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Side-event panels on reducing methane emissions, trade at COP29

Robert Stavins, Director of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements and Principal Investigator of the Salata Institute climate research cluster on reducing methane emissions, and Robert Stowe, Co-Director, will attend the Twenty-Ninth Conference of the Parties (COP-29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Harvard Project will co-host two official side events at COP-29.

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Mon, Nov 4, 2024

Methane Initiative faculty affiliate co-authors major report on Arctic methane

John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and a faculty affiliate of the Harvard Methane Initiative, has co-authored a major report on Arctic methane

Cluster Research News White Paper Methane

Fri, Oct 18, 2024

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Federal Land Leasing, Energy, and Local Public Finances

A new Salata Institute white paper explores a crucial missed opportunity to support local economies through renewable energy revenue.

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Mon, Aug 26, 2024

HEEP Director Robert Stavins Moderates Climate Action Week Panel on “Strategies for Mitigating Global Methane Emissions”

Read more about the panel and access the recording.

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Thu, Jul 11, 2024

Crossed Wires: A Salata Institute-Roosevelt Project Study of the Development of Long-Distance Transmission Lines in the U.S.

A new Salata Institute-Roosevelt Project study examines the regulatory, political, and social factors that shape long-distance transmission development and offers five core findings.

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Tue, Jun 11, 2024

Don’t ignore local communities: How grid projects get stuck

Stephen Ansolabehere explains why electricity transport projects take so long to build, the subject of his expansive new study.

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Wed, Jun 5, 2024

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Research Brief: African Rice Cultivation and Methane Emissions

The Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions, supported by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, has released a Research Brief titled “Updating Estimates of Methane Emissions: Rising Emissions in Africa from Rice Agriculture.” The Brief summarizes research by Professor Daniel Jacob and postdoctoral fellow Zichong Chen, atmospheric scientists at Harvard University, with their colleagues. The researchers found that rapidly increasing lowland rice agriculture in Africa could be contributing significantly to the current rise in global methane emissions.

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Mon, Apr 29, 2024

The Nile Delta: Where Science, Policy and Politics Collide

Harvard workshop discusses how to communicate the urgency of climate change to policymakers juggling multiple crises.

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Fri, Apr 26, 2024

How to pay for climate adaptation in Africa

Researchers at Harvard Business School are examining how to unlock private capital and cut the cost of future climate disasters.

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Fri, Apr 12, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission Finalizes a Narrower Climate-Related Risk Disclosure Rule

On March 6, 2024, the SEC narrowly voted to release its long-awaited final climate-related risk disclosure rule requiring public companies to report on material climate-related risks that affect the business and, for some large companies, greenhouse gas emissions. Sara Dewey, senior staff attorney with the Harvard Law School Environmental & Energy Law Program, reviews key components of the rule, including its legal authority, changes from the proposal, and the legal challenges already underway.

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Wed, Mar 27, 2024

Litigation Updates on California’s New Climate Disclosure Laws

In late 2023, California passed two laws that will require public and private companies that do business in California to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and their climate-related financial risks. In January 2024, business groups filed a complaint challenging the laws. Sara Dewey and Abby Husselbee, attorneys at the Harvard Law School Environmental & Energy Law Program, explain the First Amendment, federal preemption, and dormant Commerce Clause challenges to these laws.