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Request for Proposals: Urban Mobility and Climate Change Research Fund

The Urban Mobility and Climate Change (UMCC) Research Fund supports innovative and interdisciplinary research projects that aim to better diagnose pressing challenges at the intersection of urban mobility and climate change and create policy innovations on an accelerated timeline.
News
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
data center construction

The data center boom is colliding with the grid’s hardest problems

Rising demand and slow transmission buildouts are squeezing electric bills. A new White House pledge does not change the math, says Harvard Law School’s Ari Peskoe.
Brief News
Tue, Mar 17, 2026

Heat waves and annual death rates in older adults in the United States

A new nationwide study of more than 73 million older Americans finds that heat waves are driving a substantial increase in deaths each year, with disproportionate impacts on Black and low‑income communities, while neighborhoods with more green space see lower death rates.
News Harvard Research
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
Dennis Troper speaks onstage

Dennis Troper joins Salata Institute Advisory Board

The technology executive and philanthropist will put an innovative mindset and deep experience tackling complex challenges to work in service of climate progress.
News
Mon, Mar 16, 2026
Brazilian Pantanal

Beyond the Amazon – Brazil’s six biomes shape a global climate story

Explore the science and the lived realities across Brazil’s six biomes at the 10th Lemann Dialogue, April 2-3.
News
Wed, Mar 11, 2026
Kampala minibuses

Kampala’s minibuses waste hours in line. A new experiment asks why

An economist goes inside East Africa’s minibus system to test what could make urban transport faster, fairer, and less polluting.
Brief News
Tue, Mar 10, 2026

Update: Advancing the Climate Coalition Agenda 

The Global Climate Policy Project at Harvard and MIT (GCPP) is moving from concept to implementation on a multilateral climate coalition centered on carbon pricing and trade.
News
Fri, Mar 6, 2026
Boston trees

Urban forestry is climate infrastructure hiding in plain sight

Boston and Cambridge treat trees as a public system, not decoration. Three contributors to these cities’ urban forest plans explain how heat and historic disinvestment are guiding where canopy goes next – amid pressure to add housing and density.
Brief News
Thu, Mar 5, 2026

Seasonality and Declining Intensity of Methane Emissions

Harvard research group publishes paper characterizing seasonal changes in emissions and longer-term reductions in methane intensity in the U.S. Permian Basin.
Cluster Research News Methane
Thu, Mar 5, 2026
Ani Dasgupta delivers a book talk at Harvard

Recording: Ani Dasgupta on rebuilding optimism in the age of climate crisis

In February 2026, Ani Dasgupta joined the Salata Institute to discuss his new book, The New Global Possible: Rebuilding Optimism in the Age of Climate Crisis. Click to watch the recording on our YouTube channel.
News
Tue, Mar 3, 2026

Landscapes of Methane: Photographs from Southwestern Pennsylvania

Julian Giordano, a 2025 graduate of Harvard College, explores the human and environmental dimensions of methane emissions through images and words on his website, launched in September 2025, “Landscapes of Methane: Photographs from Southwestern Pennsylvania”
News Harvard Climate Action Week Methane
Tue, Mar 3, 2026

Research Brief: Incentives to Emit in Upstream Oil and Gas: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications

The study examines the effect of market incentives and infrastructure constraints on methane emissions from oil and gas production in the Permian Basin of the United States – and then explores potential policy approaches to reducing emissions.
Cluster Research News Methane
Tue, Mar 3, 2026