Announcing the inaugural
Summit for Energy and Environmental Solutions at Harvard College
November 3rd & 4th, 2023. Harvard-Yenching Library.
Event Schedule:
Friday, November 3rd:
5:30 PM | Next Generation Climate Action: A Panel with Young Climate Leaders
What is the landscape of youth momentum on climate change? Why is it so important for young people to get organized and exercise agency in the climate movement? Young leaders from around the world discuss the dynamics of youth power, institutional change, and a more sustainable future.
Climate Justice Activist From the Otomi-Toltec Indigenous Community in Central Mexico. Co-founder of the Re-Earth Initiative.
Co-founder and Advocacy Director of Maine Youth Action, Executive Committee Member of Sierra Club Maine.
Innovator and Climate Activist from Macedonia, 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 for Social Impact.
7:30 PM | Welcome Reception
Saturday, November 4th
9:00 AM | Breakfast
10:00 AM | Climate Communication: Information and Integrity in Politics and Policy
What are the challenges to information accessibility and accuracy when communicating environmental topics? How do different organizations navigate the nuances & politics of a complex topic? Professional communicators discuss strategies for creating, discerning between, and responding to science narratives.
Co-host of award winning WNYC Studios Show Radiolab, Executive Producer of Connected. PhD from Harvard’s History of Science Department.
Cultural anthropologist & ethnographer researching the political life of climate science in oil-based capitalism.
Deputy Communications Director of the American Clean Power Association.
11:15 AM | Innovating Resource Policy: Sustainable Solutions for International Development
How do we tackle resource equity while taking opportunities for innovative and cutting-edge approaches to sustainable development abroad? Practitioners and researchers discuss the impact of climate change on water access, economic growth, and solutions.
12:30 PM | Lunch
Professor of the Practice of Global Development Policy, BU. Specialist in infrastructure finance and renewable energy.
Clinical Professor of Law, HLS. Founder and former director of EarthRights International, an organization focused on human rights and environmental protection.
2:00 pm | Reliability and Volatility: Energy Security Amid the Renewable Transition
How do we ensure stability and reliability throughout the renewable transition? Experts at the top of the clean energy space discuss opportunities, challenges, and paths forward.
Economist and Director at Energy & Environmental Economics.
Deputy Director, Federal Affairs at the American Clean Power Association.
Assistant General Counsel at California ISO.
3:15 PM | Community Conscience: Climate Justice, Cultural Awareness, and Paths Forward
What are the opportunities for engaging communities as we edify climate resilience? How do we acknowledge diverse and disparate experiences during climate crisis? Community leaders from Cambridge and various backgrounds discuss the importance of cultural competency and climate justice when implementing policy.
Civil and Environmental Engineer for the City of Portland, Oregon.
Chief of Staff & Senior Advisor for Climate and Equity for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, region 1.
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Colby College. Specialist in the human, social, and policy dimensions of climate change adaptation in small island developing states.
Researcher at the Pūrangakura Māori Research Centre in Aotearoa, PhD Student in Urban Studies and Planning at MIT.
4:30pm | Closing Remarks
