• Innovation & Disruption

Our changing climate creates a range of opportunities for technological innovation. The HBS Business and Environment Initiative believes business has a vital role to play in delivering on those innovations.

• Data & Analysis

Satellites give us a whole new way to look at the effects of climate change on agriculture — from underneath the ground. Angela Rigden, a hydrologist and Harvard postdoc, is using this data to map agricultural "hotspots" and ultimately guide adaptation strategies to protect the world's food supply.

• Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

Companies are tapping machine learning and artificial intelligence to help in the fight. Jeff Wen, a PhD student at Stanford, shares how these powerful tools are navigating vast, complex data to improve decision making.

• Innovation & Disruption

Effectively acting on climate change requires the reinvention of almost everything — from our energy systems to the way we transport people and things. This won’t be easy or cheap, but as Professor Rebecca Henderson explains, there is still a strong business case to be made.

• Data & Analysis

Data science brings clarity to a previously murky territory — the link between the planet's health and our own. Francesca Dominici, Harvard professor and Data Science Initiative co-director, is leveraging unparalleled amounts of data to identify high-risk populations so we can do something about it.

• Innovation & Disruption

Once a pre-1940s building, now an energy-positive prototype for ultra-efficiency, HouseZero is a response to concerns around inefficient buildings. The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities is using millions of data points to monitor the house's performance throughout the seasons.

• Civic Tech

Climate change is disrupting the business strategies of traditional auto companies and opening the field to alternatives. A panel of experts convened by WBUR, Boston University's Questrom School of Business, and Harvard Business School explores where the transportation sector is headed.

• Innovation & Disruption

With their recent inclusion on the menus of national fast-food chains, meat substitutes have gone officially mainstream. The Harvard Gazette covers the two approaches — plant-based and cell-based — and how the shift could translate to a healthier population and environment.