Climate Dinners

MITTAL INSTITUTE CLIMATE DINNERS

In the fall semester of 2024, the Mittal Institute started hosting Climate Dinners, a series of small, closed-door events centering South Asia in the climate change conversation. The talks feature Harvard faculty speakers from across the University in an informal environment that includes a cocktail hour and dinner. They enable faculty, as well as affiliates of the Mittal Institute Climate Platform, to engage in interdisciplinary dialogues and forge connections and research collaborations. 

To learn more and to express your interest in joining future dinners, reach out to Kartikeya Bhatotia, Mittal Institute Climate Fellow: kartikeyabhatotia@fas.harvard.edu

Fall 2024 Dinners 

October 3, 2024: The Impact of Heat on Informal Workers 
Speakers: Satchit Balsari (Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Caroline Buckee (Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

November 14, 2024: Climate Change, Cities, and Decision-Making 
Speakers: Edward Glaeser (Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University), Ankur Pandya (Associate Professor of Health Decision Science in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

December 5, 2024: The Air Pollution Crisis in South Asia: Can History Help? 
Speaker: David S Jones (A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine at Harvard University)