Environment and Natural Resources

The world's biggest underground iron ore mine is about to undermine the Swedish city of Kiruna. The answer? Move the city.

Join the Arctic Initiative for a conversation with students from Luleå University and experts from across the globe for a case discussion about sustainable development, consensus building, and how one Arctic city is responding to rapid change.

Apply to be part of this unique case discussion opportunity by Monday, September 28, 2020, so you can be matched with your international team.

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of Yale University's Program on Climate Change Communication. Dr. Leiserowitz will speak on "Climate Change in the American Mind." The seminar will be hosted by HKS Professor Joe Aldy.

Attendance: This event is open to the public and hosted on Zoom. For those who cannot attend live, the seminar will be recorded and available to watch via the EPSS homepage.

Registration: Please RSVP at the link below. Registration will remain open until the event begins.

A Climate Week Event co-organized by the Woodwell Climate Research Center and the Arctic Initiative

This session focuses on a warming-driven phenomenon—the rapid thawing of Arctic permafrost—that is contributing simultaneously to the most vexing of Arctic warming’s impacts both in the region and around the world. This session will target experts and non-experts who are interested in understanding the science and policy issues at the heart of this widely underestimated facet of the global climate-change challenge.

Register here.

September 21's Energy Policy Seminar will feature Peter F. Green, Deputy Laboratory Director of Science and Technology at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Dr. Green will speak on "Transitioning to a Low Carbon and Resilient Energy System of the Future: Key Challenges and Opportunities." The seminar will be hosted by HKS Professor Joe Aldy.

Attendance: This event is open to the public and hosted on Zoom. For those who cannot attend live, the seminar will be recorded and available to watch via the EPSS homepage.

Registration: Please register at the RSVP link below. Registration will remain open until the event begins.

EVENT LINK: cpl.hks.harvard.edu/event/first-100-days-conversation-carol-browner-environmental-policy-after-election

REGISTRATION LINK: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuc-usrzsjHNBAM2V3OXy1Edq2q734iuRx

Harvard community members are invited to a discussion with Carol Browner, U.S. EPA Administrator from 1993-2001, and Director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy 2009-2011. Hosted by Rand Wentworth, who teaches "Environmental Politics" at HKS, and moderated by CPL Bacon Fellows Lia Cattaneo and Claire Henly, Ms. Browner will discuss the environmental and climate policies that the Biden team is considering in the event of a Biden-Trump transition.

Study Group Leader: Joel Clement, Senior Fellow, Arctic Initiative

The Arctic Knowledge Systems Study Group will explore ways to collaboratively employ indigenous and scientific knowledge to improve resilience in the Arctic. It will consist of 6 sessions in which we will discuss inclusion of indigenous perspectives and how to improve for the future. All sessions will be held on Tuesdays beginning September 15 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm (ET).

Space is limited! To apply to join the study group please email Brittany Janis your resume and 100 words on why you are interested in participating. 

Join us for the first-ever virtual Energy Policy Seminar on Monday, September 14 from 12:00-1:00 ET! Leah Stokes, Assistant Professor of Political Science at USCB, will be speaking on "Short-Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States." The seminar will be hosted by HKS Professor Joe Aldy.

This event is open to the public. Please register for the Zoom webinar here. The seminar will be recorded and available to watch via the EPSS homepage for those who cannot attend live.

Join the HKS Climate, Energy, & Environment PIC (CEE-PIC) in a celebration of the recent PAEs and SYPAs focused on climate change, conservation, natural resources, renewable energy, sustainability, and more! MPPs and MPA-IDs will share their main findings and engage in Q&A.

HKS students, fellows, professors, and staff are encouraged to attend. Register on Zoom below.

Join the Harvard Student Climate Change Conference in commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day as we discuss concrete actions towards combating climate change in the new context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In place of the Student Climate Change Conference, which we have postponed to the 2020-21 Academic Year per the public health guidance on COVID-19, we invite you to a virtual event. We are excited to engage with these leaders on climate action and the lessons they can share with us, particularly in the time of COVID-19.

Keynote Speakers:

• Bill McKibben, climate activist and Founder of 350.org
• Pat Brown, CEO of Impossible Foods

Please register below to join the virtual event.

ANNOUNCEMENT, MARCH 9, 2020: In line with Harvard's COVID-19 travel policies and campus restrictions, the HKS Energy Policy Series is canceled for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester. Each speaker has been invited to reschedule their seminar for our Fall 2020 series.

Join us for the final Energy Policy Seminar of the spring semester! We will be hearing from Leah Stokes, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC Santa Barbara, on “Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States.” This talk is based on and shares a title with Prof. Stokes' new book, published by Oxford University Press in 2020.

The Energy Policy Seminar Series is free and open to the public; no RSVPs required. Buffet-style lunch will be served.