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Arthur I. Segel

Arthur I. Segel

Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice
Poorvu Family Professor of Management Practice, Retired
Venkatesh  Narayanamurti

Venkatesh Narayanamurti

Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Physics [Emeritus]
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2024 Mar 19

The Greener Gender: Women Politicians and Deforestation in Brazil

12:00pm to 1:15pm

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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 Mar 20

Harvard Speaks on Climate Change: Federal Climate Rules – A Status Report

5:00pm to 6:00pm

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Zoom

HLS Professor Jody Freeman will discuss the EPA’s greenhouse gas rules for the auto, power, and oil and gas sectors and the SEC’s final rule on climate-related financial risk. Professor Freeman will also explore if these rules were weaker than expected and what lies ahead in the courts.... Read more about Harvard Speaks on Climate Change: Federal Climate Rules – A Status Report

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A Conversation About Climate & Solar Geoengineering

October 27, 2023 | Featuring Pascal Lamy, Chair of the Climate Overshoot Commission and Former Director-General of the WTO, and Dan Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology; Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Professor of Public Policy; and Co-Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, HKS. Hosted by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program.... Read more about A Conversation About Climate & Solar Geoengineering

Managing the Risk of Climate Overshoot

October 19, 2023 | The Harvard Forest, the Harvard University Center for the Environment, and the Salata Institute for Climate & Sustainability present the 2023 Charles Bullard Lectures featuring Chris Field, Director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Stanford University.

Our Common Ground: Why America’s Public Lands Are a Political and Conservation Success

Nov 16, 2022 | The Harvard University Center for the Environment, the Salata Institute for Climate & Sustainability, and the Environmental & Energy Program at HLS present a book release and lecture by John Leshy, Emeritus Professor, University of California, Hastings College of the Law & Former Solicitor, US Department of the Interior (Clinton Administration)

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