Events

    2024 Mar 27

    States of Cultivation: Imperial Transition and Scientific Agriculture in the Eastern Mediterranean

    5:00pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge

    The CMES Environmental Studies of the Middle East Speaker Series presents: “States of Cultivation: Imperial Transition and Scientific Agriculture in the Eastern Mediterranean” with Elizabeth R. Williams, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Massachusetts Lowell... Read more about States of Cultivation: Imperial Transition and Scientific Agriculture in the Eastern Mediterranean

    2024 Mar 19

    The Greener Gender: Women Politicians and Deforestation in Brazil

    12:00pm to 1:15pm

    Location: 

    Zoom & CGIS South S216, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge

    This paper examines the impact of women’s political representation on deforestation rates in Brazil. Using close election regression discontinuity design, we show that women, when elected to office, are more likely to drive improved environmental outcomes due to factors such as reduced access to corrupt networks that influence the enforcement of environmental laws at the local level.... Read more about The Greener Gender: Women Politicians and Deforestation in Brazil

    2024 Feb 28

    Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire

    5:00pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge

    The CMES Environmental Studies of the Middle East Speaker Series presents “Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire” with Faisal Husain, Assistant Professor of History, Department of History, College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State... Read more about Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire

    2024 Jan 29

    EPS Colloquia

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Geo Museum 102, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    "River Networks as Ecological Corridors for Species, Populations, and Pathogens" with Dr. Andrea Rinaldo, EPFL.

    ... Read more about EPS Colloquia

    2023 Dec 18

    Invasive Plant Impacts in the Continental United States: Processes, Patterns and Prevention

    12:10pm

    Location: 

    Livestream or Weld Hill Lecture Hall, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Arnold Arboretum Research Talk: Invasive Plant Impacts in the Continental United States: Processes, Patterns and Prevention with Dan Buonaiuto, NE CASC Postdoctoral Fellow, UMass Amherst.... Read more about Invasive Plant Impacts in the Continental United States: Processes, Patterns and Prevention

    2023 Dec 12

    Insects in the Anthropocene

    7:30pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

    Zoom or MCZ 101, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

    How will organisms fare in the 21st century as they face extreme environmental conditions and environmental degradation? Developmental plasticity is the ability of an organism to give rise to two or more distinct phenotypes in the face of environmental changes.... Read more about Insects in the Anthropocene

    2023 Dec 01

    Climate and Sustainability Career Expo

    12:30pm to 4:30pm

    Location: 

    Gutman Conference Center, HGSE, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge

    Interested in a career in climate and sustainability? Come connect with over 60 employers, including the World Bank, Ceres, Natural Resources Defense Council, Avangrid, Carbon Reform, the Department of Energy, The Food Project, Green Corps, the MA Attorney General's Office, Morningstar, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, E3 and many more. Registration required, sign up today!... Read more about Climate and Sustainability Career Expo

    2023 Nov 29

    Locusts of Power

    6:00pm to 7:30pm

    Location: 

    CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge

    The CMES Environmental Studies of the Middle East Speaker Series is pleased to present “Locusts of Power”with Samuel Dolbee, Assistant Professor of History; Family Dean's Faculty Fellow in Studies of the Middle East, Vanderbilt University... Read more about Locusts of Power

    2023 Nov 18

    COP28: What's on the Agenda?

    11:00am

    Location: 

    Zoom

    The Harvard Alumni Climate and the Environnment invites you to hear from expert panelists and moderator for an overview of the upcoming COP28, specific agenda items, the role of equity in international negotiations, and how the Harvard community is participating.... Read more about COP28: What's on the Agenda?

    2023 Nov 16

    The Conservation of Catastrophe: An Agenda for Research

    4:00pm to 5:30pm

    Location: 

    CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge

    Saptarishi Bandopadhyay is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. He is a faculty affiliate of the Science, Technology & Society Program at Harvard University, a research Fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research at York University, and a Senior Fellow at Melbourne University Law School.... Read more about The Conservation of Catastrophe: An Agenda for Research

    2023 Nov 09

    Climate Research Workshop

    1:15pm to 2:30pm

    Location: 

    HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

    "Methane and Markets: How Prices and Capacity Influence Emissions from the Oil and Gas Industry" with Coly Elhai, PhD Student, Department of Economics, and Toren Fronsdal, PhD Student, HBS.... Read more about Climate Research Workshop

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