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Harvard balloon takes wildfire surveillance to the stratosphere

The new high-altitude platform delivers sharper, real-time images and smoke forecasts that will help vulnerable communities prepare. Researchers at Harvard University have lofted a sensor-packed balloon 15-20 kilometers above Earth to spot wildfires sooner and track their heat and smoke with unprecedented clarity.
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Tue, Jul 22, 2025
Sunset silhouette of smokestack carbon emission plumes at a coal fired power plant in Wyoming

Clean air rules save lives, and are required by law

What are the legal risks and health consequences of the Trump administration’s proposals to eliminate two clean air regulations for power plants? A lawyer and doctor explain.
Blog News
Tue, Jul 22, 2025

HACE Lecture Series: Adaptation in a Fragmented World: Learnings from the Journey

Join us for the second in our HACE lecture series with leaders responding to the climate crisis. Carlos Alvarado Quesada served as the 48th President of the Republic of Costa Rica from May 2018 to May...
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Online / Virtual
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Thu, Jul 24, 2025

Investing in Climate Resilience and Poverty Alleviation: Acumen Founder & CEO Jacqueline Novogratz

In this Climate Rising episode in our series on climate resilience, Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Acumen shares how impact investing is agriculture is helping smallholder farmers build climate resilience. Jacqueline shares insights from two decades of investing in poverty alleviation that includes climate resilience and adaptation social enterprises engaging in agriculture and off-grid solar. She explains how Acumen uses blended capital, including philanthropic first-loss investments and commercial impact funding, to scale business models in underdeveloped markets where traditional investors hesitate. Jacqueline also shares examples of companies solving food insecurity and extreme climate risks for smallholder farmers and discusses how a “post-aid” world demands new tools, structures, and partnerships for impact investing.
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Fri, Jul 18, 2025

CleanLaw - Breaking Down Recent Changes to NEPA from Agencies, Congress, and the Courts

EELP attorney Hannah Perls speaks with Professor Andrew Mergen, faculty director of Harvard’s Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, about the latest updates to the National Environmental Policy Act, including new agency implementing procedures, the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Eagle County, and amendments included in the One Big Beautiful Bill recently passed by Congress. They talk about what these changes mean in practice for project developers, impacted communities, and the environment.
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Fri, Jul 18, 2025

Addressing the Impact of Extreme Heat on Young Children

Excessive heat can impact young children’s development and health both in the moment and across the lifespan. Implementing strategies to reduce exposure to extreme heat benefits children, caregi...
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Thu, Jul 17, 2025
Sun shines over a field with mountains in the distance. Solar panels are visible.

Hidden in the “Big Beautiful Bill”: A win-win for clean power and rural America

How Salata Institute research helped shape landmark revenue-sharing legislation – and why it matters for the energy transition.
Action Accelerator News White Paper Harvard Research
Wed, Jul 16, 2025

Forecasting Climate Risk with Geospatial AI: Sarah Russell of X, the Moonshot Factory at Alphabet

This episode, part of the Climate Rising series on climate resilience, features Sarah Russell, General Manager of Project Bellwether at X, The Moonshot Factory at Alphabet (formerly Google X). Sarah shares how geospatial data and artificial intelligence can help communities and businesses anticipate and respond to climate risks. Sarah shares insights from her work building predictive wildfire risk models using satellite imagery, AI, and systems design to enable more targeted insurance underwriting and disaster preparedness. She also explains how Bellwether is creating geospatial AI infrastructure and tools to support natural disaster response by the National Guard. Sarah also shares how emerging foundational geospatial models will transform adaptation, and she offers career advice for those in climate tech and applied AI.
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Fri, Jul 11, 2025

Wolfram Schlenker on Climate Change, Agriculture and the Future of Food​​ ​

Global agricultural yield growth, especially for key crops, is slowing due to climate change, extreme heat, and protectionist policies—threatening food security and disproportionately impacting poorer populations, warns Wolfram Schlenker.
News
Thu, Jul 10, 2025

Climate Crossroads: Debating Energy’s Next Frontier

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Wed, Jul 9, 2025

Advancing Climate Science:  New Faculty-Led Experiment at Harvard Forest 

This spring, the rainy weather didn’t stop Benton Taylor from providing Harvard students with the opportunity to finish the design and implementation of his new experiment at Harvard Forest.
News
Tue, Jul 8, 2025

The Future of EVs: A Conversation with Elaine Buckberg

In this episode, Rob speaks with Elaine Buckberg, Senior Fellow at Harvard's Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, about the future of the EV market, both domestic and international.
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Tue, Jul 8, 2025