Sustainability & Environment

A panel of Harvard experts—including faculty in atmospheric science, education, the humanities, environmental health, and policy—touched on topics such as the ethics of climate change, how education systems can address the issue, how the manufacturing and use of consumer products contributes to the problem, and how to get people talking about thorny political issues surrounding climate.

Elaine Buckberg, a new senior fellow at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, will lead a team of researchers from Harvard and MIT through the new Driving Toward Seamless Public EV Charging initiative.

As cities around the world warm, climate change’s complex global picture often comes down to this: Residents say they are just too hot. Panelists gathered for a Harvard Worldwide Week event on the “Future of Cities” said the topic is particularly relevant as temperatures soar to new records.

High school students from over 20 states and five countries convened on campus for a week-long program hosted by the Harvard Chan School’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment to learn how they can take action to protect their communities from the growing threats of climate change.

Harvard alumnus Aaron Sabin MS/MBA ’23 is developing a way to make carbon capture—a process that removes the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere—more energy efficient, scalable, and cost effective.

From speeding up diesel replacement in rural India to creating a global platform for thrifted clothes, Harvard Business School alumni share how their ventures are sparking climate solutions.

On the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s EdCast, lecturer Laura Schifter EdM ’07, EdD ’14 says the education sector can reduce its footprint and provide learning opportunities around climate.

The Salata Institute Seed Grant Program has announced its first cohort of awards, which will support 19 faculty members working across seven Harvard Schools with funding for projects ranging from exploring a new, algae-based building insulation material to researching the carbon footprint of AI-driven computing.

Widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption is critical to confronting climate change, but a lack of sufficient public charging infrastructure is holding many potential EV drivers back. A team of researchers from Harvard and the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research will work to accelerate progress on public EV charging.

Harvard wildfire expert Loretta Mickley discusses how wildfires exacerbate climate change by releasing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.