"What Is the Cheapest Way of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Lessons from Carbon Abatement Costs" with Roxana Shafiee, Environmental Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment in the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability.
"What Is the Cheapest Way of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Lessons from Carbon Abatement Costs" with Roxana Shafiee, Environmental Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment in the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability.
This new series aims to foster a vibrant community of researchers dedicated to advancing our understanding and action on climate, sustainability, and environmental issues across Harvard's diverse schools and disciplines.
About the Seminar:
In the quest for climate solutions, policymakers are continually seeking effective strategies to minimize greenhouse gas emissions without imposing exorbitant costs. This seminar will explore the critical role of carbon abatement costs in identifying the most cost-efficient technological solutions to reduce emissions. Roxana Shafiee, our distinguished speaker, will share insights from her research, highlighting the potential pitfalls of overlooking or inaccurately calculating abatement costs—mistakes that could lead to significant financial inefficiencies and the misallocation of resources in efforts to promote green technologies like hydrogen.
About Our Speaker:
Roxana Shafiee is an Environmental Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment in the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. Roxana holds a DPhil in Environmental Research from the University of Oxford, where she developed the understanding of marine microorganisms responsible for carbon and nitrogen cycling between the oceans and atmosphere. Following her PhD, Roxana was an Environment, Climate Change and Energy Researcher at the Scottish Parliament, and held the position of Stanback Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Environmental Science at the California Institute of Technology between 2022–2023. Roxana continues her environmental research at Harvard, examining policies for energy decarbonisation.
Join Us:
This seminar promises to be an enlightening and engaging discussion for anyone interested in climate policy, sustainability research, and the interdisciplinary efforts required to navigate the challenges of environmental stewardship. We look forward to bringing together the Harvard research community to build connections, share knowledge, and inspire collaborative efforts toward a sustainable future.
Contact: oksana_makarova@g.harvard.edu
LOCATION:HUCE Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20240207T230000Z DTEND:20240208T000000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR