Sustainability & Environment

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. 

As executive vice president of engineering at New Leaf Energy, clean energy expert Jacqueline Ashmore PhD ’03 spearheads efforts to develop solar, energy storage, and wind power technologies, with the goal of accelerating the transition to a more sustainable world.

Philip Mote AB '87 says rolling out climate solutions calls for coordinated efforts on policy, investment, innovation, and a lot of that comes back to the choices we make. 

Amy Huang ’17 wants to help us find new ways of feeding the world

Jim Stock discusses what’s ahead for innovative, cross-disciplinary, University-wide effort.