The Climate and Sustainability Translational Fund and supporting program will provide support for Harvard-based projects to de-risk technologies towards startup formation, creating the next generation of solutions to ensure a cleaner and healthier future.
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston University School of Public Health have been awarded a $6.7 million, three-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to create a Research Coordinating Center on climate change and health.
Collaborative Fund and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University are joining forces to launch a research and innovation alliance focused on new, sustainable materials to fight climate change.
Reducing methane emissions can buy the world crucial time to avoid catastrophic global warming. A Harvard team is helping provide policymakers with the tools to help policymakers do just that.
In her book, Minding the Climate: How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis, Harvard neuroscientist Ann-Christine Duhaime explores how our brain’s wiring affects our ability to deal with the complexity of climate change.
Harvard government professors Dustin Tingley and Stephen Ansolabehere collaborated with students to design the course “Politics of the Environment and Climate Change.” The course contends with climate change as a fundamentally political problem, challenging students to navigate obstacles and opportunities for effective policymaking at all levels of government.
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have developed a biodegradable, antimicrobial food packaging system that extends shelf life and eliminates microbial contamination.
Economics faculty say a transformational gift from Penny Pritzker AB '81 to help create a new home for the department will foster greater collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity.
