2020 Oct 09

Arctic Innovation Lab: New Ideas For a Better Arctic

10:30am to 12:30pm

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Online

The Arctic Innovation Lab, organized by the Arctic Initiative at HKS, will feature students from the Arctic and across the globe presenting their work on ways to address challenges in the changing Arctic region, ranging from environmental issues to geopolitics.... Read more about Arctic Innovation Lab: New Ideas For a Better Arctic

2020 Oct 08

The First 100 Days: A Conversation with Joseph Aldy on Environmental Policy After the Election

1:30pm to 2:30pm

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Zoom

Join the HKS Center for Public Leadership for a conversation with Joseph Aldy, HKS Professor of the Practice of Public Policy and former Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment, on "Environmental Policy After the Election."... Read more about The First 100 Days: A Conversation with Joseph Aldy on Environmental Policy After the Election

2020 Oct 07

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

4:30pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Zoom

David Popp, Syracuse University; Francesco Vona, SciencesPo; Giovanni Marin, Universita di Urbino Carlo Bo; and Ziqiao Chen, Syracuse University will give a talk on "The Employment Impact of a Green Fiscal Push: Evidence from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act."... Read more about Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

2020 Oct 05

STS Circle at Harvard

12:15pm to 1:30pm

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Zoom

Andre Uhl, Visual Studies, Harvard FAS, will present "Shifting Baselines—Artificial Intelligence and the Ethical Singularity."... Read more about STS Circle at Harvard

2020 Oct 01

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

6:00pm to 7:00pm

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Zoom

Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard Business School and Co-chair, Harvard University Presidential Committee on Sustainability, will discuss her book "Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire."... Read more about Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

2020 Oct 01

The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court

12:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Join M-RCBG for a Regulatory Policy Program seminar featuring Richard Lazarus, Howard and Katherine Aibel Professor of Law, HLS.... Read more about The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court

2020 Sep 28

STS Circle at Harvard

12:15pm to 1:30pm

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Zoom

Whitney E. Laemmli, History, Carnegie Mellon, will present "'Alien Gesticulations': Movement Science in Germany, 1928-1936."... Read more about STS Circle at Harvard

2020 Sep 25

Arctic Permafrost Thaw: Science & Policy

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

This session focuses on a warming-driven phenomenon—the rapid thawing of Arctic permafrost—that is contributing simultaneously to the most vexing of Arctic warming's impacts both in the region and around the world, and will target experts and non-experts who are interested in understanding the science and policy issues at the heart of this widely underestimated facet of the global climate-change challenge.... Read more about Arctic Permafrost Thaw: Science & Policy

2020 Sep 25

Climate Adaptation Forum

10:00am to 1:15pm

Location: 

Online

Join the Climate Adaptation Forum and their panel of national leaders to explore climate change communication and framing efforts across the political spectrum.... Read more about Climate Adaptation Forum

2020 Sep 23

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

4:30pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Zoom

Danae Hernandez-Cortes and Kyle C. Meng, University of California, Santa Barbara, will present "Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice? Evidence from California's Carbon Market."... Read more about Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

2020 Sep 23

Climate, Biodiversity, Pandemics, and Justice: Converging Reasons for Alarm?

1:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Join the Harvard Alumni Association in conversation with Bruno Carvalho, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and African and African American Studies, Co-Director of the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative, Affiliated Professor in Urban Planning and Design at the Graduate School of Design; Samuel Myers, Principal Research Scientist, Planetary Health, Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director, Planetary Health Alliance; and Caro Park, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.... Read more about Climate, Biodiversity, Pandemics, and Justice: Converging Reasons for Alarm?

2020 Sep 21

Building a Just and Climate-Ready Economy in a Post-COVID World

4:30pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Daniel P. Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Harvard FAS, will address the science and forecasting of climate change and Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor, HBS, will discuss the business case for building a just and climate-ready economy.... Read more about Building a Just and Climate-Ready Economy in a Post-COVID World

2020 Sep 21

STS Circle at Harvard

12:15pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Janet A. Vertesi, Sociology, Princeton, will present "Shaping Science: Organizations, Cultures, and Decision-Making on NASA's Teams."... Read more about STS Circle at Harvard

2020 Sep 21

Japan and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria): The Road Ahead

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Online

The Program on U.S.-Japan Relations hosts Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Former Chief Executive Officer, Multilateral Guarantee Agency (MIGA), as part of the Special Series on Japanese Economic Statecraft.... Read more about Japan and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria): The Road Ahead

2020 Sep 18

Harvard Circular Economy Information Session II

8:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Interested in the circular economy and passionate about sustainability? Come join an interdisciplinary group of students across the Harvard Kennedy, Business, Engineering, and Design Schools in organizing a series of virtual conference sessions that rethinks how to make circularity both competitive and sustainable.... Read more about Harvard Circular Economy Information Session II

2020 Sep 17

Harvard Circular Economy Information Session I

12:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Interested in the circular economy and passionate about sustainability? Come join an interdisciplinary group of students across the Harvard Kennedy, Business, Engineering, and Design Schools in organizing a series of virtual conference sessions that rethinks how to make circularity both competitive and sustainable.... Read more about Harvard Circular Economy Information Session I

2020 Sep 16

The First 100 Days: A Conversation with Carol Browner on Environmental Policy After the Election

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Zoom

Harvard community members are invited to a discussion with Carol Browner, U.S. EPA Administrator from 1993-2001, and Director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy 2009-2011.... Read more about The First 100 Days: A Conversation with Carol Browner on Environmental Policy After the Election

2020 Sep 09

Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

4:30pm to 5:45pm

Location: 

Zoom

Adele Morris and Siddhi Doshi, Brookings Institution, and Noah Kaufman, Columbia University, will present "Revenue at Risk in Coal-Reliant Counties."... Read more about Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

2020 Sep 08

Conversations on Climate Change and Energy Policy

9:00am to 10:00am

Location: 

Zoom

Join the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements for a virtual forum with Joseph E. Stiglitz, who will present "Why We Need More Than a Carbon Price."... Read more about Conversations on Climate Change and Energy Policy

2020 Aug 19
Using the Pandemic Recovery to Spur the Clean Transition: Opportunities and Potential Pitfalls
9:00am to 10:00am
Location: 
WEBINAR

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