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

Join us for an engaging conversation with Harvard faculty and students who have been researching and studying issues that are critical to the Amazon region’s climate and sustainable development. This event will showcase projects related to environmental science, public health, illegal gold mining, biodiversity and public policy.... Read more about Navigating the Amazon Rainforest: A Glimpse at Harvard Endeavors

Location: Virtual

Many of the world’s most productive agricultural regions are increasingly vulnerable to extreme droughts, floods, and unpredictable weather patterns. As climate change forces farmers to migrate and adapt, the ripple effects on global food systems and public health will be felt for decades. In response, crop research centers are racing to develop new seed varieties that can withstand these harsh conditions.... Read more about Hunger, Food Security, and the Race to Produce New Seeds for a Climate-Changed World

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

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Jonas Meckling, Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and Climate Fellow at Harvard Business School. Meckling will give a talk entitled, "Green Industrial Policy and Decarbonization."... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar: Green Industrial Policy and Decarbonization

Location: BioLabs Lecture Hall (1080), 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

The Harvard Forest, the Harvard University Center for the Environment, and the Salata Institute for Climate & Sustainability present the 2024 Charles Bullard Lectures featuring Yadvinder Malhi, Professor of Ecosystem Science, School of Geography and the Environment; Programme Leader, Ecosystems Group at the Environmental Change Institute, and the Director of the Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests, University of Oxford.... Read more about Tropical Forests and Planet Earth: A Macrosope View

Location: Virtual

As part of the Inflation Reduction Act Greenhouse Gas Quantification work being implemented at USDA, USDA’s Economic Research Service and National Agricultural Statistics Service are co-leading an initiative to improve the spatial and temporal coverage of national conservation activity data. Conservation activity (or practice) data include data on agricultural practices such as soil tillage, cover crops, fertilizer and nutrient management, and livestock production practices.... Read more about HDSI Industry Seminar: Maria Bowman, USDA Economic Research Service

Location: The Coop Harvard, 1400 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge

What We Can’t Burn shines a spotlight on the chasm in first-hand experiences, tactics, and hopes between two people from vastly different backgrounds and circumstances on the issues of climate change and renewable energy. The result is a testament to the power of humor and dialogue to bridge divides in the global climate movement.... Read more about What We Can't Burn: Author Event with Eve Driver

Location: Harvard University Center for the Environment, 4th Floor, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge

Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other.... Read more about Salata Scholars Seminar Series: Breaking the Mould- Understanding Opportunities for Off-Grid Sector in West Africa

Location: Rubenstein 414ab, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Nicolas Stevens, a researcher at the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics and a visiting researcher at the Belfer Center. Stevens will compare different pricing approaches for dealing with non-convexities in electricity auctions.... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar: Pricing Rules for Electricity Auctions with Non-Convexities

Location: Virtual & Pierce Hall, 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is a critical component in recent domestic and international climate policies, yet the recent acceleration in atmospheric methane concentrations is raising concerns over how climate change is now driving uncontrollable wetland methane feedbacks.... Read more about Advancing Methane Measurements and Models To Track and Accelerate Climate Action

Location: GSD, Gund Hall Piper Auditorium, 42-48 Quincy St, Cambridge

The earliest duck decoys, found in Ancient Egypt, were often live herons bound to ships, their presence tempting wild waterfowl to killing distance. Birds today are suspicious of their lifeless decoy counterparts, so modern versions have begun to use sensors to mimic natural movement, blurring the artificial and real.... Read more about DDes Conference 2024: RealTimeNature

Location: Belfer Bldg. L-4 Conference Room, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

A newly published paper suggests that solar geoengineering might prove the most practical tool by which humanity might fend off such near-term, high-impact tipping points. Lead author Wake Smith presents the case for a rapid acceleration of field research into this highly controversial climate intervention technique.... Read more about Climate Tipping Points and Solar Geoengineering

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

Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other.... Read more about Salata Scholars Seminar Series: Politics of Water Shortages in Chile & AI and the Energy Revolution

Location: Adolphus Busch Hall at Cabot Way, 27 Kirkland St. Cambridge

Join the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) for a discussion on climate change and democracy with Luisa Neubauer, youth climate justice activist and lead organizer of “Fridays for Future Germany.”... Read more about Defending Democracy and Safeguarding Our Planet: A Dual Imperative

Location: Harvard Science and Engineering Complex, LL2.221 (Lecture) + LL2 Atrium (Reception), 150 Western Avenue, Boston

How are these start-ups solving environmental challenges with underwater robots and food-technology? Join us for the next Industry Insights event featuring Michael Bell, co-founder and CTO at Fleet Robotics, and Christophe Chantre, co-founder and CEO at Tender Food.... Read more about Industry Insights: Fleet Robotics & Tender Food

Location: Thompson Room (Barker Center 110), 12 Quincy St, Cambridge

What kind of a negotiation and home has nature built with plastic, a material that is a travelling and transformative genius? In a neo-materialist and an interobjective presence, plastic and nature have built a deeply entangled relationship – the problematic connection between the nature of plastic with what Ranjan Ghosh calls “plastic nature”.... Read more about The Environment Forum with Ranjan Ghosh: Plastic Nature

Location: Belfer Building - Bell Hall, 5th Floor, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under Secretary Bonnie will discuss agriculture's role in a clean energy future.... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar: Agriculture’s Role in a Clean Energy Future