BU-Harvard research coordinating center hosts inaugural climate and health conference
A joint effort of BUSPH and Harvard Chan School, the NIH-funded CAFÉ Research Coordinating Center welcomed more than 1,300 attendees to discuss research and practice at the nexus of climate and health.
Experts debrief on COP28 climate and health takeaways
Members of the Harvard community who attended COP28—the two-week international climate summit held in late 2023 in Dubai—gathered January 30 to discuss key takeaways, lessons learned, and next steps in the climate and health arena.
Shining a light on the human toll of climate change
Experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health are bringing an important message to the United Nations’ annual climate conference this year: that the continued burning of fossil fuels poses a massive health threat.
High schoolers learn climate action strategies at youth summit
Eighty-five high school students from the U.S. and beyond learned about climate change from a variety of perspectives—and got ideas on how to tackle the climate crisis in their own communities and beyond—at an annual youth summit held…
Q&A: Gaurab Basu on climate change, racial justice, and COVID-19
Gaurab Basu, a physician with the Cambridge Health Alliance and a health equity fellow at the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard Chan School, discusses how a legacy of racist policies in the U.S.…