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Climate Adaptation in the Gulf of Guinea 
The Cluster is considering climate adaptation strategies to coastal erosion in Abidjan, Accra, and Lagos that would be technically feasible, that could be implemented, and that would ga...
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Strengthening Communities
The Cluster is examining the social costs and benefits of changes in the energy system, and propose concrete ways communities, firms, and governments to help them navigate the wide rang...
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Climate Adaptation in South Asia 
The purpose of this Cluster is to advance climate adaptation research and implementation at the household, community, state, and federal levels in South Asia, particularly in the contex...
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Corporate Net-Zero Targets Project
A rapidly growing number of businesses are announcing greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets, including net-zero goals. Corporate progress on net-zero and other emissions reduction...
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Reducing Global Methane Emissions
The Cluster is seeking meaningful and sustained progress in global methane emissions reductions through research and effective engagement with policymakers in government and key stakeho...
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Mobility, Power, and Politics 
Africa’s Lake Chad is shrinking because of climate change and growing resource demands. As it shrinks, populations in surrounding Cameroon, Niger, Chad, and Nigeria that rely on the lake for their livelihoods are experiencing new risks. Professor Daniel Agbiboa’s research on conflicts arising from these changes in the Lake Chad Basin inspired the interdisciplinary course, “Mobility, Power, and Politics." In this course, students consider the interconnected social, political, psychological, and structural changes taking place and their relationship to climate change.
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May 26, 2023
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Politics of the Environment and Climate Change, GOV1722
In GOV1722, a new course, students aren’t just learning about climate policies in the classroom, they are seeing policy in action within local communities. The course challenges students to think critically and build practical skills necessary to addressing the climate challenge in a real-world setting.
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Apr 25, 2023
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Research at the Harvard Forest—Global Change Ecology-Forests, Ecosystem Function, the Future
In the fall, Harvard Freshmen have the opportunity to take “Research at the Harvard Forest-Global Change Ecology-Forests, Ecosystem Function, the Future.” The course immerses students in an active field research setting and allows for extended small group discussions and interactions with several leading global change scientists at one of the preeminent field research sites in the United States.
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Feb 23, 2023
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Innovative class teaches students how to navigate politics of climate change
How to make effective climate policy — and policymakers.
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Feb 22, 2023
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Arctic Initiative Hosts Indigenous Youth for Leadership Workshop
Two dozen Indigenous youth from across the circumpolar North visited Cambridge for the International Workshop on Indigenous Youth Leadership for the Changing Arctic. They joined Harvard Kennedy School students for the second half of IGA-67M: “Policy and Social Innovation for the Changing Arctic” for an intensive course in developing their own policy and social innovations to address issues in a region warming four times faster than the rest of the world.
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Feb 13, 2023

New Climate Lawyering Course
Many sectors are rapidly adapting to reduce emissions and address climate change, but our national laws, policies, and regulatory frameworks are far behind the curve. Lawyers will play a critical role in developing new legal frameworks to advance national climate goals. In the spring 2023 semester, Professor Richard Lazarus is teaching Climate Lawyering, which examines the constructive role that lawyers can play in addressing climate change, across most all legal practice areas.
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Feb 13, 2023

Creating Climate Ventures
Want some structure in coming up with an impactful idea to tackle climate change? This class is for people who want to found a climate startup and do not yet have a viable idea. The Harvard Innovation Labs teaches classic ideation tools and how to apply them to the climate arena. Meet entrepreneurs leading the climate charge and learn how they began their ventures. Connect with a community of like-minded Harvard peers. Open to students, alumni, faculty and staff.
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Feb 13, 2023