5 Events

Inupiat Eskimo village of Noorvik, Alaska

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File

Workshop - Open to the Public

Advancing Arctic Resilience Workshop: Mapping a Path Forward

Wed., Mar. 30, 2022 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Belfer Building - Land Hall, 4th Floor

Climate change is transforming the Arctic. How can we as researchers and policymakers help communities build resilience to these shocks and stressors? Join the Arctic Initiative for a workshop on how we understand and operationalize the concept of resilience, how to support community-driven research, and the mechanisms that support connections between community action and policy-making. Featured speakers include Joel Clement, Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow; Jennifer Spence, Arctic Initiative Associate; Brittany Janis, Arctic Initiative Research Manager and Justin Barnes, Associate Editor of the Arctic Yearbook. Networking reception for students to follow.

Attendance: In-person attendance is limited to Harvard ID holders. Members of the public are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom.

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.

A Kiruna heritage building being moved intact in August 2017.

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Workshop - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

What Does It Take to Move a City? Arctic Initiative and Luleå University Student Arctic Dialogue

Fri., Oct. 2, 2020 | 9:30am - 11:00am

Online

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.

JFK Jr Forum - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Lessons from Iceland: A Nation Striving to Punch Above Its Weight in a Globalized World

Fri., Jan. 26, 2018 | 4:00pm

Harvard Kennedy School - Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum

A public address by His Excellency Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, President of Iceland. Moderated by John Holdren, President Obama's Science Advisor and Director of the White Office of Science and Technology Policy (January 2009 – January 2017); Co-Director, Belfer Center's Science, Technology and Public Policy Program.

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JFK Jr Forum - Open to the Public

Forum: "Global Warming -- Is the Kyoto Treaty a Fraud?" John Holdren, Robert Stavins, Andrei Illarionov & Graham Allison

Mon., Nov. 22, 2004 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Harvard Kennedy School - Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum

"Global Warming--Is the Kyoto Treaty a Fraud?" John Holdren, Director, STPP; Robert N. Stavins, Professor of Business and Government; Andrei Illarionov, Senior Economics Advisor to Russian Federation President Vladimi Putin; Graham Allison, (Moderator) Director, Belfer Center