At India Climate Conference, Harvard’s South Asia ties take center stage
Global summit on adaptation and resilience highlights the Mittal Center’s collaborative focus
Fri, Mar 21, 2025
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Improving climate action through public health policy initiatives
Implementing public health policies that also include climate co-benefits may be a practical policy pathway to accelerate climate mitigation, according to experts at a pre-COP 28 workshop hosted by the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Policy Committee.
Fri, Mar 21, 2025
The history of heat waves reveals the urgency of adaptation
The relationship between humans and heat continues to change. Heat waves, once simply a natural phenomenon, are now a symptom of urbanization and global warming.
Thu, Mar 20, 2025
Quantifying Trump's impacts on EV adoption
President Trump has ordered the elimination of the EV mandate and termination of federal support for EVs. This policy brief unpacks which policies could have the greatest impact on EV sales, emissions, and federal government spending.
Tue, Mar 18, 2025
The impacts of heat on lives and livelihoods are far-reaching but poorly understood
With more data on the wide-ranging effects of heat, we can start to identify cost-effective and culturally relevant interventions for adaptation.
Fri, Mar 14, 2025
Wildfires Pose Challenges to Cancer Care
Climate-related extreme weather is especially dangerous for people with medical conditions that make them more sensitive to environmental hazards (like air pollution) or who rely on essential medical services that may become inaccessible during disasters. An understudied group that may be at particular risk from climate change are cancer patients.
Thu, Mar 13, 2025
Harvard professors simulate and study Phoenix heat emergency
Extreme heat is the top weather-related killer in the United States. Harvard Medical School faculty are testing a new simulation exercise to help cities prepare for a changing climate.
Wed, Mar 12, 2025
Methane Abatement Costs in the Oil And Gas Industry
Joseph Aldy, Forest Reinhardt, and Robert Stavins have released a discussion paper presenting their research on methane-abatement costs in the oil and gas industry in the United States.
Mon, Mar 10, 2025
Policy for Reducing Methane Emissions from Livestock
Robert Paarlberg, a research affiliate of the Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions, published commentary on the website of the Center for Strategic & International Studies, titled “Methane Reduction in Livestock: Confronting the North-South Gap.”
Fri, Mar 7, 2025
Deploying Plug & Charge technology can speed EV adoption
Leveraging input from stakeholders across the EV ecosystem, a team of Harvard and MIT researchers recommends how to speed deployment of new charging technology to rapidly expand the EV market.
Thu, Mar 6, 2025
Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power
New paper from the Harvard Electricity Law Initiative uncovers how utilities are forcing ratepayers to fund discounted rates for data centers
Wed, Mar 5, 2025
Benjamin Franklin was America’s first climate scientist
We’re not the first generation to recognize and fight climate change. But people in Franklin's day showed little hesitation discussing the problem openly.
Mon, Mar 3, 2025