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Harvard's Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability presents an engaging presentation and discussion on the critical role of ecological restoration in tackling the global climate and nature crises. Hear insights from a leading for-profit company in the sector, as we explore the global market for nature-based solutions. The event will highlights key achievements and lessons learned from the first three years of re.green, alongside the challenges faced in scaling the company's impact and the broader sector.

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Fri, Apr 25, 2025

"Captured Futures: Producing the inevitability of solar geoengineering" with Dr. Jeroen Oomen, Assistant Professor at the Urban Futures Studio at Utrecth University. Based on his upcoming Captured Futures: Rethinking the Drama of Environmental Politics (with Maarten Hajer, e-book out late April 2025), Jeroen Oomen argues that ever larger, ever riskier, and ever more speculative technological ‘solutions’ now maintain the legitimacy of politics as usual. Increasingly, interventions such as solar geoengineering appear as a political necessity to maintain the suggestion that climate politics can still succeed – inhibiting both political and scientific deliberations about the feasibility and desirability of these technological inventions.

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Tue, Apr 22, 2025

Hear from Nisha Desai, MBA ’97, Founder & CEO of Intention, Jock Gilchrist, Vice President of Sustainability at JPMorgan Chase, Michael Kaschak, Director of Impact Investments at NatureVest at The Nature Conservancy, and Vid Mićević, Investor at Collaborative Fund, reflect on their career, education, and current work in climate and sustainability finance and investment.

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Tue, Apr 15, 2025

In this session of Harvard Voices on Climate Change, Carrie Jenks, Executive Director of Harvard Law School’s Environmental & Energy Law Program, and Richard Lazarus, Howard and Katherine Aibel Professor of Law, examine the legal and policy implications of recent EPA rollbacks. They explore how these regulatory changes impact environmental protections, the challenges they present, and the opportunities for shaping future climate policy. Hosted by Jim Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University.

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Wed, Apr 9, 2025

On March 13th the Salata Institute was represented at SXSW for a panel entitled, "How to Build Out a City EV Charging Network." This panel discusses key takeaways on designing and building city charging networks from early adopter cities leading the way.

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Fri, Mar 28, 2025

Harvard researchers sponsored by the Salata Institute are using environmental sensors and wearable devices to track the health impacts of extreme heat on women working in India's informal sector. Caroline Buckee, professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, explains.

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Thu, Mar 27, 2025

Doug MacMartin, Cornell University, presents as part of the Solar Geoengineering Research Program Lunchtime Seminar Series. To reduce the impacts of future climate change, it is essential to cut emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. Given where we are today, it is unrealistic to assume that these actions alone will avoid significant climate change damages. But we also know how to deliberately cool the planet: adding aerosols such as sulfate to the stratosphere would reflect sunlight and cool the planet. Climate modeling suggests that this would likely reduce many of the impacts from climate change, with a few caveats.

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Mon, Mar 10, 2025

The Climate Action Accelerator at the Salata Institute presents: The New Behavioral Science of Mode Choice. This webinar uses insights from behavioral science insights into how, when, why, and where people consider and make choices to describe new, low-cost, impactful and behavior-oriented transportation interventions that support people in choosing the best transportation modes for their personal circumstances. The webinar’s main message is that life changes like forming a family, taking a new job, moving to a new place, and reconfiguring social networks create opportunities for mode shift where the transportation system makes mode shifts easy

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Thu, Feb 27, 2025

The Salata Institute and the Harvard Alumni Association present the latest installment of Harvard Voices on Climate Change, a virtual series featuring Harvard faculty and fellows on different dimensions of the climate challenge. In this session, Stefanie Stantcheva, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, examines the intersection of public opinion and climate policy, exploring how societal attitudes and political dynamics influence the development and implementation of effective climate strategies and solutions. Hosted by Jim Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University.

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Thu, Feb 27, 2025

The Salata Institute and Harvard Business School’s Business and the Environment Initiative present Careers in Climate and Sustainability Consulting. Oliver Badenhorst, Naomi Davy and Matteo Gasparini reflect on their career, education, and current work in climate and sustainability consulting.

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Fri, Feb 7, 2025

The Salata Institute and the Harvard Alumni Association present Harvard Voices on Climate Change, a virtual series featuring Harvard faculty and fellows working on different dimensions of the climate challenge. This session features David Brooks, Haley Family Professor of Computer Science, and Gage Hills, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, both from the Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. As the demand for computational power grows, so does its environmental footprint. Professors Brooks and Hills explore how advancements in computing can contribute to a more sustainable future.

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Wed, Feb 5, 2025

The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability presents Ali Zaidi, Assistant to the President of the United States, White House National Climate Advisor, and head of the White House Climate Policy Office, on the United States’ new 2035 target under the Paris agreement, and the trends, proof points, and progress that the administration feels make it achievable. In this video Zaidi reflects on U.S. climate policy and why U.S. leadership on the world’s response to the climate challenge remains essential. The discussion ia moderated by Erin Douglas, climate reporter for The Boston Globe, who brings her career of experience covering climate adaptation, coasts, disaster response and recovery, and nature-based solutions.

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Thu, Jan 16, 2025

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The Business Case for Nature Opportunities, Achievements and Challenges in Restoring Native Tropica

Captured Futures: Producing the inevitability of solar geoengineering

Careers in Climate and Sustainability Finance and Investment

Harvard Voices on Climate Change: EPA Rollbacks & the Future of Environmental Protection

SXSW Panel: How to Build Out a City EV Charging Network

Caroline Buckee explains her team's extreme-heat research in India.

SGRP LUNCH TALK - Geoengineering with stratospheric aerosols: What do we need to know?

The New Behavioral Science of Mode Choice

Harvard Voices on Climate Change: Public Opinion and Climate Policy

Careers in Climate Action: Careers in Climate and Sustainability Consulting

Harvard Voices on Climate Change: An Ecosystem for Sustainable Computing

A Conversation with White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi on the U.S. Climate Playbook