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- 05 Jan 2022
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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 molecule is going to be... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
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Carbon's Second Act
We're seeing some really interesting, not only progress on the technology concepts, but we're seeing some really interesting innovations around financing mechanisms that are going to support these innovations—not just in carbon capture, but across the whole of the... 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 Change will require a larger... View Details
- 16 Feb 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
Animation by Richard Borge Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA Candidate) HBS senior lecturer Jim Matheson Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA Candidate) HBS senior lecturer Jim Matheson Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix? The opportunity—and necessity—of carbon... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Batteries Included
economy.” Globally, shipping transports more than 10 billion metric tons of cargo each year. According to Yale Climate Connections, almost all of these ships run on fossil fuels and emit carbon pollution. Maritime shipping causes about 3... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
climate change, ocean acidification, or depleting the topsoil, because business as a whole is going to suffer from the results of environmental degradation. There is a very strong collective case for business action, but from a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Impact: Business in an Age of Sustainability
What is the role of business in addressing climate change? How should asset managers weigh the social impact of their investments? What steps should a company take to ensure transparency in management and compensation? View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
presented itself to take a sabbatical, I took some time off to think about, what was next? And decided that it was time for me to focus more on those more broad-based societal issues. And I concluded that climate change is, in fact, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
feels like a fairly traumatic time in world history as a result of the pandemic, increasing vectors of inequality, and the looming threat of climate change. And at this moment, business is playing a strangely two-headed role. On the one... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
implement a “cap-and-trade” framework—capping the total amount of emissions and allowing companies to trade permits to pollute on the open market—fell apart in the midst of partisan bickering. As Washington fiddles, the world suffers under the increasingly undeniable... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Peak Earth?
quarterly letter to investors that has become a must-read not only for the financial community but also for anyone concerned about climate change, resource depletion, and the environment. Grantham, whose firm manages more than $100... View Details
- 15 Apr 2020
- News
How Sarah Kauss Built S’well
on her recent HBS Reunion, where she had listened to Harvard Professor Daniel Schrag discuss the impacts of climate change and the looming global water crisis. “I had this idea that if there was a company that was creating a better water... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
UN President Speaks at HBS
environment. In his presentation “Globalization and the Sovereignty of Nations: Does Globalization Mean That National Sovereignty Is on the Decline?” Kerim, from Macedonia, cited the fight against climate change as an example of “the... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Jun 2011
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HBS Chapel Earns Gold Certification
two-year process toward certification resulted in the chapel cutting energy consumption 49 percent by installing new climate controls, upgrading to more efficient lighting, and insulating basement pipes. New fixtures reduced water... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
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ClimaCell Wants To Be The Bloomberg Of Weather Forecasting
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
@Soldiers Field
engage with climate change research through a multimedia display sponsored by the Business & Environment Initiative and the HBS Operations Sustainability Team. View Details
- 06 Feb 2015
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Improving Weather Forecasting
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
goals for Arctic research is to put in place an environmental observing system that helps us understand changes in the Arctic, a critical component of the global system. We can’t get a fix on climate change just by focusing on what comes... View Details
- 19 Jul 2023
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