Harvard C-Change Official Launch

Date: 

Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA

On May 30, the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will host an event to officially launch its new center. We are excited to announce keynote speeches from John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State and Dr. John Holdren, former Science Advisor to President Obama and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

On May 30, the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will host an event to officially launch its new center. We are excited to announce keynote speeches from John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State and Dr. John Holdren, former Science Advisor to President Obama and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

They will join Gina McCarthy, C-CHANGE Director and former U.S. EPA Administrator, Dean Michelle Williams and Co-Directors Dr. Aaron Bernstein and Dr. Joseph Allen in giving remarks on our mission, strategies to broaden support for climate action and our goals to:

  • Harness the best available science and support innovative research to advance plans, policies, technologies, and products that benefit public health today while providing sound opportunities to stabilize our climate.
  • Build momentum for broad, bold actions by focusing on what matters to each one of us: our children, our family, our community, our country, and our world.
  • Transform science into meaningful actions everyone can take to deliver a healthier, more just, and sustainable world.
  • Work with scientists across the Harvard Chan School to advance research and educate future leaders in health and climate change.