79 Events

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Energy Policy Seminar: "Electrification of Transport: Uncovering the Pivotal Role of User Behavior"

Mon., Nov. 20, 2023 | 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Christine Gschwendtner, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program. Gschwendtner will give a talk on "Electrification of Transport: Uncovering the Pivotal Role of User Behavior." Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis. The seminar will also be streamed via Zoom. Virtual attendees should register using the button below; upon registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link. 

Recording: Unavailable.

Accessibility: To request accommodations or who have questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Sponsors: The Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program, the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, the Harvard University Center for the Environment, the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability

Seminar - Open to the Public

Energy Policy Seminar: Laura Diaz Anadon on "Designing Policy to Accelerate Energy Innovation towards Net Zero"

Mon., Nov. 29, 2021 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Online

Join us for the next Energy Policy Seminar of the 2021 Fall Semester featuring Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy, University of Cambridge. Prof. Diaz Anadon will present "Designing Policy to Accelerate Energy Innovation towards Net Zero". HKS Professor Venkatesh Narayanamurti will moderate the discussion and Q&A.

Attendance: This event is open to the public and hosted on Zoom.

BARROW, Alaska- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420 ft. icebreaker homeported in Seattle, Wash., breaks ice in support of scientific research in the Arctic Ocean.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Prentice Danner

Seminar - Open to the Public

Sailing through the Northwest Passage: How Scientific Research and International Diplomacy Made that Possible

Tue., Oct. 26, 2021 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Wexner Building - Room 102, Marc Heng and Family Conference Room

Join us for a conversation about science, diplomacy, and geopolitics with Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow Fran Ulmer and Professor and Director of The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire Larry Mayer. Professor Mayer led the science team onboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy, which just completed a cruise from Alaska to Greenland through the Northwest Passage. Please register to attend this event here

John Holdren

NASA/Bill Ingalls

Seminar - Open to the Public

Energy Policy Seminar: John Holdren on "Thawing Permafrost: A Local and Global Disaster"

Mon., Nov. 2, 2020 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Online

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at HKS. Professor Holdren will speak on "Thawing Permafrost: A Local and Global Disaster." 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.

    Shanghai at night

    Kido Dong/Unsplash

    Seminar - Open to the Public

    Opportunities and Challenges in China's Carbon Market: From Model to Reality

    Thu., Dec. 5, 2019 | 3:45pm - 5:00pm

    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Pierce Hall

    A Harvard-China Project Research Seminar with Cecilia Han Springer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources and Science, Technology and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. This event will be held in Pierce Hall, Room #100F.

    Sponsored by the Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy, and Environment; Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS); and the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP) at Harvard Kennedy School.

    Seminar - Open to the Public

    Can Nuclear Energy Thrive in a Carbon-Constrained World?

    Fri., May 11, 2018 | 3:00pm - 4:30pm

    Littauer Building - Fainsod Room, 324

    Speaker: Jacopo Buongiorno, TEPCO Professor and Associate Department Head, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Director, Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    MIT has recently completed a multi-disciplinary study, to assess the prospects for new nuclear technologies, policies, business models, and regulatory governance to accelerate the transition to a lower-carbon global energy system in the U.S. and around the world.  In this seminar, we will present a set of findings from the MIT study that are focused on (a) cost competitiveness of nuclear in various markets with and without carbon constraints, (b) technology innovations that could substantially reduce the capital cost of new nuclear plants, and (c) regulatory pathways to accelerate the deployment of advanced reactors.

    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    Seminar - Open to the Public

    A Nuclear Role in Decarbonization?

    Wed., Apr. 25, 2018 | 10:00am - 11:30am

    Littauer Building - Fainsod Room, 324

    Speaker: Michael Ford, French Environmental Fellow, Harvard University Center for the Environment.

    In this seminar, we will briefly examine the history of the U.S. Department of Energy in advanced nuclear research and development and propose an alternative path that is better suited to the market and technical realities of advanced nuclear concepts. We will also examine broader issues of institutional capacity that may impact the wider deployment of nuclear power to meet carbon mitigation goals.

    Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Reactors

    Peretz Partensky/Flickr

    Seminar - Open to the Public

    Can we break the link between nuclear energy and nuclear weapons?

    Wed., Mar. 28, 2018 | 10:00am - 11:30am

    One Brattle Square - Room 350

    Speaker: AMB Laura S. H. Holgate

    Advanced nuclear reactors offer enormous promise as carbon-free solutions for a range of energy and development challenges due to their potentially lower cost, flexibility, and enhanced safety. To meaningfully influence climate change, these reactors will need to be widely deployed, including in countries without extensive nuclear experience and in designs using novel fuel cycles. And policymakers, regulators, and civil society will need to have confidence that these reactors are designed not only with safety and cost in mind but also with due consideration to whether terrorists, insiders, or even governments can sabotage a facility or acquire or divert nuclear material that could be used for weapons. Meeting these challenges requires more than a slogan of “proliferation resistance” and relates to security- and safeguards-by-design as well as fuel cycle characteristics. Reactors that incorporate security- and safeguards-by-design could become more attractive exports, maximizing economic and national security benefits for the United States.