Full event listings at http://hubevents.blogspot.com and this service is available as a free listserv. Just let me know if you’re interested.
The offerings from World Resources Institute over the next month are wide-ranging and on point: https://www.wri.org/events/
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Index
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Conference on Sustainable Development, Energy Transitions & Climate Action
Friday, November 28 3:00am - Saturday, November 29 12:00 GMT-5
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conference-on-sustainable-development-energy-transitions-climate-action-tickets-1118862881999
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AI for Climate Science Seminar Series: From AI Ethics to Citizen Literacy - Challenges and Directions
Monday, December 1
9am EST [15:00 - 16:30 CET]
Online
RSVP at https://iiasa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__6uXfIUESguot00UdS1Jdw#/
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COP30 Debriefing: A Decade After Paris – What's Next for Global Climate Action?
Monday, December 1
12:00pm to 1:30pm EST
MIT, Building 10-105, 222 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02139
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpwisQk4La4ZM6NtPg9vD7DhxYfyEcdFe5MgDdpdlxjgNjjg/viewform
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Author Talk: Rewiring Democracy
Monday, December 1
6:00pm to 7:00pm EST
MIT Museum, 314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Cambridge MA 02142
RSVP at https://tickets.mitmuseum.org/events/0199cf40-761e-5168-4a0c-d5d8e84ac8f9
Cost: $5
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Author Talk: Rewiring Democracy
Monday, December 1
6:00pm to 7:00pm EST
MIT Museum, 314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Cambridge MA 02142
RSVP at https://tickets.mitmuseum.org/events/0199cf40-761e-5168-4a0c-d5d8e84ac8f9
Cost: $5
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Sudan's Silent Genocide: An Unfolding Humanitarian Disaster
Monday, December 1
6:00pm EST
Harvard, JFK Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
And livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardIOP/streams
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HEET's Thermal Party
Monday, December 1
6 - 9pm EST
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, 306 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/heets-thermal-party-tickets-1782469808179
Cost: $10 - $10,000
Editorial Comment: HEET started by doing weatherization parties then began tracking and fixing fugitive methane emissions and has gone on to spearhead USAmerica’s first utility-owned geothermal microgrid. They do very good work, are great people, and will use any donations to great advantage for us all.
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Capitalism: A Global History
Monday, December 1
7pm
Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
https://www.harvard.com/event/sven-beckert25
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The Climate Crossroads: Why Haven’t We Changed — and How We Do Now
Tuesday, December 2
11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET [8:00 – 9:30 am PT]
Online
RSVP at https://secure.everyaction.com/YRWcz4qbrUClbeXqAFWeRA2
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Roadmap to 100: Electrifying the Full US Bus Fleet
Tuesday, December 2
1:00 - 2:30pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.wri.org/events/2025/12/roadmap-100-electrifying-full-us-bus-fleet
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A Conversation with Fiona Hill
Tuesday, December 2
3:30pm to 4:30pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m1P7E6_-TqeOR9vkQql2Xg#/registration
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What Are We Up to in Space?
Tuesday, December 2
5:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/5017636490168/WN_3sJOg9JFSyC1VOF9u1TdCw#/registration
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Phenomenal Moments: Revealing the Hidden Science Around Us
Tuesday, December 2
6pm
Cambridge Public Library 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/felice-frankel-at-the-cambridge-public-library-tickets-1958021879149
Cost: $0 - $23.36
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Boston Green Drinks Happy Hour
Tuesday December 2
6-8pm
5 Horses, Davis Square, 400 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-green-drinks-happy-hour-tuesday-december-2-2025-6-8pm-tickets-1972914836385
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Understanding How People Respond to Climate Risks in the Real World
Wednesday, December 3
12am to 1am EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understanding-how-people-respond-to-climate-risks-in-the-real-world-tickets-1974954115925
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Climate, from space to action: Accurate eyes on Earth’s Energy Balance
Wednesday, December 3
2am to 3am GMT-5
Online event
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-from-space-to-action-accurate-eyes-on-earths-energy-balance-tickets-1969126629757
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Climate Watch Training: Tracking Commitments Beyond COP30
Wednesday, December 3
10:00 - 11:00am EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.wri.org/events/2025/12/climate-watch-training-tracking-commitments-beyond-cop30
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Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
10am to 11am PT
Online
RSVP at https://events.stanford.edu/event/woods-book-talks-sherri-goodman#about_stream
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Learning for Life: How Curiosity Shapes Well-Being
Wednesday, December 3
12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.addevent.com/event/ggqpjdy9jngl
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Floods Splintering Earth's Ice Sheets
Wednesday, December 3
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-laura-a-stevens-fellow-presentation-virtual
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Learning for Life: How Curiosity Shapes Well-Being
Wednesday, December 3
12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.addevent.com/event/ggqpjdy9jngl
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Promise and Peril: AI Policy in the Biden Administration
December 3
12:00-1:30 PM
MIT, 600 Technology Square, NE49-3100, Cambridge, MA 02142
And livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ
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Tackling Climate Disinformation
Wednesday, December 3
2pm to 4pm GMT-5
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tackling-climate-disinformation-tickets-1924139295429
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We The People with Jill Lepore
Wednesday, December 3
5pm
Boston College, Burns Library, Thompson Room, 153-189 College Road, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmeW5GHlisvrfvXNGUIqEmleMjophzhsdztNTTN4MRuCPJ3w/viewform
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Politics of Global Rescue: Region, Perception, & Humanitarian Intervention
Wednesday, December 3
5pm to 6:15pm EST
Northeastern, 1135 Tremont Street, Boston, Ma
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/politics-of-global-rescue-region-perception-humanitarian-intervention-tickets-1777796239409
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Learning in an AI-Augmented World: Practices and Applications | Askwith Education Forum
Wednesday, December 3
5 – 6:30 p.m.
Harvard, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138
And online
RSVP at https://calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g/54VVVpBN0P/learning-in-an-ai-augmented-world-practices-and-applications-4a5YUYdtz7/overview
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Opening Night: Planetary Visions
Wednesday, December 3
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
SwissnexBoston, 420 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://swissnex.zohobackstage.eu/PlanetaryDiplomacyNextGenVisions
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Jonathan Foley: 2025 Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Communication
Wednesday, December 3
9pm EST [6:00 PM PST]
The Commonwealth Club of California, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 94105
And onine
RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-12-03/jonathan-foley-2025-stephen-schneider-award-outstanding-climate-science
Cost: $5 - $25
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Re-WIRE Agri-Food Value Chains: Public Consultation Webinar
Thursday, December 4
8-9:15am EST [1-2:15pm GMT]
Online
RSVP at https://hub.wri.org/events/2025/12/re-wire-agri-food-value-chains-public-consultation-webinar
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Online dialogue: COP30 post-match analysis
Thursday, December 4
9am EST [15:00 CET ending at 16:00 CET]
Online
RSVP at https://www.sei.org/events/post-cop30-online-dialogue/
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Webinar – Empowering Energy Access with a Community-Centric Approach
Thursday, December 4
9am ET [3:00-4:30 p.m. WAT]
Online
RSVP at https://rmi.org/event/webinar-empowering-energy-access-with-a-community-centric-approach/
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Reflecting on COP30: What it means for cities, climate change and nature
Thursday, December 4
11am to 12pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reflecting-on-cop30-what-it-means-for-cities-climate-change-and-nature-tickets-1973011077244
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In Thoreau's Time: Temporal Imagination as Collective Resource
Thursday, December 4
12 – 1PM
Curtis Hall, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
And online
RSVP at https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ejDLULjYTF2Tbd0o-9Jutg#/
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A Conversation & Lunch with Expert & Author Michelle Amazeen
Thursday, December 4
12pm to 1:30pm EST
BU Institute for Global Sustainability, 111 Cummington Mall, Suite 149 Boston, MA 02215
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversation-lunch-with-expert-author-michelle-amazeen-tickets-1796061711929
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Busting Tech Hype: Ever-Emerging Tech Expectations & Geopolitical Realities
Thursday, December 4
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM ET
Harvard, One Brattle Square 350
RSVP at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/busting-tech-hype-ever-emerging-tech-expectations-geopolitical-realities
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Bay State Without Beaches: Stories of the Shoreline
Thursday, December 4
5pm to 7pm EST
15 Necco Street, Boston, MA 02210
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-state-without-beaches-stories-of-the-shoreline-tickets-1969963370471
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Uncharted Risks: How Financial Institutions Are Preparing for What's Next
Thursday, December 4
5pm to 7:30pm EST
1 Court Street, Boston, MA 02108
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uncharted-risks-how-financial-institutions-are-preparing-for-whats-next-tickets-1967709461970
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Will Artificial Intelligence Be the End of Civilization, or the Beginning?
Thursday, December 4
6:30pm to 8:00pm EST
MIT, Building 32, G449 (Kiva), 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
And online
RSVP at https://acm-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/8917630641635/WN_FKvNEH5NQAO5nzIM_jWxxw#/registration
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Experiential Book Talks: Raising Anti-Doomers & Surviving Climate Anxiety
Thursday, December 4
7pm to 8pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/experiential-book-talks-ari-cook-shonkoff-dr-thomas-doherty-tickets-1924772368969
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30 Years of the Roundtable: Electricity Restructuring and the Pursuit of Clean Energy in New England
Friday, December 5
9:00 am-12:30 pm
Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Blvd 17th Floor Boston, MA 02210
And online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/12-5-2025-ne-electricity-restructuring-roundtable-tickets-1816662038059
Cost: $0 - $110
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Dubious News & the Aging American: Discernment & Engagement Among Older Adults
Friday, December 5
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Harvard, Wexner Building - W-434 A.b. Conference Room, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA
And online
RSVP at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/dubious-news-aging-american-discernment-engagement-among-older-adults
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Information Technologies at the Fundamental Physical Limits
Friday, December 5
1:00pm EST
Harvard, Pierce Hall, 209, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud at MA Independent Comics Expo
Sunday, December 7
5 - 7pm
BU, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://www.micexpo.org/
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Climate Resilience and Adaptation Design Symposium
Monday, December 8
9:00 am - 11:00 am EST
Online
RSVP at https://forms.office.com/r/HRijdrYwFH
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Empowerment through openness: the future of energy modelling
Monday, December 8
9:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://agora-thinktanks-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yC15ixZeQ5e2uhT7vTR56w#/registration
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Passive House Symposium
Tuesday, December 9
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Artists for Humanity EpiCenter, 100 W 2nd Street, Boston, MA, 02127
RSVP at https://phmass.org/symposium-25/
Cost: $85 - $270
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Beyond COP30: climate finance, justice and action in 2026
Tuesday, December 9
9am to 10:15am GMT-5
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-cop30-climate-finance-justice-and-action-in-2026-tickets-1960452108029
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Land Use Change Emissions: Bringing Consistency to GHG Accounting and Reporting
Tuesday, December 9
9:00-10:00 amET
Online
RSVP at https://landcarbonlab.org/events/land-use-change-emissions-consistency-ghg-accounting-reporting/
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Conflict-Sensitive Conservation in a Changing Climate
Tuesday, December 9
9am EST [2:00 pm - 3:00 pm GMT/UTC]
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_neToCVb0TD2YoCcYpRU-gQ#/registration
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Powering What Matters: How Partnerships Take Energy Solutions from Concept to Scale
Tuesday, December 9
12:00-1:00 p.m. ET
Online
RSVP at https://rmi.org/event/powering-what-matters-how-partnerships-take-energy-solutions-from-concept-to-scale/
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Bioeconomy-green finance-innovation nexus: what is the role for policy?
Tuesday, December 9
12:30pm ET [17:30 GMT ending at 19:00 GMT]
London, 11 Montague St , WC1B 5BP, United Kingdom
And online
RSVP at https://www.sei.org/events/bioeconomy-green-finance-innovation-nexus-what-is-the-role-for-policy/
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The Duke: Weekly Conversations With The Last Honest Politician. A Political Giant And A Comedian Walk Into A Kitchen...
Tuesday, December 9
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scott-kerman-with-michael-dukakis-at-the-brattle-theatre-tickets-1964502684412
Cost: $32.00 (book included)
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The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America
Tuesday, December 9
7pm
Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
https://www.harvard.com/event/john-fabian-witt
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The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home
Tuesday, December 9
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://secure.everyaction.com/7cR7gtXz40m9mhQAleZXlA2
Cost: Free - donation
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Voices for the future: Empowering adolescents and youths through climate education and action across eastern and southern Africa
Wednesday, December 10
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/voices-for-the-future-empowering-adolescents-and-youths-through-climate-education-and-action-across-eastern-and-southern-africa/
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Chains: Advancing deforestation-free supply chains
Wednesday, December 10
9am EST [3:00 pm - 4:30 pm CET]
Online
RSVP at https://www.iisd.org/events/sustainable-resilient-value-chains-deforestation
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2025 AC215 AI Project Showcase
Wednesday, December 10
9:00am to 12:00pm EST
Harvard, Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), Suite 1.312 (OMPP), 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA 02134
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The Value of Human Empathy: Comparing Perceived Human and AI-Generated Empathy
Wednesday, December 10
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-anat-perry-fellow-presentation-virtual
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Monthly Dose of Climate Hope! With Daan Walter
Wednesday, December 10
12pm to 1pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monthly-dose-of-climate-hope-with-daan-walter-tickets-1901609197299
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From Professional to Partisan: Civil-Military Norm Replacement in Eroding Democracies
Wednesday, December 10
12:00-1:30 PM
MIT, 600 Technology Square, NE49-3100, Cambridge, MA 02142
And livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ
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Starr Forum: America’s Culture War and its Impact on Universities, Innovation, and National Security
Wednesday, December 10
5:30pm to 7:00pm EST
MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, Building 45, 51 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmvKp8Ga2xkv1L3JjrFS9IVXWIggoHxBS7cnmakItKT7YyPw/viewform
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Radical Cartography: How Changing Our Maps Can Change Our World
Wednesday, December 10
7pm
Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
https://www.harvard.com/event/william-rankin
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After Neoliberalism: From Left to Right
Thursday, December 11, 8:00 AM ET - Friday, December 12, - 2:00 PM ET
Harvard, Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://airtable.com/appS8pG2vAl6Bl9hn/pagQUSmNJbnAOAl1j/form
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Climate change, the energy transition and oil and gas strategies
Thursday, December 11
8am to 9am EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-change-the-energy-transition-and-oil-and-gas-strategies-tickets-1702263027539
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Introducing RMI’s Transition Pathway Repository: A Tool to Empower Transition Intelligence (1 of 2)
Thursday, December 11
10:00-11:00 a.m. ET
Online
RSVP at https://rmi.org/event/webinar-introducing-rmis-transition-pathway-repository-a-tool-to-empower-transition-intelligence-1-of-2/
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Phenomenal Moments: Capturing inspiration through scientific imagery
Thursday, December 11
4:30pm to 6:00pm EST
MIT, Building 12, 12-0168, 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
RSVP at https://mitnano.mit.edu/events/studionano-phenomenal-moments/register
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Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America
Thursday, December 11
7pm
Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
https://www.harvard.com/event/trent-preszler
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We Need to Talk: What if Staying is No Longer an Option?
Friday, December 12
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Online
RSVP at https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/we-need-to-talk-what-if-staying-is-no-longer-an-option/
Cost: $15-$45
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Public Literacies: Civic Systems, Media & Emotional Intelligence
Friday, December 12
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/2NIAyi1zTSGPykFaol1Q_Q#/registration
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Rethinking Democratic Structures in the Face of Climate & Other Threats
Friday, December 12
12:00pm ET
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/XXS7mramQBe54tpjqlIpUg#/registration
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Introducing RMI’s Transition Pathway Repository: A Tool to Empower Transition Intelligence (2 of 2)
Friday, December 12
9pm ET [10:00-11:00 a.m. SGT]
Online
RSVP at https://rmi.org/event/webinar-introducing-rmis-transition-pathway-repository-a-tool-to-empower-transition-intelligence-2-of-2/
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Carbon Countdown 2025: State Support for Local Climate Initiatives
Saturday, December 13
9:30am to 11am EST
Follen Church, Lexington, MA
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carbon-countdown-2025-state-support-for-local-climate-initiatives-tickets-1969496055720
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Tomorrow’s News Today: Reporting on Futures That Haven’t Happened Yet
Monday, December 15
9pm ET [ 6:00 PM PST]
The Commonwealth Club of California, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 94105
And online
RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-12-15/tomorrows-news-today-reporting-futures-havent-happened-yet
Cost: $10 - $25
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Zero Carbon Deadline
Wednesday, December 31
6:59pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/net-zero-tickets-146172268189
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Allocating Electricity
Monday, January 5
7:30PM EST [4:30pm to 5:20pm PT]
Stanford, Building 370, 370, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 370, Stanford, CA 94305
And online
RSVP at https://events.stanford.edu/event/stanford-energy-seminar-allocating-electricity-klass
