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Climate Change and Counteradaptation in Asia and Africa

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Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 05:30pm, ET

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CGIS South, Room S050 and online via Zoom

ORGANIZER

Join Eugene Richardson, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital for a discussion on his Mittal Institute faculty climate grant project.

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Sun, Wind, and Biomass: India’s Path to a Sustainable Future

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Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 10:00am, ET

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Virtual Via Zoom

ORGANIZER

A Harvard Climate Action Week book talk with Prof. Michael B. McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies at Harvard University, and Prem Shankar Jha, Former Visiting Fellow, Harvard-China Project; author and journalist. Join Prof. McElroy and Prem Shankar Jha as they discuss their new book, Sun, Wind, and Biomass: India’s Path to a Sustainable Future. The book examines the current state of the Indian economy, tracing its trajectory towards a fossil fuel-free energy future.

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India 2047: Building a Climate-Resilient Future

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Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 03:00pm, IST — Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 02:00pm, IST

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Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, India

ORGANIZER

‘India 2047: Building a Climate-Resilient Future’ brings together leading experts in climate science, public health, medicine, labor, business, agriculture, and urban planning for a series of interdisciplinary dialogues on advancing climate resilience.

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How hot is it really? Quantifying the Impact of Heat on the Lives and Livelihoods of Workers

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Thu, Oct 17, 2024 from 01:00pm — 02:00pm, ET

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Boston – Jonathan M. Mann Conference Room, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 651 Huntington Ave (Level 7)

How hot is it really? FBX Event on Oct 17

In collaboration with hundreds of workers from the Self Employed Women’s Association, an interdisciplinary team at the Salata South Asia Climate Adaptation Cluster is following hundreds of workers across indoor and outdoor occupations using microsensors, biosensors, and biomarkers. The team is working on quantifying the impact of heat and humidity in the microenvironment that the poor work and live in on their health, well-being, and wages.

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Is It Already Too Hot to Work? – Harvard @ Climate Week NYC

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Tue, Sep 24, 2024 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

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New York City

Is It Already Too Hot To Work? –NYC Climate Week

Join the Salata Institute’s Climate Action Accelerator for a panel discussion at Climate Week NYC on Tuesday, September 24. The panel of Harvard faculty from medicine, public health, and law will be in conversation with experts and leaders from the domestic and global labor movements to examine the impact of rising global temperatures on workers’ health, livelihoods, and productivity. 

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