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Climate change is an urgent and multifaceted challenge facing all of society.

Harvard faculty teach an expanding array of courses examining the many dimensions of this shared challenge. Explore courses in climate and sustainability ranging from economics and English to public health and climate science. 

 

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ESPP 90N

Addressing the Global Climate Crisis: Challenges for Both Developed and Developing Economies

The seminar will discuss the nature of the climate challenge and the implications it poses for different communities and different pArts of the world.
Fall 2024 Graduate Undergraduate Available Arts & Humanities Law & Policy Physical Sciences Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
E-PSCI 208

Physics of Climate

Overview of the basic features of the climate system (global energy balance, atmospheric general circulation, ocean circulation, and climate variability) and the underlying physical processes.
Fall 2024 Graduate Undergraduate Available Physical Sciences Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
GENED 1167

Climate Crossroads

This course reveals fundamental alterations that climate disruption is bringing to multiple human activities and natural phenomena.
Fall 2024 Graduate Undergraduate Available Arts & Humanities Physical Sciences Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
ESPP 90G

The Law and Policy of Climate Change: Influencing Decision Makers

This course will explore (i) the legal framework in which climate change action occurs in the United States, (ii) policy tools available to regulators, (iii) impacts on regulated entities and individuals and (iv) opportunities for private stakeholders to participate in and influence climate change decisions.
Fall 2025 Graduate Undergraduate Available Law & Policy Physical Sciences Courses
Tue, Sep 2, 2025
DEV 309

Development Policy Strategy

This capstone course explores a wide array of theoretical and analytical tools to help policy makers diagnose, prioritize and address development challenges at a national or sub-national level.
Fall 2025 Graduate Undergraduate Available Arts & Humanities Law & Policy Courses
Thu, Sep 4, 2025
ADV 9641

Proseminar in Landscape Architecture

How do we understand a landscape? This proseminar explores epistemologies that constitute the field of landscape architecture.
Fall 2025 Graduate Undergraduate Available Design & Architecture Courses
Tue, Sep 2, 2025
SPANSH 11

Introduction to the Spanish-speaking World II: Social, Cultural, and Sustainability Topics

Spanish 11 is the second course in the Beginning Spanish sequence (SPAN 10-SPAN 11). In this course, students explore a host of social, cultural, and environmental sustainability issues that have historically impacted the lives and livelihoods of local and foreign Spanish-speaking communities.
Fall 2025 Graduate Undergraduate Available Art & Humanities Courses
Tue, Sep 2, 2025
COMPSCI 288

AI for Social Impact

In this course, we will discuss successful case studies of use of AI for public health, environmental sustainability, public safety and public welfare.
Fall 2024 Graduate Available Physical Sciences Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
ECON 2688

Environmental and Climate Economics

This class covers the economics of the environment and climate change, with a focus on market-based solutions to externalities, open-access problems, and blended policy responses.
Fall 2024 Graduate Undergraduate Available Business Law & Policy Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
ID 205

Societal Response to Disasters

This foundation course examines how societies and states have responded to a range of disasters around the world, drawing key lessons for communities (and nations) preparing for climate changes.
Fall 2024 Graduate Available Arts & Humanities Law & Policy Courses
Tue, Sep 3, 2024
GERMAN 275

The German Ecological Imagination

It is common to read in the paper about the coming climate crisis, framed as a matter of saving the environment or planet. Less often invoked, however, is an older, more metaphysical notion of ‘nature naturing’ actively (natura naturans). When (if ever) did the concept of the ‘environment’ replace that of nature? What are the exact differences between the terms we use to refer to the planet as our shared home, whether ‘nature,’ ‘(e/E)arth,’ ‘world,’ ‘environment,’ ‘planet,’ or ‘globe’? And what ramifications might the semantic shifts between these six terms have for current environmental debates?]
Fall 2025 Graduate Available Art & Humanities Courses
Tue, Sep 2, 2025
HEB 189

The Devil's Teeth: Archives of Health, History, and Climate

From childhood lead exposure, to the pathways and practices of our ancestors millions of years ago, teeth retain incredible records of our collective pasts. This course examines teeth from two main perspectives. The first is medical and dental, examining the developmental biology and mineralogy of how teeth form, and how formation can fail in the context of health crises. The second is historical: the class will learn how teeth are records of past history and climate, even into deep time, millions of years into the past. Every week, we will read contemporary scientific literature on teeth from multiple perspectives. In the second half of the course, students will work collectively on a research project.
Fall 2025 Graduate Undergraduate Available Life Sciences Public Health & Medicine Courses
Tue, Sep 2, 2025