Carbon Dioxide Removal - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think

years ago. In the environmental arena, the emissions allowance program enacted to control emissions of sulphur dioxide was much more effective —and much cheaper —than early estimates had suggested. We tend to take these kinds of advances... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy; Utilities

30 Nov 2018
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

06 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

When American energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon envisioned the first offshore wind farm lining the horizon a few miles off the coast of the eastern United States, he perhaps did not factor in blowback from almost every angle. Gordon's nearly 10-year battle to gain... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

carbon dioxide in the atmosphere topped 400 parts per million. Scientists now believe sea levels could rise three feet by the year 2100. A recent article in the journal Nature Climate Change predicts massive... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

their reduction of carbon dioxide emissions than they are getting from their resilience in the face of fuel scarcity and power grid interruptions. We found that the average man or woman on the street in... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

things like “strategy,” “focused activity level,” and “crisis response,” performance was dramatically improved when study subjects worked in the optimal conditions (with high rates of ventilation and low concentrations of carbon View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health

18 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 18

dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The company plans to market the captured CO2 to produce low carbon transportation fuels in markets such as California where regulation, derived from a state law designed to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2009
What Do You Think?

How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?

revolution. The facts are undeniable. Watch an old movie in which people remove the telephone receiver from the wall, type (either manually or electronically), and even begin to email (as in "You've Got Mail!"). It's always good... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Publishing; Journalism & News

03 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

50-60 percent recommended to minimize viral transmission. Sensors: Air quality and other measurable conditions. While it’s not currently possible to test directly for coronaviruses in the air, other measures like particulate counts, View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

Management and author of Accelerating Innovation in Energy: Lessons from Other Sectors. The environmental challenges we face are among the most important issues facing business. If, as current scientific research suggests, it would be prudent to View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

certifiers opt for a quick turnaround time at the expense of a lower accuracy. Finally, we investigate the opportunity of regulating transparency. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-062.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

been operating a carbon capture and sequestration pilot plant for one year. Using a proprietary, Alstom chilled ammonia technology, AEP was capturing and sequestering 90% of the carbon View Details

18 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

must choose to improve an old technology (steel) or to develop a new material (carbon fiber). The decision must take into account a complicated context: increased demand for the "old" steel products made in Italy, increasing power of View Details