Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change May 19, 2023 A detailed account of two Harvard Climate Action Week events, organized by Harvard’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and HBS’s Business and Environment Initiative... Read more about Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
Deadly Heat Waves Threaten Older People as Summer Nears April 30, 2023 HUCE Faculty Associate Aaron Bernstein discusses the personalized attention that should be paid to older people during heat waves and other extreme weather events... Read more about Deadly Heat Waves Threaten Older People as Summer Nears
The Oil and Gas Industry Is Emitting Way More of This Potent, Planet-Warming Gas Than the EPA Has Estimated April 17, 2023 A new study led by HUCE Faculty Associate Daniel Jacob uncovers that between 2010 and 2019, planet-warming methane pollution from the US oil and gas industry was 70% higher than the EPA's own estimates... Read more about The Oil and Gas Industry Is Emitting Way More of This Potent, Planet-Warming Gas Than the EPA Has Estimated
Climate Change is Probably the Hardest Problem of Our Time March 30, 2023 HUCE Director Dan Schrag discusses the obstacles to solving climate change, climate optimism, and adaptation... Read more about Climate Change is Probably the Hardest Problem of Our Time
Buying Crucial Time in Climate Change Fight March 24, 2023 HUCE Faculty Associate Steven Wofsy is the principal investigator for the satellite project MethaneSAT, which aims to spot global sources of methane emissions... Read more about Buying Crucial Time in Climate Change Fight
Scientists Confirm Long Held Theory About What Inspired Monet March 22, 2023 New HUCE Environmental Fellow Anna Lea Albright and HUCE Faculty Associate Peter Huybers found evidence to confirm the hypothesis that Monet's paintings capture increasingly polluted skies during the Industrial Revolution... Read more about Scientists Confirm Long Held Theory About What Inspired Monet
Five Disruptive Technology Solutions Receive Accelerator Funding February 21, 2023 Harvard researchers will work to de-risk promising ideas, including a greenhouse gas emission-free solid refrigerant project led by HUCE Faculty Associate Jarad Mason... Read more about Five Disruptive Technology Solutions Receive Accelerator Funding
Combining Forces to Accelerate Climate Action Here, There, Now February 13, 2023 Five research clusters recently received grants from the Salata Institute to tackle climate change and focus on projects that will have meaningful impact... Read more about Combining Forces to Accelerate Climate Action Here, There, Now
Will Using More Biofuels Be Good for the Environment? Two Experts Square Off. January 21, 2023 HUCE Director Dan Schrag and University of Minnesota Professor Carlise Ford Runge comment on the debate around the use of fossil fuels... Read more about Will Using More Biofuels Be Good for the Environment? Two Experts Square Off.
Tackling Climate Change with ‘Sleeves Rolled Up’ November 30, 2022 DCE forum explores climate education and students’ impact on change... Read more about Tackling Climate Change with ‘Sleeves Rolled Up’