Please join the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP) for our next Global Energy Transition Talk featuring Ernesto Ciorra, Enel's Chief Innovability Officer. Ciorra will discuss the role of the private sector in driving innovation and facilitating the sustainable energy transition. ENRP Senior Fellow Nicola De Blasio will moderate the discussion.

Q&A with students to follow. Buffet lunch will be served.

Attendance: This event is open to Harvard ID holders; no RSVP required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first serve basis. Members of the public may attend virtually; for the Zoom link, register using the button below.

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

Please join the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP) for our next Global Energy Transition Talk featuring Gustavo Manrique Miranda, Ecuador's Minister of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition. Minister Manrique will discuss the process of the creation of the Hermandad Marine Reserve encircling the Galápagos Islands, in the context of the Ecological Transition policy adopted by the administration of H.E. President Guillermo Lasso. ENRP Senior Fellow Nicola De Blasio will moderate the discussion.

Q&A with students to follow. Light refreshments will be served.

Attendance: This event is open to current Harvard Kennedy School students. RSVP required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first serve basis.

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

The challenge of leveraging the advantages of plastic without contributing to the world's environmental crisis is formidable. However, it opens an opportunity to address sustainability at a systemic level through circularity and encourage innovation and integration along the plastics value chain. 

Please join the Environment and Natural Resources Program for our next Global Energy Transition Talk about the future of sustainable plastics. Nicola De Blasio, Senior Fellow at ENRP, and Phoebe Fallon, Harvard College student, will present the findings of their report, Avoiding a Plastic Pandemic: The Future of Sustainability in a Post COVID-19 World. Blake Bextine, Program Manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and Alessio Lorusso, founder and CEO of Roboze, will serve as respondents. Q&A to follow.

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 on this page.

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

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

Please join the Project on Europe for a discussion on hydrogen with Marco Alverà, CEO of Snam, Nicola de Blasio, Senior Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program, Henry Lee, Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program, and Nathalie Tocci, Pierre Keller Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, moderated by Paul-Etienne Pini, Belfer Young Leader and an MPP candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Please note that this is a hybrid event. For Harvard ID holders interested in joining in person, please register here. For members of the public wishing to join via Zoom, please register here.

This event is co-sponsored by the Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program.

Silvio Micali, founder of Algorand and professor of computer science at MIT, will present on blockchain technology's potential for disruptive innovation in the energy sector. Charles Hua and Kiana Ziadkhanpour, both of Harvard College, will respond, followed by an audience Q&A. Belfer Senior Fellow Nicola de Blasio, host of the Global Energy Transitions Talks series, will moderate the event.

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Nicola De Blasio, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program. Dr. De Blasio will discuss "Renewable Hydrogen: New Energy Dependencies in a Low-Carbon World." 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 below.

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

This event is postponed until further notice due to public health concerns around the global coronavirus outbreak.

Join the Environment and Natural Resources Program on Tuesday, March 10 to hear from Shankar Krishnamoorthy, Executive Vice President at ENGIE. Shankar will be discussing the private sector's role in decarbonizing our global energy system with ENRP Senior Fellow Nicola de Blasio.

This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited: please RSVP at the link below.