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

Join the Institute of Politics in a special celebration of Earth Day, during which presenters will bring awareness to the various environmental issues we're facing globally today.... Read more about IOP Earth Day Celebration

Join the Harvard Kennedy School Business and Government Professional Interest Council and the Harvard Business School Sustainability Club for an engaging conversation with Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor, HBS, and William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human development, HKS.... Read more about HKS & HBS Sustainability: Role of Business and Government

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

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

Join the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government for a study group with Ioana Petrescu, Simply Green and Harvard University, and Clara Volintiru, Simply Green and The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, as they discuss the main challenges of the climate action agenda and how different countries (both advanced and new democracies) address and overcome them.... Read more about The Political Economy of Climate Action: Does Democratic Maturity Explain the Environmental Policy Differences within the EU?

"Mastering The Demons Of Our Own Design" with Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Media and panel discussion with Cathryn Carson, Thomas M. Siebel Presidential Chair in the History of Science, UC Berkeley; David Winickoff, Senior Policy Analyst and Secretary of the Working Party on Bio-, Nano- and Converging Technology (BNCT), OECD; and Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, HKS to follow.... Read more about Science & Democracy Lecture and Panel Discussion

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

Join the Center for Public Leadership for a discussion on the correlation between climate change solutions and sustainable food futures through plant-based meat with Rebekah Moses, Head of Impact Strategy at Impossible Foods Inc.... Read more about Power in Plants: A Conversation on the Environmental Impacts of Plant-Based Dietary Shifts

This study group will explore both the specious notions and the realistic threats that derive from such a perspective and the policy implications that arise therefrom. The discussion will be led by Wake Smith, a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at HKS.... Read more about The National Security Implications of the Emergence of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Technologies from an American Perspective

Three leading journalists will discuss the challenges ahead in covering environmental and climate justice in the US and around the globe: Somini Sengupta of The New York Times; Justin Worland of Time Magazine; and Yessenia Funes of Atmos Magazine. Cristine Russell, ENRP Senior Fellow, will moderate.... Read more about The Challenges Ahead in Covering Environmental and Climate Justice

Join the Center for Public Leadership for a discussion on climate policy with Joe Aldy, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at HKS. Drawing on his experience with the 2008 presidential transition, Aldy will discuss the role of transition teams in the Biden administration.... Read more about The First 100 Days: A Conversation with Joe Aldy on Climate and Environmental Policy in the Biden Administration

Andrew Light, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of Energy, will discuss "International Energy and Climate Policy Outlook."... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar

As part of the HKS M-RCBG Senior Fellow-led Study Group, Philippe Tordoir, Head of Acquisitions, Investments and Financial Advisory in charge of North America, Brazil, the Middle East, Africa and the regulated natural gas business in France for ENGIE, will present "The Potential Role of Natural Gas in Electricity Generation."... Read more about Philippe Tordoir: The Potential Role of Natural Gas in Electricity Generation