Sustainability & Environment

A collaborative team of Harvard researchers representing the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design developed two climate systems that efficiently cool buildings, contain zero refrigerants, and use far less energy than traditional AC units.

Michael Ashley Stein, co-founder and executive director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, calls for "systemic and urgent disability inclusion" in climate resilience planning.

Harvard Medical School is working with faculty and staff to embed climate change and its impact on health in all four years of the MD curriculum.

Harvard Management Company (HMC) managing director Michael Cappucci discusses HMC's strategy for meeting the goal of transitioning the endowment portfolio to "net zero" greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

A team of Harvard-led researchers found that the company created remarkably accurate warming projections but continued to sow doubt about the climate crisis.

Drew Michanowicz, whose study identified 21 hazardous chemicals in gas stoves, joins the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Better Off podcast to explore the health risks of cooking with gas.

To help her home city of Bangkok adapt to extreme flooding, landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom MLA ’06 works with nature to design resilient urban spaces in vulnerable areas.

Chemist Emily Kerr PhD '22 is working to reduce the cost of redox flow batteries, which are less environmentally harmful and can store energy at a greater scale than lithium-ion batteries.

Through the Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship, College students connected with communities and expanded the definition of climate storytelling.

Neurosurgeon, author, and green energy entrepreneur Nozipo Maraire AB ’87 is changing the conversation about climate change and Africa.