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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 change and other... View Details

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

For not only is he the mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg (HBS MBA '66) is also the chairman of the C40, a group of fellow mayors from the world's 40 largest cities who have banded together to fight climate change. Bloomberg has... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

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 change on society and on... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Nov 2021
News

Cold Calculations

Courtesy Steve Payne The Arctic Ice Project is pursuing a radical solution to climate change: restoring the Arctic ice. “The project’s scientists believe that a thin layer of hollow glass microspheres—spread in strategic, limited... 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, as well as doing a little bit... View Details

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

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 molecule is going to be... 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

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

17 Feb 2015
News

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

When did you realize that you wanted to make a career change? (Diogo left a career in management consulting in October 2014 to become founder/executive producer of Adaptation Now, a documentary film project that will tell the stories of the communities dealing with the... View Details

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

11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology

22 Nov 2022
News

Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

sector deliberating the global business imperative for sustainability in the face of climate change. The Institut de France “Sustainability is becoming a major topic in companies, and especially in Europe,” says François-Xavier Oliveau... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Mar 2023
News

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

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 Mar 2023
News

Clearing the Air

2022, it was heralded as a landmark investment in the environment. “This bill is the biggest step forward on climate ever,” President Joe Biden said when he signed the legislation, which included $369 billion for efforts such as advancing... View Details

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

15 Feb 2023
News

Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains

That's when removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at scale becomes less a question of science and more a question of economics. The United Nations' climate change commission, the Intergovernmental Panel on View Details

25 Mar 2025
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested... View Details

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By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... 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