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Climate-Smart Public Health in Nepal: Building Data-Driven Solutions for Climate Change and Health Challenges

South Asia faces significant public health challenges, with Nepal standing out as a country severely affected by poverty-related health issues. Infectious diseases, malnutrition, and high infant mortality rates are widespread in Nepal, largely due to poor sanitation, failures in the food system, and limited healthcare access. As climate change intensifies, these health issues are expected to worsen, making it crucial to address the interconnectedness of environmental and health systems.

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Wed, Aug 20, 2025

Canada used to send clean, cool air. Harvard scientist explains the new reality of wildfire season

How shifting weather patterns, climate change, and smoke are rewriting the rules of summer.

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Fri, Aug 8, 2025

Increasing solar power could lead to significant cuts in CO2 emissions

Increasing solar power generation in the U.S. by 15% could lead to an annual reduction of 8.54 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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Thu, Jul 31, 2025

Research: pressure for short-term profits jeopardizes climate investment

Short-term profit motives have historically led companies to oppose climate reforms, according to new research from Harvard Business School. But it is unclear whether this so-called “impatient capital” was at play in the most recent cutbacks to climate provisions passed by Congress

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Tue, Jul 22, 2025

Harvard balloon takes wildfire surveillance to the stratosphere

The new high-altitude platform delivers sharper, real-time images and smoke forecasts that will help vulnerable communities prepare.

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Tue, Jul 22, 2025

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Hidden in the “Big Beautiful Bill”: A win-win for clean power and rural America

How Salata Institute research helped shape landmark revenue-sharing legislation – and why it matters for the energy transition.

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Wed, Jul 16, 2025

Salata Institute names 2025 Harvard Environmental Fellows

Five recently minted PhDs will tackle climate challenges while building relationships across disciplines.

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Tue, May 13, 2025

How hot is too hot?

Teaming up with grassroots organizers in India, the Salata Institute's Climate Adaptation in South Asia cluster is collecting data to help workers adapt to dangerous spikes in heat.

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Mon, May 5, 2025

From cocoa to Kazakhstan: Harvard funds eight more climate research projects

Today the Salata Institute announced a sixth round of seed grant awards for work on understudied and emerging topics in climate and sustainability. Among other things, Harvard researchers will examine chocolate production in a changing climate, new materials to harvest moisture, and help Kazakhstan chart its green transition.

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Tue, Apr 22, 2025