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Highlighting the Harvard Undergraduate Urban Sustainability Lab

The Salata Institute brings together different climate and sustainability-based student organizations to discuss their missions and highlight their work. The Harvard Undergraduate Urban Sustainability Lab (HUUSL) is a student-run hub for undergraduate urban studies on campus. Co-Presidents of HUUSL and Harvard College students, Clyve Lawrence ‘25 and Kayla Springer ‘26, sat down with the Salata Institute to provide valuable insights into the organization.
News Student Organizations
Wed, Mar 13, 2024

Research Brief: EPA’s Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Methane Emission Rules

The Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions has released a research brief titled “EPA’s Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Methane Emission Rules.” The brief provides an account of the recent evolution of regulation in the United States to address methane emissions from landfills. An earlier version of the brief was prepared in support of a convening on methane emissions from landfills conducted by the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program (EELP) in January 2024. The workshop –and the brief – were supported by the Salata Institute through the Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions. The brief was written by Carrie Jenks and Hannah Dobie, Executive Director and Staff Attorney, respectively, at EELP.
Cluster Research News White Paper Methane
Mon, Mar 11, 2024

How Reducing Methane Emissions will Slow Climate Change

In a Q&A with Professor Rob Stavins, Emily Chien of the Harvard Social Impact Review explores the massive, short-term climate benefits of tackling methane pollution and the progress being made — including this week's launch of MethaneSAT.
News Methane
Tue, Mar 5, 2024

Livestream the Launch of MethaneSAT

March 4th at 4:50PM ET: Stream the launch of MethaneSAT, a new satellite developed by the Environmental Defense Fund, Harvard University scientists and others to combat climate change. Click here to visit the livestream page.
News
Mon, Mar 4, 2024

Two Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities at Harvard D^3 Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab

Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellow - Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab - Digital, Data, and Design Institute, Harvard University.
News
Mon, Mar 4, 2024

Salata Institute Funds Five New Climate and Sustainability Projects Across Harvard

The Salata Institute announced a second round of seed grant awards for work on understudied and emerging topics in climate and sustainability. The new awards will support projects ranging from a bio-inspired skin that reduces building energy use to an analysis of the health impacts of “peaker” power plants.
Action Accelerator News
Fri, Feb 23, 2024
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Hooking a new livelihood? Collapse of West Africa fisheries forces adaptation

As fish stocks in the Gulf of Guinea fail, Harvard researchers are studying how young people can adapt to the market upheaval.
Cluster Research News
Tue, Feb 20, 2024
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The Harvard Climate and Sustainability Translational Fund

Harvard’s Climate and Sustainability Translational Fund propels climate and sustainability-related innovations towards startup formation.
Action Accelerator News
Tue, Feb 20, 2024
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Harvard Magazine Portrait of George Sarrinikolaou, Salata Institute Executive Director

Read Harvard Magazine's portrait of the Assistant Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and Salata Institute Executive Director George Sarrinikolaou, from Athens to Harvard.
News
Fri, Feb 16, 2024

With Google power and Harvard Imaging Technology, MethaneSAT will Spot Methane Leaks from Space

A new partnership between the Environmental Defense Fund and Google will dramatically expand the power of a greenhouse-gas fighting tool developed by scientists at Harvard University.
News
Thu, Feb 15, 2024

Class Act HR73 and Salata Institute to Host Event: Climate Change, Public-Private Partnerships, and Social Equity: Lessons from Bangladesh

On Friday, March 1, ClassACT’s Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program, along with Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA) and the Salata Institute, will host a daylong Symposium focused on climate change mitigation strategies in emerging economies. The Symposium will be available both in person at the Weatherhead Center and on Zoom. Click to read more.
News
Wed, Feb 14, 2024

Global and US Methane Emissions Reduction Progress

Jody Freeman, Archibald Cox Professor and Director of the Environment & Energy Law Program (EELP) at Harvard Law School, hosted a podcast on December 28, 2023 that provided an insightful and wide-ranging overview of global and U.S. developments in reducing methane emissions.
Cluster Research News Harvard Research Methane
Tue, Feb 13, 2024