Tag: Future of Energy Lecture Series

  • Nation & World

    Earth feels impact of middle class

    The rise of the middle class is a bigger environmental challenge than the rising global population, according to Sir David King, the former science adviser to the British government, who urged the adoption of sustainable development as a way to manage growing global demands in a finite world.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Battling climate change on all fronts

    Harvard’s research spans the gamut from the sciences to the humanities, examining key questions about this critical challenge facing humanity.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Ambitious undertaking

    U.S. Undersecretary of Energy Kristina Johnson said the United States plans to have 80 percent of its energy come from alternative and unconventional fossil fuels by 2050. She spoke as part of the “Future of Energy” discussion series sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    An addiction to fossil fuels

    David MacKay, physics professor at Cambridge University and scientific adviser to the United Kingdom’s Department of Energy and Climate Change, outlines challenges facing efforts to eliminate fossil fuels from the world’s energy mix.

    3 minutes