The Program on Negotiation and Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution present a panel discussion including experts who will share current legal views on Nature as a natural resource at the service of humans and advances of the rights of nature in Colombia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Spain, and Australia, where rivers, lakes, and forests are being recognized as living entities and granted rights.... Read more about Kelman Seminar Series: Reframing Conflicts Over Natural "Resources": The Rights of Nature as a Pathway for Consensus Building and Relational Planning and Resolution

Arctic cities face uniquely challenging conditions for solid waste management, including harsh weather, geographic remoteness, limited infrastructure, and a rapidly changing climate.... Read more about Promoting Waste Management for Sustainable Arctic Cities

The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the world’s regions, changing both the geological and geopolitical landscape of the Arctic region. Meanwhile, China and Russia are enhancing their cooperation in the Arctic, particularly through China’s investments in Russia’s rich natural resources... Read more about Arctic Security in the Age of Green Transition

Majority of the proposed solutions for climate finance for Africa has been rooted in the quest for climate justice.... Read more about Climate Justice Backed Financing for Africa: A Case of too Many Unmet Promises

In 2009, at COP 15 in Copenhagen, the developed countries committed to mobilize a minimum of $100 billion a year for developing countries to help finance their climate actions.... Read more about Can Debt for Nature Swaps Ease Africa’s Climate Finance Problems?

“Charismatic Factuality: The Affective Labor of Oil Industry Boosters” with Nataya Friedan, 2023-24 MHC Postdoctoral Fellow... Read more about Environmental Humanities Seminar With Nataya Friedan

The Salata Institute for Climate & Sustainability invites you for a discussion with Jozef Síkela, the Czech Republic's Minister of Industry and Trade, moderated by Dustin Tingley, Professor of Government in the Government Department and Deputy Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University. Lunch will be provided.... Read more about European Energy Security in Light of the War in Ukraine

The Salata Institute’s Climate Research Workshops bring Harvard University faculty together to present and discuss recent climate-related research papers and scholarly publications.... Read more about Climate Research Workshops

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Roxana Shafiee, Environmental Fellow in the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Shafiee will give a talk on "Carbon Abatement Costs of Green Hydrogen Across End-Use Sectors."... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar: "Carbon Abatement Costs of Green Hydrogen Across End-Use Sectors"

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Todd Stern, nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. In a fireside chat with Professor Joseph Aldy, Stern will give a talk on "Reflections on Global Climate Change Policy."... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar: "Reflections on Global Climate Change Policy"

Our age will be defined by the climate emergency. Fortunately, the green economy is not only possible, but profitable. Join the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability to hear from Bloomberg's senior climate reporter Akshat Rathi about this newly released book that examines this topic.

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There has been a significant rise in climate change litigation over the last decade. The recent advisory opinion proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), as well as the request for an advisory opinion before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights are judicial proceedings with potentially far-reaching implications towards the obligations of states in connection with climate change.... Read more about African Perspectives on International Climate Change Law Symposium

The Harvard Human Rights Journal is thrilled you can join us for the Symposium on the Environment and Human Rights on March 28th, 2024 at Harvard Law School!... Read more about Symposium on the Environment and Human Rights

Join the Salata Institute's Climate Action Accelerator for a conversation with Cassie Flynn, Global Director of Climate Change at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to hear insights from the front lines of implementing the Paris Agreement.... Read more about Is the Paris Agreement Working? With Cassie Flynn, Global Director of Climate Change at the United Nations Development Programme

"The Role of Courts in Advancing the Right to a Healthy Environment" with Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena, Antonio Herman Benjamin, and Ricardo Lorenzetti.

... Read more about The Role of Courts in Advancing the Right to a Healthy Environment: Lessons from Latin America