2021 Jul 22

The Future of China's National Carbon Market

9:00am to 10:00am

Location: 

Zoom

As part of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements' series "Conversations on Climate Change and Energy Policy: A Virtual Forum from the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements," Valerie Karplus, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, will present "The Future of China's National Carbon Market."... Read more about The Future of China's National Carbon Market

2021 May 26

Project on Managing the Atom Seminar

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Edwin Lyman, Director of Nuclear Power Safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists, will present "Are "Advanced" Nuclear Reactors Actually Better? A Critical Examination of the Safety, Security, and Environmental Risks of Non-Light-Water Technologies."... Read more about Project on Managing the Atom Seminar

2021 May 20

Wild Collection and Propagation of Rare and Endangered Plants

10:30am

Location: 

Zoom

Sean Halloran, Arnold Arboretum Propagator, will present "Wild Collection and Propagation of Rare and Endangered Plants."... Read more about Wild Collection and Propagation of Rare and Endangered Plants

2021 May 20

OEB Seminar

10:30am

Location: 

Zoom

Sean Halloran, Arnold Arboretum Propagator, will present "Wild Collection and Propagation of Rare and Endangered Plants."... Read more about OEB Seminar

2021 May 13

Persian Petroleum

12:15pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Leonardo Davoudi, Researcher, Global History of Capitalism project, Oxford Centre for Global History, Oxford University, will discuss his book, Persian Petroleum.... Read more about Persian Petroleum

2021 May 06

Birds Stack the Deck in the Sweepstakes of Madagascar Biogeography

4:30pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Sushma Reddy, Breckenridge Chair of Ornithology at the Bell Museum of Natural History and Professor, Fisheries, Wildlife, Conservation Biology at the University of Minnesota, will present "Birds Stack the Deck in the Sweepstakes of Madagascar Biogeography."... Read more about Birds Stack the Deck in the Sweepstakes of Madagascar Biogeography

2021 Apr 30

Atmospheric & Environmental Chemistry Seminar

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

"Low-Volatile Vapors from Alpha-Pinene Ozonolysis: Old News, or Full of Unknowns?" with Mikael Ehn, University of Helsinki.... Read more about Atmospheric & Environmental Chemistry Seminar

2021 Apr 30

The Path Ahead for Climate Change Policy

9:00am to 10:00am

Location: 

Zoom

HPCA Director Robert Stavins will engage Nat Keohane, Senior Vice President for Climate, Environmental Defense Fund, in conversation focusing on what comes next for climate policy both in the United States and abroad.... Read more about The Path Ahead for Climate Change Policy

2021 Apr 29

The Evolution of Environmental Activism in Russia

12:30pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Elizabeth Plantan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stetson University, and Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Lecturer on Government, Harvard University, will discuss the evolution of environmental activisim in Russia, the impact of the foreign agent law on environmental NGOs, and the intersection between environmental activism and formal party politics ahead of the 2021 Russian Duma elections.... Read more about The Evolution of Environmental Activism in Russia

2021 Apr 28

Ocean Encounters: ALVIN: Ocean Discovery at New Depths

7:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Peter Girguis, Marine Biologist and Professor, Harvard OEB; Bruce Strickrott, submarine Alvin's Senior Pilot, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; and Trish Gregg, Marine Volcanologist and Associate Professor, the University of Illinois, will discuss how the iconic submarine ALIVIN enables scientific discovery in the far reaches of Earth's ocean.... Read more about Ocean Encounters: ALVIN: Ocean Discovery at New Depths

2021 Apr 28
Globalizing Oil, Unleashing Capital: An International History of the 1970s Energy Crisis
3:45pm to 5:45pm
Location: 
Zoom
Marino Auffant, Graduate Student Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; PhD Candidate, History Department, Harvard University, will give a talk as part of the Harvard International & Global History Seminar series. 
... Read more about Globalizing Oil, Unleashing Capital: An International History of the 1970s Energy Crisis
2021 Apr 28

Harvard China Project Research Seminar

10:00am to 11:00am

Location: 

Zoom

Teng Fei, Associate Professor in the Institute of Energy, Environment, and Economy at Tsinghua University and Deputy Director of the Berkeley-Tsinghua Joint Research Center on Energy and Climate Change, will present "Re-estimating the Stranded Assets of the Coal Power Sector in China: Is It Too Big To Fail?"... Read more about Harvard China Project Research Seminar

2021 Apr 26

STS Circle

12:15pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Ed Hackett, Brandeis, will present "Sociological Ambivalence Revisited."... Read more about STS Circle

2021 Apr 26

EPS Virtual Colloquium

12:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Naomi Oreskes, Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University, will present "Diversity Isn’t just the Right Thing to Do; Diversity Helps Us Get the Right Answers."... Read more about EPS Virtual Colloquium

2021 Apr 25

2021 Planetary Health Alliance: Annual Meeting and Festival

Sun Apr 25 (All day) to Fri Apr 30 (All day)

Location: 

Zoom

The 2021 Planetary Health Alliance Annual Meeting and Festival aims to bring together scientists, researchers, government representatives, companies, and civil society, as well as professionals engaged in incorporating Planetary Health into their daily practices around the world. In addition to the Conference, the Planetary Health Week will hold dozens of side events and artistic and cultural activities throughout the Festival.... Read more about 2021 Planetary Health Alliance: Annual Meeting and Festival

2021 Apr 23

GSD Faculty Colloquium

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Rosalea Monacella and Bridget Keane will discuss their forthcoming work, Studio Ecologies: Designing Landscape Architectural Education for Unpredictable Futures, with Anita Berrizbeitia, Elisa Cattaneo, Fadi Masoud, Elise Shelley, Paola Vigano, and Jane Wolff.... Read more about GSD Faculty Colloquium

2021 Apr 23

Earth Week: Ecology and Spirituality

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Join HDS graduate students for a roundtable discussion about the intersection of ecology and spiritual practice.... Read more about Earth Week: Ecology and Spirituality

2021 Apr 23

Climate Change, Intelligence, and Global Security

12:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Online

A half-day conference that will directly follow the April 22-23 Earth Day Leaders Climate Summit and will emphasize the critical need for international cooperation and global leadership to collectively address the security threats posed by the climate crisis.... Read more about Climate Change, Intelligence, and Global Security

2021 Apr 22

The Decisive Decade for Climate Action

6:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Christiana Figueres, international leader on climate change, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and current Co-founder of Global Optimism, will give this year's Robert S. McNamara Lecture on War and Peace. Kathryn Sikkink, the Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy at HKS, will moderate.... Read more about The Decisive Decade for Climate Action

2021 Apr 22

Earth Week: Feeding the Globe Sustainably in the Twenty-First Century

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Jerry Glover, National Geographic Society Explorer, will discuss innovations to improve current agricultural practices and opportunities to change food production models so they can meet the needs of an increasingly hungry human population without causing negative environmental effects.... Read more about Earth Week: Feeding the Globe Sustainably in the Twenty-First Century

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