insurance and climate change.
Action Accelerator News
Mon, Dec 16, 2024

Salata Institute 2024 Year-In-Review

In 2024, the Salata Institute launched and supported 44 interdisciplinary climate and sustainability research initiatives led by 65 faculty from across Harvard University; hosted thousands of students, alumni, and climate practitioners at over 50 events and convenings; and delivered new climate solutions, data, and ideas.
Action Accelerator Cluster Research News
Fri, Dec 13, 2024

Harvard and MIT CEEPR host research workshop on EV charging economics and policy

How to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles was the focus of a workshop that the Salata Institute and the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) organized on October 24-25.
Action Accelerator News
Fri, Dec 6, 2024

Harvard Gazette: Poll finds bipartisan support for renewable energy measure

Results of a recent national poll shows most rank-and-file members of both parties think some revenue from renewable energy produced on federal land should go to states and local communities adjacent to these projects.
Action Accelerator Cluster Research News
Fri, Dec 6, 2024

Electric Grid Decarbonization

To meet growing electricity demand and meet its climate targets, the U.S. will need to double its network of long-distance transmission lines and increase their capacity 25 percent over the next 20 years. Harvard faculty are producing new research to help navigate the technical, social, and political implications of this critical step in the energy transition.
Action Accelerator Projects
Mon, Dec 2, 2024

Workshop Recording: Quantifying Methane Emissions with the Integrated Methane Inversion (IMI)

A November 4th workshop offered by the Harvard Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group and Salata Institute trained current and prospective users of this methane emissions detecting tool.
Action Accelerator Cluster Research News Methane
Tue, Nov 5, 2024

Side-event panels on reducing methane emissions, trade at COP29

Robert Stavins, Director of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and Principal Investigator of the Salata Institute climate research cluster on reducing methane emissions, and Robert Stowe, Co-Director, will attend the Twenty-Ninth Conference of the Parties (COP-29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Harvard Project will co-host two official side events at COP-29.
Action Accelerator Cluster Research News Methane
Mon, Nov 4, 2024