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Soil to Foil: Aluminum and the Quest for Industrial Sustainability

Haller Hall 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust. It is also ubiquitous in the modern world, from aircraft to soda cans. Today, the efficiency with which we use—and reuse—aluminum is vital to addressing key environmental challenges and understanding humanity’s fraught relationship with the earth. In Soil to Foil (Columbia University Press, 2023), Saleem Ali tells the extraordinary story of aluminum.

Gender and climate change: an intersectional approach from Latin America and the Caribbean

Tsai Auditorium

Join a two-part event that aims to create a space for an overview of the intersection between climate change and gender—emphasizing the need for a nuanced understanding of its impacts in Latin America & the Caribbean—and to share efforts on how addressing gender disparities can enhance climate resilience, mitigation, and adaptation efforts.

Event Series Energy Policy Seminar

Energy Policy Seminar: “Synthesis of Evidence Yields Higher Social Cost of Carbon Due to Model Extensions and Uncertainties”

Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Frances Moore, Associate Professor and the Hurlstone Presidential Chair in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California Davis. In a talk entitled "Synthesis of Evidence Yields Higher Social Cost of Carbon Due to Model Extensions and Uncertainties," Moore will present her recent research on the social cost of carbon in the context of U.S. government estimates and the recent proposed update from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

“Wild Life” Film Screening and Discussion

James Room, Schwartz Hall 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA, United States

Free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Join us for a public screening of Oscar-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin's extraordinary film "Wild Life"—a story of love, wildness, and restoration in Chili and Argentina. The film follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic decades-spanning love story as wild as the landscapes she dedicated her life to protecting.

A discussion will follow the screening. Special guests include Kris Tompkins and Chai Vasarhelyi in conversation with guest curator Geralyn Dreyfous and HDS writer-in-residence Terry Tempest Williams.

The Conservation of Catastrophe: An Agenda for Research

CMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge

Saptarishi Bandopadhyay is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. He is a faculty affiliate of the Science, Technology & Society Program at Harvard University, a research Fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research at York University, and a Senior Fellow at Melbourne University Law School. Saptarishi holds a doctorate from Harvard University, LLMs from Harvard Law School and American University’s Washington College of Law, and a BALLB (Hons.) from the National University of Juridical Sciences, India. Saptarishi has received awards and fellowships from the Canadian Social Sciences and Research Council, the American Society for Legal History, the American Society for Environmental History, the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University, and Brown University. Saptarishi’s writing has appeared in encyclopedias, edited volumes, and in legal and interdisciplinary journals.

Harvard Speaks on Climate Change: Climate & Health

Zoom

The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and the Vice Provost Office for Advances in Learning present Harvard Speaks on Climate Change, a new series featuring Harvard faculty working on different dimensions of the climate challenge. In this upcoming session, Professor Kari Nadeau will delve into the critical intersection of climate and health. Her insights will shed light on the significance of this relationship, especially as we approach COP28, where the topic of health is being addressed for the first time. Professor and Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability Jim Stock will host. This series is part of the collection of VPAL Signature Events and is co-sponsored by the Harvard Alumni Association.

Great Horned Owl Walk

Arnold Arboretum

Dusk in November is a perfect time to look and listen for Great Horned Owls, often heard calling throughout the Arboretum’s collections. Join Horticulturist Brendan Keegan to hear about the owls' breeding and nesting behavior, learn how to go owling ethically, and possibly hear and see a few owls as well.

Energy Policy Seminar: “Electrification of Heating and Transport: Uncovering the Pivotal Role of User Behavior”

David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab

Join this 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 Heating and Transport: Uncovering the Pivotal Role of User Behavior."

Event Series Energy Policy Seminar

Energy Policy Seminar: “Electrification of Heating and Transport: Uncovering the Pivotal Role of User Behavior”

Rubenstein Building 414AB 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United States

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 Heating and 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: The seminar will be recorded and available to watch on this page (typically one week later). Those who register for this event will automatically receive a link to the recording as soon as it becomes available. 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

Workshop: Botanical Cyanotype

Arnold Arboretum

Make beautiful seasonal cards and prints using the alternative photography method known as Cyanotype. Participants will collect leaves and seeds in the landscape and arrange them on special paper to create a deep blue print with bright, ghost-white silhouettes. This historic photography method offers participants the ability to perform something that seems like magic.

Event Series Energy Policy Seminar

Energy Policy Seminar: “Economic Challenges to Rapid Energy and Deforestation Transitions”

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Leon Clarke, Director of Decarbonization Pathways at the Bezos Earth Fund. In a talk entitled "Economic Challenges to Rapid Energy and Deforestation Transitions," Clarke will discuss the work necessary to analyze and implement large-scale decarbonization from a philanthropic perspective. Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.