While experts from West Africa and South Asia wish to prioritize climate adaptation, Western finance overwhelmingly favors mitigation, they told a Harvard workshop hosted by two Salata Institute climate research clusters.
Scientifically sound, community-centered, multisectoral approaches that account for long timescales are essential for climate adaptation in South Asia. Read the brief.
At a Harvard workshop hosted by two Salata Institute climate research clusters, academics and officials from West Africa and South Asia agreed they must prioritize adaptation.
Harvard University will host an official side event at COP28: a panel with global experts entitled, “Reducing Global Methane Emissions: Imperatives, Opportunities, and Challenges”
A global pledge, backed by satellite imagery, is putting pressure on major methane emitters that had previously ignored their role in the climate crisis.
Harvard’s delegation at the annual climate talks will focus this year on combating global methane emissions, a powerful lever to mitigate near-term climate change.
The greenhouse gas methane is invisible to the human eye, so easy to ignore. But by highlighting its local impacts on human health, researchers at Harvard University hope to score a win for both people and the planet.
At a workshop hosted by Harvard, leaders of the global effort to track methane emissions with satellite technology discussed how to coordinate their technical approaches and other opportunities for collaboration.
A climate research workshop hosted by the Salata Institute explored solutions to the problem of abandoned oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania and beyond.