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September 15–21, 2025

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September 15–21

Harvard Climate Action Week 2025

Join us for the third annual Harvard Climate Action Week, culminating in the Salata Institute’s Harvard Climate Symposium: Pathways for Progress on Energy and Climate (September 19-21). The week includes events organized by schools and centers across the University.

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Harvard Climate Symposium – September 19-21, 2025

Leaders from government, business, the non-profit sector, and academia will explore actions to enhance resilience to a changing climate and advance efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Participants will discuss what is politically viable, effective, scalable, and which solutions are durable for the short-, medium-, and long-term.

Select sessions:
  • Power Grid and AI: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Policy
  • Climate Law Under Siege (And the Path Forward)
  • Watts Next? The Future of EV Charging
  • Key Opportunities for Reducing Methane Emissions – Even During Challenging Times
  • Rising Seas, Resilient Communities – Climate Adaptation Strategies in West Africa
Select speakers:
  • Steven Chu, former Secretary of Energy
  • Vicki Hollub, Occidental
  • Scott Strazik, GE Vernova
  • Diana Hernández, Columbia University
  • Jody Freeman, Harvard Law School
  • Le Xie, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, Minister of Environment, Science, and Technology, Ghana
Climate Events Throughout Harvard Climate Action Week – September 15 – 21, 2025:

Schools and centers across Harvard University will organize events that showcase their unique contributions to meeting climate challenges and solving problems.

  • Harvard University Department of Continuing Education
  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Chemistry and Chemical Biology
  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Harvard College
  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Harvard Forest
  • Harvard Graduate School of Design
  • Harvard iLab
  • Harvard Business School: Business and Environment Initiative
  • Harvard Divinity School
  • Harvard Kennedy School: Institute of Politics
  • Harvard Kennedy School: Bloomberg Center for Cities
  • Harvard Kennedy School: Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights
  • Harvard Law School: Environment & Energy Law Program
  • Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
  • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Zhu Center
  • Harvard University Native American Program
  • Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

 

Key Conversations from 2024
Senator Whitehouse on carbon pricing: there’s no other path to climate safety
In a wide-ranging discussion at Harvard Climate Action Week, the Democrat from Rhode Island discussed the economic and environmental realities of climate taxation. Read more.

In a wide-ranging discussion at Harvard Climate Action Week, the Democrat from Rhode Island discussed the economic and environmental realities of climate taxation. Read more.

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Scientists at Harvard describe their worst climate fears
“Some people say this is pessimism. It’s not. This is about realism, about science, about being a scientist and describing the world,” said Professor Daniel Schrag. Read more.
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Urban EV charging for all: New report outlines 10 strategies for cities
Widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption is critical to confronting climate change – but a lack of sufficient public charging infrastructure is holding many potential EV drivers back. A new report
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Crossed Wires: New study on the grid points to solutions
To meet growing electricity demand, the United States will need to increase the capacity of its long- distance transmission lines by 25 percent over the next two decades. A new Salata Institute-Roosev

To meet growing electricity demand, the United States will need to increase the capacity of its long- distance transmission lines by 25 percent over the next two decades. A new Salata Institute-Roosevelt Project study, released during Harvard Climate Action Week, examines the regulatory, political, and social factors that shape long-distance transmission development and offers five core findings. Read more.

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A decades-long ecological experiment runs in Harvard Forest
A two mile walk through the Harvard Forest revealed a living laboratory to Harvard Climate Action Week participants. Read more.
A two mile walk through the Harvard Forest revealed a living laboratory to Harvard Climate Action Week participants. Read more.