Former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency head and Boston native Gina McCarthy will lead a new climate science center at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the university announced on Wednesday.
Called the Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment, or C-CHANGE, the center will seek to translate climate change research at the Chan School and elsewhere to make it “more understandable and relevant to the public and key decision makers,” according to its website. The center will also hold public forums on climate change and conduct its own research on a variety of topics, including pollution in cities and the use of toxic chemicals in building materials and consumer products.
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“Climate change isn’t about saving the planet and it’s not about politics, it’s about our kids and making sure they have the opportunity for a healthy, sustainable world,” McCarthy said at a launch event on Wednesday, according to a press release. “C-CHANGE will ensure that cutting edge science produced by Harvard Chan School is actionable — that the public understands it, and that it gets into the hands of decision-makers so that science drives decisions.”
Harvard also announced in Wednesday’s press release that the center will collaborate with Google “to develop a set of public tools and resources” that will discourage builders from using materials with harmful chemicals.
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(One of the talks about the way products are not tested reminded me of Teresa's chapter in "This moment on Earth".
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