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Transit agencies nationwide are facing a "transit fiscal cliff." Pennsylvania's legislature has failed to fund statewide trains and buses, leaving commuting school children and workers without basic mobility options. This state failure is a warning sign for the rest of the country. This webinar covers the fundamental issues in funding public transit system operations, the current landscape of public transit system funding, and a read-out from a Pennsylvania advocate.

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Wed, Nov 19, 2025

George Serafeim, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, will discuss how companies are advancing climate action through ambitious sustainability goals—and where progress still falls short. From net-zero commitments and disclosure requirements to the role of investors and regulatory pressures, we’ll examine what’s driving corporate climate leadership and what’s needed to translate pledges into measurable outcomes.

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Fri, Nov 14, 2025

Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, joins Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim for a discussion about the future of energy. At a pivotal moment in the global energy transition, Pouyanné reflects on TotalEnergies’ transformation into a multi energy company, the complex trade-offs between decarbonization, energy affordability, energy security, and investor expectations, and the company’s views on the complex and evolving role of climate and energy policy.

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Thu, Nov 13, 2025

Sarah Hobbie is a Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota

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Thu, Nov 13, 2025

What if countries were willing to work together on carbon pricing and trade policies? Drawing on the Global Climate Policy Project (GCPP)’s flagship report Building a Climate Coalition: Aligning Carbon Pricing, Trade, and Development, this event will explore how such a coalition could cut global emissions at scale, support development, raise nearly $200 billion in annual revenues, and create a more level playing field for industries. The discussion will explore what low- and middle-income countries could gain as part of a climate coalition, strengthening local industries and economic resilience while reducing emissions. An expert panel of economists and policy experts engaged in the GCPP Working Group on climate coalitions will examine how a climate coalition can align climate ambition with trade and development priorities—and why now, in the critical window ahead of COP30, is the moment to turn this vision into action.

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Tue, Oct 21, 2025

Listen to the recording from this Harvard Climate Symposium breakout session featuring Joseph Aldy, Harvard Kennedy School; Sasha Mackler, ExxonMobil Corporation; Robin Millican, Bipartisan Climate Trust; and Billy Pizer, Resources for the Future (RFF). Looking to the future, federal climate policy can learn from past experiences. Federal policy, state action, and strategies pursued by other countries highlight successes and failures. This panel explored forward-looking options for the next generation of Federal climate policy, drawing on those lessons in environmental, business, and political terms.

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Thu, Oct 9, 2025

Listen to this breakout session from the 2025 Harvard Climate Symposium featuring Daniel Bicknell, Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation; Seán Arthurs, EarthRights International; Elizabeth Gray, Audubon; Evan Kornbluh, RMI; Ujjwal Kumar, Quantum Alliance AI; Tom Polton, NV Sustainability LLC; and Angela Zhong, TPG - Y Analytics. The climate crisis touches every facet of society—and solving it demands the talents, tools, and insights of every field. Whether you're in finance, law, design, public health, engineering, education, the arts, or beyond, you have a role to play in shaping a livable future. Climate action isn’t limited to scientists and policy experts; it’s a calling—and an opportunity—for all.

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Thu, Oct 9, 2025

Listen to this breakout session from the 2025 Harvard Climate Symposium featuring Mary Berlik Rice, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Flor Amaya, City of Chelsea, MA; Zoe Davis, Climate Ready Boston, City of Boston, MA; Caleb Dresser, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and Amruta Nori-Sarma, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Extreme heat is an increasingly urgent public health problem in cities, where dense populations and built environments can intensify health risks for vulnerable communities. This panel explored how local initiatives are addressing public health and climate challenges related to extreme heat in urban environments. Panelists discussed real-life strategies that connect scientific research to equitable interventions, aiming to protect health and reduce disparities in cities. The session highlighted related Harvard Chan research, including work in Boston’s redlined communities.

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Thu, Oct 9, 2025

Listen to this breakout session from the 2025 Harvard Climate Symposium, featuring Stephen Ansolabehere; Harvard University; Francesca Dominici, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Melissa Finucane, Union of Concerned Scientists; Ryan Hathaway, Lawyers for Good Governance; Ana Martinez, Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science; and Hannah Perls, Harvard Law School. In a time of increasing environmental risk and political uncertainty, access to reliable government environmental data is more crucial than ever. This panel brought together the data rescue teams who worked to preserve vulnerable public datasets and the frontline practitioners who are putting that data to work in environmental justice, policy, and public health.

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Thu, Oct 9, 2025

This session explored two cornerstones of U.S. climate policy: the EPA’s Endangerment Finding, which underpins federal authority to regulate greenhouse gases, and the Department of Energy’s Climate Science Report, which provides essential assessments of climate risks and impacts. Harvard faculty experts examined the legal, scientific, and economic foundations of these measures and what they mean for current and future climate regulation. Hosted by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University and the Harvard Alumni Association.

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Wed, Oct 8, 2025

Watch this breakout session from the 2025 Harvard Climate Symposium. Featuring Peter Tufano, Harvard Business School; Dave Jones, Climate Risk Initiative; Barney Schauble, greenthread; and Ishita Sen, Harvard Business School. As climate change accelerates the frequency and severity of natural disasters, it is reshaping one of the world’s most vital yet often overlooked sectors: insurance. Once defined by actuarial tables and historical loss data, the global insurance industry is now on the frontlines of an unpredictable future—where past patterns no longer guarantee future protection.

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Wed, Oct 8, 2025

Watch this breakout session from the 2025 Harvard Climate Symposium. Featuring Gage Hills, Harvard SEAS; Vijay Reddi, Harvard SEAS; and Yicheng Zhu, University of California, Berkeley. As computation becomes an increasingly significant component of global energy consumption, rethinking how we design and deploy computing systems is essential for climate progress. This session brought together SEAS faculty working across the computing stack, from circuits and architectures to networks and edge AI, to explore strategies for minimizing energy use while enabling intelligent, climate-supporting technologies. Topics include efficient data movement and computation, AI for grid intelligence, and ultra-low-power AI systems like TinyML. The session showcased how energy-aware computing can become a foundation for scalable, systems-level solutions to the climate crisis.

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Wed, Oct 8, 2025

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Paying for Public Transit

Harvard Voices on Climate Change: Corporate Climate Commitments

Climate Crossroads: Debating Energy’s Next Frontier with Patrick Pouyanné

Managing Pollution of Urban Waters: Sources and Solutions

Building a Climate Coalition: Carbon Pricing, Trade, and What’s at Stake for LMICs

Whither Federal Climate Policy? (Audio Recording)

Paths to Impact: Harvard Alumni in Climate and Sustainability (Audio)

Heat, Health, and the City: Community, Housing, and Health System Solutions (Audio)

Rescuing Environmental Data: From Preservation to Practice (Audio)

The Endangerment Finding & the DOE Climate Science Report | Harvard Voices on Climate Change

Insurance: At the eye of the climate storm?

Sustainable Computing: Energy-Efficient Systems for a Climate-Conscious Future