Harvard Climate Connect: Community-Driven Solutions to Heat-Based Climate Inequity
Friday, Apr 11, 2025, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Austin Hall Room 101, Harvard Law School

Join the Harvard Environmental Law Society and the Chan School’s Public Health Environmental Justice Student Organization for a symposium featuring experts on climate change, public health, and environmental justice.
Keynote speaker: Dr. Amruta Nori-Sarma, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Population Science, HSPH, Department of EH
Panel 1: Mobilizing resources for heat solutions
• Staci Jasin, Cog Design, Executive Director
• Joel Wool , Boston Housing Authority, Deputy Administrator for Sustainability and Capital Transformation
• Moderator: Nada Tarkhan , PhD Candidate at MIT Architecture
Panel 2: Continuing the work for environmental justice
• Sharmila Murthy, Esq., Professor of Law and Public Policy, former EJ director at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, NEU
• Dr. Nikki Hoskins , Assistant Professor of Religion and Ecology, HDS
• Moderator: Tyler Giannini, Esq ., Clinical Professor of Law, HLS
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Keynote speaker: Dr. Amruta Nori-Sarma, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Population Science, HSPH, Department of EH
Panel 1: Mobilizing resources for heat solutions
• Staci Jasin, Cog Design, Executive Director
• Joel Wool , Boston Housing Authority, Deputy Administrator for Sustainability and Capital Transformation
• Moderator: Nada Tarkhan , PhD Candidate at MIT Architecture
Panel 2: Continuing the work for environmental justice
• Sharmila Murthy, Esq., Professor of Law and Public Policy, former EJ director at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, NEU
• Dr. Nikki Hoskins , Assistant Professor of Religion and Ecology, HDS
• Moderator: Tyler Giannini, Esq ., Clinical Professor of Law, HLS

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