Environment and Natural Resources

Amy Harder, energy and climate reporter for Axios, will visit HKS to deliver a talk on "The Energy and Climate Change Puzzle." A bit about Amy, in her words:

I cover energy and climate change for Axios, and write a weekly column called Harder Line. I report on trends and exclusive scoops as well as analyze the news driving the debate in this space. Previously, I covered similar issues for The Wall Street Journal. I’m the inaugural journalism fellow for the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute, contributing to the school’s work through events, workshops and other discussions. I regularly appear on PBS, MSNBC, CBS and NPR, among others.

This seminar is open to the public and lunch will be served.

HKS Professor Rob Stavins returns to the Energy Policy Seminar Series to discuss the latest trends in policy mechanisms to put a price on carbon emissions in the U.S.

Each year the Belfer Center's Arctic Initiative sends a delegation of students to attend the world’s largest Arctic gathering, the Arctic Circle Assembly. This year, after a competitive application process, four students were selected to represent Harvard at the Arctic Innovation Lab. Come and hear their presentations before they leave for Iceland to pitch their ideas for a changing Arctic. 

Lunch will be provided.

Please RSVP to brittany_janis@hks.harvard.edu by October 2 to secure your seat.

Among the leading global experts on the design of carbon pricing policies, Adele Morris—a senior fellow and policy director for Climate and Energy Economics at the Brookings Institution—adds her insights to the seminar's focus on climate change this semester.

Sam Newell of the Brattle Group discusses a global warming-mitigating mechanism in the Empire State. Lunch will be served.

Speaker: Ane Lone Bagger, Minister of Education, Culture, Church, and Foreign Affairs, Greenland

Moderator: Halla Hrund Logadóttir, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Arctic Initiative

Greenland, the world's biggest island, has long held a strategic geographic and political position in global affairs. It has made headlines recently, after President Donald Trump stated he wanted to buy the island, because of its strategic location in the Arctic and its wealth of natural resources. Greenland's foreign minister, Ane Lone Bagger, had told Reuters: "We are open for business, but we’re not for sale."

 Join the Arctic Initiative for an insightful lunch with Greenland's Minister of Education, Culture, Church and Foreign Affairs, Ane Lone Bagger, about how Greenland is responding to the shifting dynamics in the Arctic as climate change is transforming the island and the waters surrounding it, opening up the region to the outside world.

Lunch provided. 

This event is currently at capacity. To be added to the wait-list please email brittany_janis@hks.harvard.edu by 4 PM, Monday, September 9th, 2019. RSVPs recorded on a first-requested, first-reserved basis.

Varshini Prakash, co-founder of Sunrise Movement, kicks off the resumption of the Energy Policy Seminar series. Lunch will be served.

This year, the Belfer Center's Arctic Initiative is selecting a small group of 2–3 Harvard students to present their ideas at the Arctic Innovation Lab in Iceland. The Lab takes place at the world's largest Arctic gathering, the Arctic Circle Assembly, from October 10–13, 2019.  The trip for students selected for the Lab is funded by the Arctic Initiative. Before traveling to Iceland, students are expected to attend three, 1-hour, group sessions which will support students in the process of developing their ideas. Students are also required to set up office-hours with members of the Arctic Initiative team as they work independently to hone their pitch.

Students interested in applying to be an Arctic Innovator should fill out this application form by September 6 to be considered for the program: https://forms.gle/yxCWGpW4xqrhVnjX6.

Please join the Environment and Natural Resources Program for a seminar with NYU environmental studies Professor Jennifer Jacquet on overfishing and unsustainable aquaculture.  Professor Jacquet will discuss some of the recent science to understanding fisheries on the high seas, and how it relates to the current negotiations at the United Nation on conservation and sustainable use of the high seas.

Lunch will be provided.