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Ashley Nunes, a senior research associate at Harvard Law School’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy, explains the Biden administration’s policies on EVs, what it’s getting right and wrong, and changes he says could lead to an even greater reduction in overall emissions.

Through his Our Common Nature initiative, renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma AB ’76, MusD ’91 is using musical collaborations in outdoor spaces to strengthen our relationship with the environment.

A sweeping review of Medicare records expands on research that shows spending time in nature may reduce the risk of a hospitalization for Alzheimer’s, dementia, and Parkinson's. The findings suggest a more extensive link for Parkinson's than for Alzheimer’s but show potential prevention benefits for both.

Jinyoung Seo PhD ’23 is working to remove climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons found in traditional air conditioning units while also making cooling systems smaller and much more efficient.

A toolkit developed by Harvard and Americares is equipping health care providers across the country with resources to help keep their patients safe as temperatures rise.

Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) announced a cohort of six visiting scholars who will focus exclusively on climate, deepening the School’s commitment to accelerating research aimed at mitigating and adapting to global climate change.

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.

Brooke Ellison AB ’00, MPP ’04 is dedicated to finding and advocating for ways society can optimize opportunities for people with disabilities to ensure everyone is included. She is also bringing Harvard alumni together through the first-ever Shared Interest Group focused on disability. 

A strategic roadmap built around three pillars of climate, equity, and health, Harvard’s updated Sustainability Action Plan offers a unifying and holistic vision for creating a more sustainable institution, and in turn a more sustainable world.

Meet four recent Harvard Business School graduates working to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis around the world by expanding access to financing for solar power, connecting workers with good jobs in the clean economy, converting atmospheric carbon into inert rock, and decarbonizing building materials.

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.

In a series of videos, four Harvard seniors from diverse backgrounds share their perspectives on finding real-world solutions to various aspects of climate change.

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.

For his senior capstone project, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences student Sebastian Lindner-Liaw SB ’23 designed a bike powered by compressed air as an alternative to electric bikes, which rely on batteries that have high environmental and humanitarian costs.

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.

Poet and Harvard Radcliffe Institute fellow Isabel Galleymore asks us to consider how our perceptions of the natural world influence which species we deem worth protecting.

The push to keep the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius is doomed unless world leaders take significant near-term action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry said during a conversation with Harvard President Larry Bacow, which anchored the daylong symposium “Rising to the Climate Challenge” as part of Harvard Climate Action Week.

The first-ever Harvard Climate Action Week served as a celebration and acceleration of climate research, education, and engagement across Harvard University, convening thousands of experts, decision–makers, students, alumni, and scholars across campus and online.

Kalra will assume her new role July 1 after having served as assistant vice president of finance since 2020.