John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, and Lawrence Bacow, President of Harvard University, will sit down for a virtual fireside chat titled “Strengthening Global Ambition” at the Harvard Climate Symposium on May 9th. A livestream of this conversation will be available on the Salata Institute’s homepage. No registration is required.
Join the Harvard Office for Sustainability and Harvard Common Spaces for an Earth Day Event on Friday, April 21 from 12 to 2pm on the Science Center Plaza.
Harvard Divinity School is hosting a student-led Climate Justice Week from April 10 – 14. This week will provide an opportunity for HDS students and members of the Harvard community to build connections, activate their passion around environmental justice, and understand the role that religion, spirituality, and the Divinity School play in the conversation around climate.
Climate change is affecting South Asia in devastating ways. The region is experiencing some of the world’s worst climate impacts, from drought and floods to dangerous heat waves.
Last month, the Harvard Mittal Institute convened leading experts, policymakers, Harvard faculty, and practitioners in New Delhi, India to confront those challenges and launch a new Climate Change Platform Initiative focused on South Asia.
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Gordon Hanson and Harvard University Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability James Stock talk about how applying the lessons from prior economic upheavals can smooth the green power transition for workers and communities who depend on the fossil fuel industry.
The Salata Institute held a second convening of over 50 students representing more than 30 climate and sustainability student organizations across Harvard University. Attendees heard updates from the Salata Institute and student organization representatives and provided valuable feedback to the Salata Institute.
Dr. Robert Bullard, often described as the “father of Environmental Justice,” will be honored by the Harvard Law School Environmental Law Society at a ceremony on April 4, 2023 at 6PM.
A new Brookings Institution task force, chaired by Salata Institute Director James Stock, and Meredith Fowlie of UC Berkeley, will create a blueprint for a federal Office of Carbon Scoring
James Stock, who serves as Harvard's inaugural Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and director of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, expressed his hopes for a smooth domestic energy transition during the newest episode of “Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from the Harvard Environmental Economics Program.” The podcast is produced by the Harvard Environmental Economics Program.