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Climate Change Solutions Fund

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Patrick Behrer in Harvard Square.

Toll of climate change on workers

Harvard economist says rise in number of very hot days will cut productivity and hike health risks, especially for many in blue-collar jobs

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DateNovember 1, 2019November 21, 2019

Facing up to climate change

Much being done to battle it, Bacow says, yet there’s far more to do

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DateSeptember 13, 2019September 25, 2019

Thermovision of house.

Tackling climate change through study

Seven research projects will share $1 million in grants

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DateApril 10, 2019October 9, 2019

Seven new research projects have been awarded funding in the fourth round of grants from Harvard’s Climate Change Solutions Fund.

New grants for climate solutions

7 winning research projects seek to address current impact, plan for future

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DateJanuary 31, 2018July 3, 2019

The roof of 38 Oxford St., home to the FAS Research Computing, is Harvard’s second largest solar photovoltaic installation.

7 projects win funding for climate change solutions

Harvard grant program provides $1 million across a range of academic boundaries

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DateMarch 6, 2017October 3, 2017

Students, faculty, and fellows are fanning out across the Boston area to take measurements aimed at determining where and how much natural gas is leaking and where the worst carbon dioxide emissions occur.

Hunting polluting gases around Boston

Climate fund grant supports efforts to track sources of mysterious leaks

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DateApril 6, 2016February 13, 2018

Harvard climate change research includes projects that sound as futuristic as shooting reflective particles into the atmosphere to deflect the sun’s rays — and as down-to-earth as grassroots community campaigns to spark behavior changes at home. Solar panels, which top Canady Hall, were one of the University's earliest endeavors.

$1M in grants to support 10 climate research projects

Six Harvard Schools gain support from Climate Change Solutions Fund

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DateMarch 1, 2016

“Global climate change is one of the most pressing challenges we face as a society,” said Harvard President Drew Faust, who launched the Climate Change Solutions Fund initiative last year. “Harvard must be at the forefront of deepening understanding of the problem, of bringing experts together across fields and disciplines, and of driving meaningful progress that touches every dimension of this critical issue.”
Ten winners were announced for 2016.

President Faust’s climate initiative awards $1M in grants

Ten winning projects from six Schools represent diverse focus

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DateMarch 1, 2016

The Climate Change Solutions Fund was launched last year with $1 million from the office of President Drew Faust, who challenged alumni and friends to assist in raising $20 million for the fund as one pillar of a broader campaign to support the energy and environment.

Wanted: Climate change solutions

Harvard to fund grants of up to $150,000 for promising ideas to aid environment

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DateOctober 23, 2015

Seven grants have been awarded in the inaugural year of President Drew Faust’s Climate Change Solutions Fund. The projects reflect the University’s longstanding commitment to supporting collaborative solutions to the climate challenge across a wide range of disciplines.

Support for seven from president’s climate fund

$20M initiative to accelerate clean-energy solutions announces inaugural grants

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DateFebruary 11, 2015March 8, 2019

Cynthia Friend, the director of Harvard’s Rowland Institute (pictured), is leading an effort to develop new methods to reduce energy consumption in the production of industrial chemicals, which now accounts for an astounding 25 percent of the world’s energy consumption, according to Friend.

Energy research wins grant

U.S. funds innovative Harvard-based efforts to reduce consumption

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DateJuly 3, 2014May 30, 2019

President Drew Faust today challenged University alumni and friends to contribute toward a $20 million Climate Change Solutions Fund. “Harvard has a vital leadership role to play in this work. As a university, it has a special obligation and accountability to the future, to the long view needed to anticipate and alter the trajectory and impact of climate change,” she said.

Fund to tackle climate change

Faust issues challenge to help find environmental solutions

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DateApril 7, 2014March 29, 2019