Developing fast, but sustainably
Harvard experts on sustainability science convened at the Faculty Club Monday with others from around the world to consider ways to help the world’s rapidly industrializing nations grow in environmentally friendly ways. The forum, “Research Frontiers in Sustainability Science: Integrative Regional Initiatives in China, Brazil, and India,” drew about 55 participants from Harvard, Italy, India, China, and Brazil to examine coming challenges posed by growth in three of the most rapidly industrializing nations. The session was sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School’s (HKS) Sustainability Science Program and the Italian Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea. The session also marked the move into a new phase of research for the Sustainability Science Program, which was created in 2007 through a grant from the Italian government. The program’s director, William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development at HKS, said the program came about because Corrado Clini, Italy’s director general...