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Because of a lack of investment in infrastructure, the developing world is already vulnerable to effects that climate change is expected to make worse, Mark Montgomery told his audience at Harvard’s Center for Population and Development Studies. The professor of economics from Stony Brook University used last summer’s flooding in Pakistan, which left millions of people homeless and destroyed bridges, homes, schools, and hospitals, as an example.

Poor prospects

Cities in developing world stand to suffer most from global warming

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DateDecember 15, 2010July 26, 2019

The World Economic Forum came to the Harvard Graduate School of Design, bringing with it a discussion titled “Design and Global Challenges." Groups, comprised of faculty members and students, discussed each of six issues: trade, population growth, the international monetary system, values, global governance, and the skills and mobility of the world’s labor force.

Focus on the world’s problems

World Economic Forum seeks fresh insights from Harvard students

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DateOctober 15, 2010May 23, 2019

As part of the Harvard Museum of Natural History’s "Food for Thought" lecture series, Samuel Myers, instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School, laid out evidence that the global food supply is already showing cracks.

Time to change the menu

Food supply showing cracks due to population, climate change

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DateFebruary 24, 2010May 21, 2019