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21 Jan 2021
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In 2018, Andrew D. Ive (MBA 1997) launched Big Ideas Ventures to find and support the entrepreneurs positioned to mitigate the effects of climate change and help the world adapt to the realities of a warming... View Details

18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

directions of change on processing times. Using data from 283 hospitals, we find (1) high congestion increases a patient's hospital stay up to 28%, indicating inefficiencies from overloaded resources; (2) a patient stays up to 11.7%... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Jul 2016
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Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa

Louise Fenn Ruhr (MBA 1977) is helping empower poor and displaced communities in the developing world—particularly women—cope with the impact of climate change through sustainable food, water, energy, and... View Details

17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)

change.) “I had wanted to do more for climate change for a while. When it became clear I wasn’t going to have as much impact as I could if I stayed in consulting, I decided it was time to make the jump.”... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Dec 2019
News

Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment

first-year MBA students encounter nearly a dozen cases that address environmental concerns. “My vision would be that all students graduate with a clear understanding of the predicted ramifications of climate View Details

Keywords: April White

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

least in the short run. But with that increase of fossil fuel burning comes an ever-escalating cloud of CO2 emissions destined to linger in our atmosphere and oceans for hundreds, even thousands of years. OP-ED COLLECTION The Business of View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

05 Jan 2022
News

Untapped Potential

India, and Bangladesh alone under threat from rising sea levels by 2100, “water is the medium through which climate change is really going to be experienced,” Ferguson says. “Our ability to steward the water... View Details

21 Oct 2020
News

Cold Calculations

Courtesy Steve Payne Courtesy Steve Payne The Arctic ice pack is melting. For more than a decade, Steve Payne (MBA 1985), chair of the board of the Arctic Ice Project, has patiently explained the problem to anyone willing to listen: The disappearing ice is a harbinger... View Details

Keywords: April White

15 May 2020
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the next 10 years deploying everything I've learned—the mistakes I've made, the experiences I've had—on making this world a better place." For Ive, that meant turning all his business know-how toward addressing climate View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Green Talk at HBS

Nyquist reported that such emissions could be cut by a third through greater efficiencies. He also noted, however, that meeting the lowered emission goals set for 2050 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

06 Nov 2012
Op-Ed

Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

private finance to invest in cities that are sustainable, competitive, and resilient. It's Not Just Global Warming, Stupid. Regardless of whether climate change leads to an increase in volatile weather, the... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

01 Dec 2017
News

The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability

becoming increasingly aware that the viability of your business depends on dealing with climate change issues. But in the United States it can be politically risky for a CEO of a major company to take a... View Details

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

22 Nov 2022
News

Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

Delmotte, a senior scientist at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), “very clearly set the stakes” of climate impacts, while Pierre Vandier, head of the French... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Mar 2023
News

Carbon's Second Act

supporting these innovations to get across that Grand Canyon of death. DM: Which is good, Matheson notes, because the climate goals defined by the International Panel on Climate View Details

29 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

pricing scheme, bond markets will be central to financing climate change and other environmental interventions. So-called green bonds appeal to investors who are looking for a safe place to park their money,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities; Construction; Green Technology; Public Administration

01 Mar 2023
News

Clearing the Air

MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast When the United States Congress passed the Inflation... View Details

Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge