Harvard’s delegation to the COP28 climate change talks in Dubai included more than a dozen faculty representing six Harvard Schools and the wide range of disciplines required to tackle the climate crisis, from public health to economics.
Harvard College junior and climate activist Angela Zhong '25 shares a first-person account of her experience attending the COP28 global climate conference in Dubai.
Seven new collaborative student projects funded through the Salata Institute Student Organization Funding Program range from a new climate justice seminar series to a University-wide network for climate and health faculty and students.
Eleanor Krause, a PhD candidate at the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, is seeking ways to mitigate the impact the declining coal industry has had in Appalachian communities as the nation shifts toward cleaner energy.
At the first Harvard-wide climate career expo, representatives from nearly 60 organizations connected with students interested in pursuing meaningful careers in climate and sustainability.
Harvard Forest researchers have co-authored a landmark report detailing how many solar projects have required the clearing of carbon-absorbing forested areas, harming nature and undercutting environmental progress.
A Salata Institute seed grant recipient, Joe Blatt AB ’70, EdM ’77 is leading a cross-Harvard team to develop more effective messaging to help break the gridlock of climate change denial.
Harvard fellows Sathyabhama Das Biju and Sonali Garg work to protect amphibians—41 percent of which are near extinction due to climate change, habitat loss, and disease.
From developing sustainable fertilizers and improving plant-based meats to using microbes to break down plastic packaging, researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard are creating technologies to decarbonize food production while providing enough food for our global needs.
