Designing for climate change
How we can better design our buildings and cities to adapt to our changing climate?
Op-ed: Reducing air conditioning’s environmental impact
With the number and intensity of heat waves on the rise, experts estimate that the world will need 1.3 billion more air conditioners by the year 2050. Two faculty members from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health…
Speaking up for climate science
Despite efforts by the Trump administration to roll back environmental regulations and slash the budget of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—where she served as administrator during President Barack Obama’s second term—Gina McCarthy is feeling optimistic about the…
Businesses and health
Harvard researchers are trying to change how companies think about their impact on their communities, their customers, and our planet.
Curbing climate change means protecting health
Climate change isn’t just about stronger hurricanes, warmer temperatures, and melting ice caps—it’s about public health, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Gina McCarthy. In a July 6, 2018 interview in US News & World…
Major crops lose nutrients when grown in elevated carbon dioxide levels
Rice, wheat, and other staple crops lose nutrients when exposed to high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to recent studies.
Gina McCarthy's mission to protect public health and defend science
A passionate conversation about climate change, public health, and science with former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.
Gift Establishes Climate Change Innovation Fund
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health announced a gift of $2 million from Lisa Schwartz and Mark Schwartz, AB ’76, MBA ’78, MPP ’79, to establish the Schwartz Family Innovation Fund for Climate Change and Sustainability.…
Planetary health is public health
Sam Myers, senior research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, propose a “planetary health” framework for thinking about threats to the health of the Earth and its people.
A call to action on food systems and climate change
September 30, 2015 — Researchers and policy makers must take steps to address air pollution, climate change, and other environmental issues related to crop and livestock production that, left unchanged, could one day severely impact the world’s food…
