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Five Disruptive Technology Solutions Receive Accelerator Funding

February 21, 2023

Harvard researchers will work to de-risk promising ideas, including a greenhouse gas emission-free solid refrigerant project led by HUCE Faculty Associate Jarad Mason SEAS Communications Projects emerging from this year’s competitive selection process...

Combining Forces to Accelerate Climate Action Here, There, Now

February 13, 2023

Five research clusters recently received grants from the Salata Institute to tackle climate change and focus on projects that will have meaningful impact By Alvin Powell, The Harvard Gazette The recipients of the first grants awarded by Harvard’s Salata...

Lessons Emerge as 7 Thirsty States War Over Colorado River Water

February 14, 2023

Scott Horsley, an instructor in water resources policy and watershed management in the Sustainability Graduate Program at the Harvard Extension School, discusses the Colorado River water crisis By Alvin Powell, The Harvard Gazette Seven Western states...

2022–2023 HUCE Environmental Artist, Jeri Eisenberg

February 07, 2023

Polyptychs from the A Sojourn in Seasons and Warm Waters series are currently on display in the HUCE lounge. Eisenberg will join us on campus for a talk about her process, inspiration, and perspectives later in the Spring 2023 term. More details will be...

Disability in a Time of Climate Disaster

January 19, 2023

Michael Ashley Stein, a visiting professor of law at HLS and co-founder and executive director of the HLS Project on Disability, calls for disability inclusion in climate resilience planning By Rachel Reed, Harvard Law Today Last June, two districts in...

Will Using More Biofuels Be Good for the Environment? Two Experts Square Off.

January 21, 2023

HUCE Director Dan Schrag and University of Minnesota Professor Carlise Ford Runge comment on the debate around the use of fossil fuels By Dan Schrag Carlisle and Ford Runge, The Wall Street Journal via HKS Belfer Center In its push for greener energy...

A Summer Undergraduate Research Retrospective

January 23, 2023

In 2022, HUCE awarded 31 Harvard undergraduate students with funding to work on independent research and research assistantships with Harvard faculty by HUCE Communications The Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) offered 31 awards for...

Can Tech Save Us From Worst of Climate Change Effects? Doesn’t Look Good

November 17, 2022

Study by two Prize Fellows focuses on the economic impact on agriculture By Clea Simon, The Harvard Gazette Can technology save us from the worst effects of climate change? Probably not, reports a new study, “ Does Directed Innovation Mitigate Climate...

New England Forests, New Strategies Can Offset Most Regional Emissions over 30 Years, Report Says

November 14, 2022

A recent study co-authored by Harvard Senior Lecturer David Foster suggests five policies to boost emission-absorption levels By Juan Siliezar, The Harvard Gazette A major new report suggests that with a handful of strategies New England’s 32 million...

Tackling Climate Change with ‘Sleeves Rolled Up’

November 30, 2022

DCE forum explores climate education and students’ impact on changeBy Harry Pierre, The Harvard Gazette The state of climate change and sustainability education at Harvard was the focus of a virtual forum hosted by the Division of Continuing Education and...

Glimmers of Movement, Hope at COP27

November 23, 2022

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Robert Stavins details the return of cooperation between the US and China and discusses the creation of a loss and damage fund for nations hit hardest by climate change By Alvin Powell , The Harvard Gazette Climate...

Raising Health Care’s Climate Voice

November 28, 2022

In a recent panel discussion, Harvard physicians discussed the need to not only maintain focus on those being impacted most by climate change, but to also keep sharing their personal stories at high-level gatherings like COP27 By Alvin Powell, The Harvard...