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Special Series - Open to the Public

Coalitions for Environmental Health and Justice: Lessons from the 2020 Roy Award

Wed., Nov. 18, 2020 | 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Online

Join the Environment and Natural Resources Program on Wednesday, November 18 for "Coalitions for Environmental Health and Justice: Lessons from the 2020 Roy Award." This panel-based event will celebrate Clean Water for Carolina Kids, the 2020 winner of the Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership, and its mission to protect North Carolina's children from dangerous lead exposure.

We will begin with a brief award presentation, followed by a panel conversation with scientists, advocates, and public health professionals about the challenges in providing clean drinking water, and how to center science and justice in the work to protect children’s health.

This event will be hosted on Zoom and open to the public. Please register at the RSVP link below. All are welcome to attend and join the celebration!

    Photo: Cecilia Condal

    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.

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    Special Series - Open to the Public

    Sustainable Development Goals: An Agenda for All

    Wed., Apr. 26, 2017 | 3:00pm - 4:30pm

    Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

    Rosemary Kalapurakal joins us for a talk on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Rosemary is UNDP’s Lead Advisor on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. She has twenty years of experience working on development issues with the United Nations and civil society around the world. She leads the coordination efforts of multiple UN partners and external stakeholders in terms of the SDGs. 

    Dr. Philip Landrigan to speak

    Special Series - Open to the Public

    The Impact of Pollution on Planetary Health: Emergence of an Underappreciated Risk Factor

    Wed., Apr. 12, 2017 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm

    To Be Announced

    Dr. Philip J. Landrigan, Professor of Environmental Medicine/Public Health and Pediatrics and Dean for Global Health in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses pollution as the world's largest health problem, leading to 10 million premature deaths annually, three times as many as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined.

    <em>Cycles of Invention and Discovery: Rethinking the Endless Frontier</em>

    Special Series - Open to the Public

    Cycles of Invention and Discovery: Rethinking the Endless Frontier

    Fri., Oct. 28, 2016 | 3:00pm - 5:00pm

    Harvard Book Store welcomes the Harvard Kennedy School's Venkatesh Narayanamurti and University of Virginia's Toluwalogo Odumosu for a discussion of their book, Cycles of Invention and Discovery: Rethinking the Endless Frontier. This event includes a book signing.

    Sponsored by the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and the Environment and Natural Resources Program

    Carbon Taxes and Deficit Reductions

    Special Series - Open to the Public

    Carbon Taxes and Deficit Reductions

    Mon., Dec. 10, 2012 | 12:15pm - 1:45pm

    Lunch will be served.

    RSVP not required, but please sign in when you arrive.