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CBC News | Chocolate faces more climate shocks as study highlights risk of extreme rainfall

Wet conditions can damage cocoa plants and lead to increased chocolate prices according to research by Harvard University Environmental Fellow Anna Lea Albright.
News Harvard Research
Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Close-up hands of a cocoa farmer use pruning shears to cut the cocoa pods or fruit ripe yellow cacao from the cacao tree. Harvest the agricultural cocoa business produces.

Chocolate’s new climate threat: Too much rain

Drought is not the only climate challenge facing cocoa farmers. Better warnings before extreme rains could help them protect their harvests.
Brief News
Mon, Sep 14, 2026

Beyond Paris: Building a Practical Climate Coalition

Aluminum, steel, and concrete are some of the most carbon-intensive industries, and many countries already have a tax on them. But not the United States. That fact hasn’t stopped the social scientists in the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Climate Policy from spearheading worldwide cooperation on carbon pricing.
News
Fri, Sep 11, 2026

Climate and Sustainability Translational Fund

Apply now for this fund intended to advance faculty-led early-stage research projects towards realizing commercial potential.
Action Accelerator News Action Accelerator Harvard Research
Thu, Sep 10, 2026

When the sea steals homes and jobs

Along West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, Salata Institute research is helping communities and governments weigh excruciating choices about what to protect, how to adapt, and when to retreat
News
Wed, Sep 9, 2026

To restore a forest, know when to step back

Artificial intelligence may prove useful in restoring forests, two researchers argue, but it must not be mistaken for nature itself.
News
Tue, Sep 8, 2026

Measuring the mental toll of a rising sea

A Harvard survey of coastal communities in West Africa reveals high rates of distress, prompting researchers to see mental health care as a form of climate adaptation
News Harvard Research
Tue, Sep 8, 2026

Putting climate coalitions into practice

Carbon markets need not be identical to work together. In this new report, the Global Climate Policy Project proposes a way to compare and connect different carbon-pricing systems without forcing them into a single model.
News
Tue, Sep 8, 2026

How development in Nigeria is worsening coastal erosion

Paris Match covers Salata Institute research into rapid coastal erosion in Nigeria and the nature-based solutions proposed by our collaborator at the University of Lagos (in French).
News Harvard Research
Fri, Sep 4, 2026

A pond, a city, and a century-old water conflict

In southeastern Massachusetts, a city draws water from a neighboring town’s pond to supplement its supply. As drought strains the region, residents are seeking stronger protections for the pond’s declining ecosystem, a master’s student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design found during her summer policy internship in the State House.
News Student Programs
Fri, Sep 4, 2026

New Science paper outlines climate coalition

A coordinated carbon price on steel, aluminum, cement, and fertilizer could cut global emissions with little disruption to production and raise nearly $200 billion a year, researchers from the Global Climate Policy Project describe in Science.
News
Thu, Sep 3, 2026

Carbon-Pricing Clubs Could Cut Global Emissions, But Differences in Burdens and Capabilities Require Tailored Incentives 

New research finds that including China and India in a carbon-pricing coalition could significantly cut emissions, but different cost burdens require proper incentive mechanisms
News Harvard Research
Thu, Sep 3, 2026