6 Events

COP25 Madrid 2019

United Nations

Conference - Open to the Public

UN COP25: Multilateral Responses to Climate Change from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Mon., Dec. 2, 2019 | 10:00am - 1:00pm

Harvard University Center for the Environment - Fourth Floor

Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE), the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP) at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Boston University, and the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard (RCC) invite you for a special discussion of the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) on Monday, December 2 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM. HUCE will host the day's events at 26 Oxford St. (4th floor), Cambridge, MA.

This event will take place on the inaugural day of the COP25, which will be hosted in Madrid from December 2-13. Associated COP25 events will take place around the world in partnership with the Spanish government. This Cambridge conference will feature Spain's Secretary of Energy, Jose Dominguez, and Boston's Consul General of Spain, Fernando Alvargonzalez.

Seminar - Open to the Public

What It Takes to Build Climate Resilience: A Conversation with David Festa

Wed., Nov. 6, 2019 | 12:15pm - 1:30pm

Belfer Building - Bell Hall, 5th Floor

Join the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP) for a conversation with David Festa, Senior Vice President of Ecosystems at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), about what it takes to build climate resilience. David will look at the three major challenges to most climate adaptation projects: financing, building equity, and aligning diverse stakeholders and conflicting policy structures. He’ll share lessons learned from his years of work at EDF on water rights and coastal erosion in dialogue with Professor Henry Lee, ENRP Director.

Lunch will be served.

Please RSVP to isabelfeinstein@hks.harvard.edu.

Fran Ulmer

Harvard Alumni Association

Seminar - Open to the Public

Global Implications of the Rapidly Changing Arctic

Tue., Oct. 17, 2017 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Littauer Building - Room 130

Join the Arctic Initiative for a conversation with Fran Ulmer, chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, an independent agency that advises the federal government on domestic and international Arctic research. Fran will discuss how a rapidly warming Arctic impacts environmental, economic, and climate systems on a global scale.Open to the public. Refreshments served.

Special Series - Open to the Public

Global Sustainable Bioenergy - watch the video

Wed., May 3, 2017 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Belfer Building - Bell Hall, 5th Floor

*Video available*

Across energy, agricultural and forestry landscapes, the production of biomass for energy has emerged as a controversial driver of land use change and climate mitigation. The panel will discuss the myths and realities of the bioenergy expansion and new policy strategies to promote bioenergy in the context of the sustainable development goals.

Trans-Alaska Pipeline, northern Brooks Range, Alaska. Rocks in the background produce oil on the North Slope.

U.S. Geological Survey

Special Series - Open to the Public

Rational Middle Energy Series: Finding Energy's Rational Middle

Thu., Feb. 16, 2017 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Belfer Building - Starr Auditorium, Floor 2.5

The Rational Middle Energy Series is a series of short films created by Gregory Kallenberg and the team that produced the acclaimed documentary, “Haynesville: A Nation’s Hunt for An Energy Future.” Through their travels with “Haynesville,” Gregory Kallenberg and his team saw that there was a need and desire for a balanced discussion about today’s energy issues. This desire culminated in the Rational Middle Energy Series. Rational Middle films “The Great Transition” and “The Methane Question” will be shown, followed by a panel discussion.

Seminar - Open to the Public

The Long Road to Electric Cars: Green Hope or New Media Hype

Wed., Feb. 23, 2011 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Speakers: Alan Boyle, science editor of msnbc.com, and Bryan Walsh, environment columnist for Time Magazine

Join us for the second seminar in our 2011 spring series, "Clean Energy and the Media."

Open to the public. Refreshments served.