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Jobs | Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Join our team!

We're hiring a Climate & Health Postdoctoral Fellow to study the health benefits of climate mitigation and adaptation, and to support case studies, economic evaluation, and modeling of specific climate actions. Learn more and apply:

Why the endangerment finding mattered so much for health and the climate | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard Chan School's Mary Rice discusses the potential health impacts of the Trump administration's decision to scrap the endangerment finding.

Last week, the Trump administration scrapped the endangerment finding, which underpins EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases. @MaryRice-LungDr.bsky.social discusses the importance of the finding and what the health impacts could be without it. buff.ly/6vvYRis

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Harvard Chan C-CHANGE Youth Summit on Climate Science, Medicine, & Health. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us to learn more about this summer's Youth Summit: the experience, the curriculum, the students, and the experts.

Join us on Feb 24, 4:00 p.m. ET to learn more about our Youth Summit with Putney Pre-College. This academic summer program invites students to explore how climate change intersects with medicine, health, and policy—learning directly from Harvard educators and researchers.

Register: buff.ly/S57M8Lt

Jobs | Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Join our team!

We're hiring!

Our Climate & Health Postdoc Fellow will advance research on the health benefits of climate mitigation and adaptation activities, and contribute to case studies, economic evaluation and modeling efforts of specific climate actions.

Learn more and apply: buff.ly/aGbLbU3

Webinar: Hyperscale Data Centers in the U.S.

Hear from the CAFE Data Management team about data and tools to examine how hyperscale data centers may affect electricity generation, water demand, and health.

📅 Mar 5, 1–2 PM ET
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Webinar: Addressing Spatial Confounding & Interference in Environmental Health Research

Learn easy-to-implement models to tackle spatial confounding and interference in environmental epidemiology, with a real-world case study.

📅 Feb 25, 12:00–1:00 PM ET
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Webinar: Addressing Spatial Confounding and Interference in Environmental Health Research

Explore how spatial confounding and interference impact studies, and explore easy-to-implement models for addressing these challenges.

📅 Feb 25, 12:00–1:00 PM ET
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Rethinking aquatic foods management to tackle global malnutrition | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health One promising solution for addressing global malnutrition: better stewardship of sources of nutrient-rich aquatic foods.

New research from @chrisgolden.bsky.social & team points to solutions for global malnutrition by making the trade of farmed aquatic foods more equitable and helping wild coral reef fish stocks recover. buff.ly/8AOxoh6

“The agency seems to be shifting priorities away from its mission to protect human health and the environment in favour of industry priorities,” says our director @maryrice-lungdr.bsky.social in @nature.com

Celebrating 1,000 Datasets: The CAFE Dataverse Community Hits a Milestone! Researchers from around the world have now contributed over 1,000 datasets to CAFE’s collection on Harvard Dataverse, an open-source repository where you can find or share data key to health and…

CAFE’s Harvard Dataverse collection now includes over 1k datasets spanning exposure, air quality, extreme weather, health outcomes, and more.

Designed to make data easy to find, use, and share, it’s a hub for FAIR, open source data from around the world.

How can we improve health for people living near oil and gas development?
- monitor air quality
- increase research
- local stakeholder engagement
- prioritize resources
- expand renewable energy

More from @anorisarma.bsky.social and Francesca Dominici in @bmj.com:

Pilot Project Spotlight: Daily Pollen Level Variations in Montreal, Canada Principle Investigator: Dr. Scott Weichenthal, McGill University

Pollen seasons are getting longer and more intense. Our latest Pilot Project Spotlight shows how daily pollen sampling across Montreal is building a detailed exposure database, and how early CAFE funding helped unlock a larger, multi-city study.

Ignoring lifesaving when regulating air pollution: An explainer - The Salata Institute The Trump administration says it will no longer quantify the health benefits of reduced air pollution. Here’s what that means and why it matters.

EPA says it will no longer quantify the health benefits of reduced air pollution. Our core faculty member @lisa-a-robinson.bsky.social explains what that means and why it matters: buff.ly/1eEJsaW

via @harvardsalata.bsky.social

Celebrating 1,000 Datasets: The CAFE Dataverse Community Hits a Milestone! Researchers from around the world have now contributed over 1,000 datasets to CAFE’s collection on Harvard Dataverse, an open-source repository where you can find or share data key to health and…

CAFE's Harvard Dataverse Collection just crossed 1,000 datasets! 🎉

A global community of 1,000+ authors from 100+ institutions is sharing FAIR, NIH-compliant data for use in extreme weather and health research.

Explore the collection and add your data today: buff.ly/lJEtuiP

Finding the good environmental news after a year of costly climate disasters In this environmental roundtable, experts dive into last year’s costliest climate disasters and a bit of good news in Boston Harbor.

“Climate change is really expensive...Climate solutions are much more affordable” said @gaurabbasu.bsky.social on @wgbh.org.

Learn how renewable energy and clean energy initiatives are good for the planet, our health, and our wallets: buff.ly/hrHxOMA

In a year when many institutions stepped back from climate action, we leaned in.

In 2025, we worked to advance climate solutions, fought to safeguard science, and centered health and equity in climate policy.

Learn how we turned science into action: t.e2ma.net/message/kvbs...

YouTube video by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Mary Rice tests solutions beyond the clinic

Mary Rice hears from her asthma and COPD patients about what triggers their symptoms: extreme heat, air pollution, longer pollen seasons—all worsened by climate change. As a pulmonary physician, there’s only so much she can prescribe.

Rising temperatures could have a chilling impact on young children A study points to a new concern about the effect that heat can have on young children.

Extreme heat can have lifelong impacts on kids' health, but protective strategies like investing in access to clean water, preserving greenspace, and planting trees can help offset the risks, says our core faculty member Lindsey Burghardt in @npr.org:

Group photo of smiling people

We had a blast learning from our friends at The Family Van at our latest @harvardcchange.bsky.social community gathering.

Learn how The Family Van @harvardmed.bsky.social delivers free, compassionate care in Boston: familyvan.org

Living proof campaign featuring Mary B. Rice photo and quote “There are still so many questions about what patients can do, what cities can do, and what our government, health care systems, and world leaders can do to avoid or lessen the health effects of fossil fuel combustion.”

“There are still so many questions about what patients can do, what cities can do, and what our government, health care systems, and world leaders can do to avoid or lessen the health effects of fossil fuel combustion,” says Mary Rice, director of @harvardcchange.bsky.social.

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New study finds nearly 47 million Americans live within a mile of fossil fuel infrastructure, across all stages of the supply chain. cc @anorisarma.bsky.social

COP30: America Is Still All In • The Austin Chronicle As the world’s eyes turn to Brazil for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), Austin-based Texas Impact/Texas Interfaith Power & Light is sending dispatches from the conference to…

People once smoked in public places, but when the health impacts became clear, it's local policies that paved the way to banning public smoking nationally.

The same is possible with climate action, says our director @MaryRice-LungDr.bsky.social at #COP30: buff.ly/F6KjXpt

COP30 Health Pavilion WHO in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust and the health community will host the Health Pavilion at the COP30 UN Climate Conference, taking place in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025. The…

LIVE: Demonstrating health and economic co-benefits of climate mitigation at #COP30: www.who.int/news-room/ev...

Tune in to hear from our director @MaryRice-LungDr.bsky.social & others on real-world interventions that have provided significant health, economic, and climate mitigation gains.

Nov 17 @ 7am ET: Tune in to our @who.int #COP30 side event to learn how health interventions can reduce GHG emissions and create immediate, measurable benefits for communities: buff.ly/NDK4IfL

@isee-global.bsky.social @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social

Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change From extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses, climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Health scientists explain what individuals and governments can do about it.

Today is Health Day at #COP30! When we reduce fossil fuel pollution we don't just benefit the climate, we improve our own health and wellbeing.

Learn how individuals & govts can act to reduce health risks in a changing climate, from our board member @howardfrumkin.bsky.social et al: buff.ly/WPNscG8

A colourful graphic with a textured pink, orange and green background. At the top right is the World Health Organization logo. In the centre, white text reads: “Healthy people mean a healthy planet.” Below it, a black box with green text says: “Watch the Health Day event live from COP 30.”

Today is Health Day at #COP30!

When health leads, #ClimateAction follows. WHO is working with countries to:

🌿 Detect and prevent climate-related diseases
🏥 Strengthen health systems
👥 Put people's health at the centre of climate action

Watch the event LIVE: bit.ly/3JxJzdZ

Integrating art, indigenous wisdom, and science for climate action

Today @ 11:30 in side event room 2 #COP30

SEORS | Side events list Your location: Home  > UN Climate Change Conference November 2025 (COP 30) > Side events and exhibits > Side events list

If you're at #COP30, don't miss our official side event exploring how artistic approaches, indigenous knowledge, & evidence-based communication paired with real-world energy, urban planning, & food interventions can mobilize action.

Nov 11 @ 11:30 BRT

Learn more:

Harvard at COP30 - The Salata Institute This year, Harvard faculty and students will join convenings in São Paulo and Belém exploring some of the toughest conversations on the table at COP30. These experts and future leaders approach the cl...

Harvard Chan C-CHANGE is headed to #COP30!

Our dir @maryrice-lungdr.bsky.social is in Belém centering #health in climate conversations by making the case that health benefits are primary reasons to accelerate the clean energy transition.

Find us at COP: salatainstitute.harvard.edu/harvard-at-c...