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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

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

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

Closing the Loop by Recycling Apparel: Reju CEO Patrik Frisk

Patrik Frisk, CEO of ReJu, joins Climate Rising to discuss his company’s mission to recycle textile waste and build circular supply chains for apparel made of polyester fabric. Patrik brings his prior experience leading Under Armour and other global brands across the textile and footwear industry for over 35 years. Patrik describes how ReJu turns discarded apparel made of polyester blends into new polyester, and how it tackles the logistical and technical challenges of sorting, processing, and regenerating blended fabrics at scale. Patrik also describes relevant policy trends such as extended producer responsibility and offers advice for those pursuing careers in the circular economy.
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Fri, Jun 27, 2025

Nicholas Burns on his time as U.S. Ambassador to China and on efforts to address climate change.

In this episode, Rob speaks with Nicholas Burns, the Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard Kennedy School about his time serving as U.S. Ambassador to China and on his perspectives about bilateral efforts to address climate change.
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Fri, Jun 13, 2025

Extending Apparel Lifespan: ThredUp CEO James Reinhart

James Reinhart, CEO of ThredUp, one of the largest online resale platforms for secondhand clothing. James co-founded the company while he was a Masters’ student at Harvard and has spent the last 15 years scaling a national logistics and digital infrastructure platform for resale. In this episode James describes why the company decided to handle physical goods rather than act as a pure marketplace, how ThredUp helps brands run their own resale channels, and how AI and automation are reshaping their operations. James also describes related public policies like extended producer responsibility (EPR) and provides advice for those pursuing careers in circular economy innovation.
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Fri, Jun 6, 2025

Designing for Circularity at Scale: A Conversation with Karen Pflug of Ingka Group

In the latest episode of Climate Rising from Harvard Business School, Karen Pflug, Chief Sustainability Officer of Ingka Group (IKEA), shares how IKEA is embedding circularity throughout its business model. She discusses how IKEA is redesigning iconic products like the Billy bookcase to make them easier to disassemble and repair, how secondhand retail pilot programs at IKEA stores are reaching new customers, and how investments like RetourMatras are developing circular solutions for end-of-life mattresses. Karen also describes how policy, design, and customer nudges can accelerate circularity at global scale—and offers advice for those seeking careers in circular economy innovation.
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Fri, May 23, 2025

Advancing the Circular Economy: A Conversation with Lauren Rodriguez of Closed Loop Partners

Lauren Rodriguez, who leads partnerships at Circular Services, a Closed Loop Partners company, joins host Mike Toffel to discuss building the infrastructure and investment models needed to scale the circular economy. Lauren explains how Closed Loop Partners supports the transition from a linear to a circular economy through capital management, innovation initiatives, and operating companies like Circular Services. She shares how their private equity, venture capital, and catalytic credit strategies are helping scale recycling, reuse, and circular supply chains.Lauren also explores the critical role of policy—especially extended producer responsibility(EPR) laws—in driving investment and highlights emerging technologies like AI-powered waste stream analysis and autonomous electronics disassembly that are accelerating progress. She closes with advice and resources for students and professionals interested in careers at the intersection of circular economy, investing, and innovation.
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Tue, May 20, 2025

CleanLaw — The Future of Environmental Justice

EELP Senior Staff Attorney Hannah Perls speaks with the Attorney General of Massachusetts, Andrea Joy Campbell, and Vernice Miller-Travis, Executive Vice President and Environmental Justice Lead at the Metropolitan Group. They discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle federal environmental justice and equity programs, funding, and priorities, and what those changes mean for critical infrastructure, toxics-free housing, access to clean air and clean water, and more. They also discuss what states and community-based organizations are doing in this moment to safeguard public health and environmental protections in Massachusetts and nationwide.
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Tue, May 20, 2025

Frontiers in Health & Happiness: Environmental Impacts on Childhood Development with Dr. Lindsey Burghardt

The fourth and final episode of this series features Dr. Lindsey Burghardt, a practicing pediatrician, Chief Science Officer at the Harvard Center on the Developing Child, and founding director of the Center’s Early Childhood Scientific Council for Equity and the Environment. In this episode, Dr. Burghardt explores how environmental factors like extreme heat, air pollution, and climate change uniquely impact young children’s physical, mental, and social development. Whether you’re a caregiver or just someone who cares, this episode offers significant insights and actionable ideas for creating healthier environments where all children can thrive.
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Tue, May 20, 2025

Frontiers in Health & Happiness: Health and Happiness in Cities with Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford

The third episode of this series features Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford, Professor of Global Health at New York University and former President of the New York Academy of Medicine. Drawing from her extensive experience in public health policy, Dr. Boufford discusses how urban environments can promote sustainability, reduce social isolation, and serve as catalysts for public health innovation. We invite you to listen to this conversation and consider how we can work together to create healthier, more connected cities.
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Tue, May 20, 2025