The Salata Institute and Harvard Business School’s Business and the Environment Initiative present Careers in Climate and Sustainability Consulting. Oliver Badenhorst, Naomi Davy and Matteo Gasparini reflect on their career, education, and current work in climate and sustainability consulting.

The Salata Institute and the Harvard Alumni Association present Harvard Voices on Climate Change, a virtual series featuring Harvard faculty and fellows working on different dimensions of the climate challenge. This session features David Brooks, Haley Family Professor of Computer Science, and Gage Hills, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, both from the Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. As the demand for computational power grows, so does its environmental footprint. Professors Brooks and Hills explore how advancements in computing can contribute to a more sustainable future.

The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability presents Ali Zaidi, Assistant to the President of the United States, White House National Climate Advisor, and head of the White House Climate Policy Office, on the United States’ new 2035 target under the Paris agreement, and the trends, proof points, and progress that the administration feels make it achievable. In this video Zaidi reflects on U.S. climate policy and why U.S. leadership on the world’s response to the climate challenge remains essential. The discussion ia moderated by Erin Douglas, climate reporter for The Boston Globe, who brings her career of experience covering climate adaptation, coasts, disaster response and recovery, and nature-based solutions.

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.

The Salata Institute and the Harvard Alumni Association present Harvard Voices on Climate Change, a virtual series featuring Harvard faculty and fellows working on different dimensions of the climate challenge. This session features Ari Peskoe, Director of the Electricity Law Initiative at the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program, and Elizabeth Thom, PhD Candidate in Government & Social Policy at Harvard University. Together, they explore the critical topic of modernizing the U.S. power grid to support the dual demands of artificial intelligence and a transition to clean energy. This discussion offers insights into the policy, legal, and technological challenges of grid development, while examining opportunities to drive sustainable innovation.

The Harvard Forest, the Harvard University Center for the Environment, and the Salata Institute for Climate & Sustainability present the 2024 Charles Bullard Lectures featuring Yadvinder Malhi, Professor of Ecosystem Science, School of Geography and the Environment; Programme Leader, Ecosystems Group at the Environmental Change Institute, and the Director of the Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests, University of Oxford.

André Hoffmann is Vice-Chairman of Roche, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. Roche was founded by the Hoffmann family in 1896. Peter Vanham is Editorial Director, Leadership at Fortune. Hoffmann and Vanham’s book, The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability, explores how companies can balance business needs with impacts on nature, shareholders with stakeholders, and short-term vs. long-term profits.

The Salata Institute and the Harvard Alumni Association present an informative and dynamic discussion as part of the Harvard Voices on Climate Change virtual series. An interdisciplinary panel of Harvard experts tackles your most pressing questions on climate change, exploring the science, health impacts, design solutions, and policy strategies that shape our global response.

The Salata Institute and the Harvard Alumni Association present Harvard Voices on Climate Change, a series featuring Harvard faculty and fellows working on different dimensions of the climate challenge. In this session, Fiamma Straneo, Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Jerry Mitrovica, Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, explore the pressing issue of sea level rise. Professor Straneo discusses the impacts of Greenland's melting ice sheets, while Professor Mitrovica provides insights on broader sea level changes. The event is hosted by Jim Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and Professor of Political Economy.

Harvard Students and Faculty share their key takeaways and perspectives from the UN Climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan. This blended panel analyzes progress around international climate negotiations and discuss what lies ahead for COP30 in Brazil.

This week, the Climate Adaptation in the Gulf of Guinea Cluster held a workshop entitled, "Resilient Coasts: Sustainable Frameworks for 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 garner political support. The strategies include coastal defense to protect high value stretches of the coast; livelihood protection in situ, examining how to make coastal communities floodable but functional; and livelihood protection ex situ, the option of voluntary non-temporary resettlement of vulnerable coastal populations, either with or without compensation. An analysis of past and future sea level rise across the Gulf of Guinea and probabilistic projections of sea level change to 2100 CE will inform the Cluster’s understanding of the social and economic risks of erosion and flooding on six different vulnerable communities in these cities.

Harvard faculty discuss the possible implications of the 2024 U.S. elections for U.S. and global climate policy, the outlook for corporate climate action, and more.