Location: Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge

In 1977, nine years after its initial release, Ray and Charles Eames issued an amended version of their experimental film Powers of Ten, incorporating two additional scales, and thereby effecting “a hundredfold increase—to each end of the journey into the universe, and to the return trip to the microstructure of the carbon atom in the human body.” Drawing on up-to-the-moment scientific developments at scales both extra-large and extra-small, seizing upon the power of then-novel media and representational techniques to appeal to very different audiences, and venturing well beyond the...

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Location: Pierce Hall, Room 301, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

A Harvard-China Project Research Seminar with Rong Ma, Associate Professor, China Agricultural University; Alumnus (Visiting Fellow) and Collaborator, Harvard-China Project

This paper examines a solar subsidy program in China designed to alleviate poverty among rural households in the country’s most impoverished regions through solar resource development. The empirical findings indicate a substantial increase in firm entry in treated villages, accompanied by a marked structural transformation characterized by a reduction in self-employment and a shift in...

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Location: Zoom & GCC E4, Gutman Conference Center, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge

Laura A. Schifter and Jonathan Klein highlight the many ways in which K-12 schools and students have tremendous potential to advance solutions on environmental issues, and they provide frameworks for enacting change, in Students, Schools, and Our Climate Moment. Schifter and Klein demonstrate how the effects of climate change intersect with US public schools on multiple levels—for example, schools must prepare students to face the challenges of an uncertain future, accommodate disruptions brought about by extreme weather...

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Location: Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge

This is a special workshop organized by Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University and Technical University of Madrid. University of Naples Federico II and representatives for the Spanish Government, among others are also co-organizers and attendees to the event.

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Location: Land Hall, Belfer Building, Room 400, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

This is an advanced research seminar on selected topics in environmental and resource economics. Emphasizes theoretical models, quantitative empirical analysis, and public policy applications. Includes presentations by invited outside speakers.

Adrien Bilal, Stanford University, will present “The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change: Global vs. Local Temperature.”... Read more about Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

Location: Virtual & Perkins, Rubenstein 429, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

The Growth Lab's Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.

Speaker: Samuel Rosenow, Economist in the Economic Policy Research department at the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Samuel Rosenow is an Economist in the Economic Policy Research department at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). His applied research examines trade, value chains and investment, providing evidence-based policy recommendations to advance private sector development...

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Location: Virtual

In this session, Carrie Jenks, Executive Director of Harvard Law School’s Environmental & Energy Law Program, and Richard Lazarus, Howard and Katherine Aibel Professor of Law, will examine the legal and policy implications of recent EPA rollbacks.... Read more about Harvard Voices on Climate Change: EPA Rollbacks & the Future of Environmental Protection

Location: Zoom

The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability runs the COP Student Observers Funding Program each year to provide financial support for students who manage to secure Blue Zone credentials to attend the annual UNFCCC's Conference of the Parties. During this session, attendees will learn about COP, and hear more about the funding program including key dates, available support, and applicant qualifications. The session also covers important information and advice about securing a badge from an accredited observer organization.

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Location: Littauer Building, Belfer Center Library, Room 369, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

A discussion of public lands, Indigenous peoples, climate change, and the Trump administration's plan to unleash "Alaska's resource potential"
Open to the Harvard Community

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Location: HUCE 440, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge MA

The Harvard Energy Seminar series features weekly conversations with leading practitioners in climate and energy. Join on Monday evenings from 6:30-7:15pm at the Harvard University Center for the Environment to meet the CEOs, researchers, investors, and engineers who are driving decarbonization. On Monday 2/24, the Energy Seminar welcomes Dr. Leah Ellis, CEO and co-founder of Sublime Systems.... Read more about Harvard Energy Seminar: Leah Ellis

Location: Wexner Building, W-434 A.B. Conference Room, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

For 12 years — including four years under President Donald Trump -- Mayor Miro Weinberger (an HKS alum) led one of the most ambitious local climate efforts in the country, making Burlington, VT the first 100% renewable city in the country, electrifying everything, and reducing total community emissions 18% from 2019 to 2023. In this session we will discuss Burlington’s efforts, those of other state and local governments, and whether successes like this will still be possible and relevant during a second Trump term.

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Location: Virtual & Rubenstein Building, David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Economic growth in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies is projected to remain closely tied to increasing emissions. However, the development and climate impacts of energy investments differ in their benefits, costs, and risks. Therefore, so must their financing.

In this Energy Policy Seminar, Akash Deep, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, will present a financial mechanism – the Green Swap – that disentangles climate impact from development impact to mobilize financing for renewable energy investment.

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Location: Salata Conference Room 3.5, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Join the Salata Institute, Rappaport Institute, and Taubmann Center for a lunchtime discussion on the future of EV adoption, policy, and infrastructure featuring Elaine Buckberg, Senior Fellow at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability; Kathryn Carlson, Executive Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston; Judith Gibson-Okunieff, Zero Emissions Vehicle Program Manager, Boston Transportation Department; and Laila Ale, Former Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation and City of Dallas.... Read more about The Road Ahead for Electric Vehicles

Location: CGIS South Bldg, Rm S030, Concourse level, 1730 Cambridge St, CambridgeTo center the Middle East in scholarly discourse on disasters, the Disaster Studies Initiative at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, is pleased to announce an international conference, scheduled to take place from March 28 to 30, 2025. We thank the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs for their generous support.

In this day and age, under the shadow of debates surrounding the intensifying climate crisis, is it still possible to think of disasters such as earthquakes, floods, fires, and wars as significant events? Are they political events at all? For... Read more about Disasters in and of the Middle East: Event, Place, Intensity

Location: Virtual

In recent years, the cost of residential property insurance has risen dramatically, driven by losses from environmental hazards. Steven Koller, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate and Housing at the Center, will explain how climate change is affecting both private and public entities that provide property insurance. Carlos Martín will join to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities facing residents, real estate investors, insurers, regulators, and policymakers.

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Location: CGIS South, Doris and Ted Lee Gathering Room (S030), 1730 Cambridge Street

"A Visual Narrative of Labour Migration and the Environment"
In conversation with:
Kate Beaton, Cartoonist; Writer; Illustrator; Author, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands.

Katie Mazer, Assistant Professor, Women and Gender Studies and Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Acadia University.
Jean-Christophe Cloutier, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania.

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Location: Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

The Climate Leadership Conference 2025, presented by the students at Harvard University, unites leaders, scholars, and innovators worldwide to address climate challenges. Through discussions and initiatives, it aims to drive solutions and inspire commitment to environmental stewardship. Join for impactful conversations and contribute to building a resilient, sustainable future at this influential conference.

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Location: CGIS South, S153, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge

 

Join The Mittall Institue for another session of the popular State of Architecture in South Asia series that will discuss urbanization in Bangladesh with a focus on population density.

Speaker: Adnan Z Morshed, Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning, Catholic University of America
Moderator: Rahul Mehrotra, John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization, Harvard Graduate School of Design

 

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Location: HUCE 440, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge MA

NOTE: Special Thursday seminar. The Energy Seminar at Harvard series features weekly conversations with leading practitioners in climate and energy. Join from 6:30-7:15pm at the Harvard University Center for the Environment to meet the CEOs, researchers, investors, and engineers who are driving decarbonization. On THURSDAY 3/27, the Energy Seminar welcomes Dr. Tomás Villalon, CTO of Phoenix Tailings.

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Location: B-400 Land Lecture Hall, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Join The Building Caucus at HKS & The Infrastructure & Housing Club at the GSD for a timely and thought-provoking talk with Heather Clark, former White House Senior Director for Building Sector Climate Policy (2022–2025), as she makes the case for uniting two of today’s most urgent movements: housing abundance and climate action.

In this session, Heather will explore how pro-housing policy and climate goals can align to create a clean, affordable, and equitable built environment. Drawing from her experience shaping national building sector climate policy in the Biden-...

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