Google’s AI Approach to Climate Change
- 15 MAR 2023
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- Climate Rising
In this second episode in our series on climate change and AI, Yossi Matias, Vice
President, Engineering & Research at Google, and the founding Managing Director of
Google Center in Israel, explains how Google uses AI and Machine Learning to tackle
some of the biggest challenges for climate mitigation and adaptation. He describes
how Google uses partnerships and collaboration to innovate in the climate space, and
shares his advice for those interested in careers in business and climate. For transcripts
and other resources, visit climaterising.org. Climate Rising Host: Professor Mike
Toffel, Faculty Chair, Business & Environment Initiative Guest: ● Yossi Matias, Vice
President, Engineering & Research at Google, and the founding Managing Director of
Google Center in Israel
In this second episode in our series on climate change and AI, Yossi Matias, Vice
President, Engineering & Research at Google, and the founding Managing Director of
Google Center in Israel, explains how Google uses AI and Machine Learning to tackle
some of the biggest challenges for climate mitigation and adaptation. He describes
how Google uses partnerships and collaboration to innovate in the climate space, and
shares his advice for those interested in careers in business and climate. For transcripts
and other resources, visit climaterising.org. Climate Rising Host: Professor Mike
Toffel, Faculty Chair, Business & Environment Initiative Guest: ● Yossi Matias, Vice
President, Engineering & Research at Google, and the founding Managing Director of
Google Center in Israel
Can AI and Machine Learning Help Park Rangers Prevent Poaching?
Re: Brian Trelstad
- 14 Mar 2023
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- Cold Call
Video: Harvard Business Case Study; How Miami Can Become a Global Climate Solutions Hub
Re: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 22 Feb 2023
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- Opportunity Miami
Accelerating Climate Solutions
Re: Eleanor Laurans, Peter Tufano, Jim Matheson, Lynn Schenk
By: Shona Simkin
By: Shona Simkin
- 17 Feb 2023
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- Harvard Business School
ALDDN: Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria
- MARCH 2023
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- Teaching Material
Teaching Note for HBS No. 721-026.
Bangladesh: Into the Maelstrom
- FEBRUARY 2023
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- Teaching Material
In the fall of 2018, Rohima Begum considered her options as the small island, or “char,” on which her family’s house rested slowly but inescapably eroded into the mighty Brahmaputra River in northern Bangladesh. Should she move to another island or into the city on the mainland, or risk a dangerous journey to Europe? While much of the world looks on climate change as a looming threat, vulnerable countries like Bangladesh already feel its impacts. Seasonal rains and storms, increasing snowmelt from the Himalayas, and rising sea levels create floods that can cover most of the country’s land mass – and threaten most of the country’s 169 million people, with millions displaced each year. While the government of Bangladesh invests billions into adaptive measures, from coastal tree-planting to water treatment to embankments, it cannot hope to address the destruction of a global crisis alone.
How Miami Can Become a Global Climate Solutions Hub
- 21 FEB 2023
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- Presentation
Miami has been described as the epicenter of the climate change crisis in the country. But how can Miami transform its climate vulnerability into solutions? Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter released a study in 2022 that focused on Miami’s climate action and economic growth. In our interview, she describes how Miami can become a global climate solutions hub by reinventing its tech and climate scene.
Accounting for Carbon Offsets – Establishing the Foundation for Carbon-Trading Markets
- 2023
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- Working Paper
Tackling climate change requires reductions in current and future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as the removal of existing GHG from the atmosphere. Carbon-offset producers purport to provide such removals. But poor measurement practices and inadequate controls have led to extensive trading of instruments that do not materially reduce the supply of atmospheric GHG. To address these challenges, we apply basic financial-accounting principles to develop an accurate and auditable set of offset accounting principles. These principles complement and extend the E-liability method of accounting for GHG emissions. Having rigorous accounting for both emissions and offsets will expand market forces for impactful decarbonization.
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