Forging Just Futures: Solutions-based Science to Address the Climate Gap

In this Energy Policy Seminar, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Professor at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health and Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and a 2025-26 Radcliffe-Salata Climate Justice Fellow, will give a talk entitled, "Forging Just Futures: Solutions-based Science to Address the Climate Gap."

Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: RSVP required. A Harvard University ID is required for in-person attendance; all are welcome to attend via Zoom.

Recording: The seminar will be recorded and available to watch on the Belfer Center's YouTube channel.

Accessibility: To request accommodations or who have questions about access, please contact Elizabeth Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Co-Sponsors: Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability

About the Speaker

Rachel Morello-Frosch is an environmental health scientist, epidemiologist, and professor at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health and Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. For over 25 years, her research has examined structural determinants of environmental health and understanding how co-exposures to chemical and non-chemical stressors drive health inequities. Much of her work has examined this question in the context of exposures to ambient air pollution, drinking water contaminants, prenatal environmental chemical exposures, climate change, and effects on perinatal and developmental outcomes. In addition to using community-engaged approaches in her work, Rachel also collaborates with regulatory agencies to develop science-policy tools to assess the cumulative impacts of multiple environmental and social factors to inform regulatory decision-making and advance environmental justice. Morello-Frosch is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, a 2025-26 Radcliffe-Salata Climate Justice Fellow, and served on the Biden Administration's White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.