From Ambition to Action: Coming Together to Build a Climate-Ready Future
The Climate Leadership Conference (CLC) is a student-run gathering at Harvard Kennedy School that brings together global and local leaders, policymakers, practitioners, and academics to address the pressing challenges of climate change
CLC27 has three tracks, each featuring several panels focused on building a climate-ready future. The three tracks are:
A climate-ready future depends on partnerships strong enough to withstand pressure. Right now, trade disputes, a global race for clean-technologies, and new flows of climate finance are redrawing who works with whom, and on what terms. This track dives into the questions surrounding what effective climate cooperation across institutions, sectors, and borders looks like, and what makes it work in practice.
Cooperation and Governance
A climate-ready economy runs on clean energy that people can count on. It also depends on transforming how we produce goods, grow food, and power industries. Power-hungry data centers, aging grids, emission-intensive industries, transportation , and agriculture systems are testing how quickly we can reduce emissions across the economy while maintaining affordability, productivity, and energy security. This track tackles those tradeoffs head-on, focusing on the policies, investments, and technologies that can deliver a cleaner economy that works for everyone.
Decarbonization and Energy
A climate-ready future also means supporting communities at greater risk of impacts. Extreme heat, flooding, and other climate hazards are increasingly threatening lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems, hitting those with limited resources the hardest, while creating wider challenges around insurance affordability, displacement, and economic security. This track explores how governments, businesses, and communities can prepare better to live with the impacts of climate change already happening.
Adaptation and Resilience
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