Climate Change, Public-Private Partnerships, and Social Equity: Lessons from Bangladesh

*Please note that this is an in person event*

On Friday, March 1, ClassACT’s Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program, along with Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA) and the Salata Institute, hosted a daylong Symposium focused on climate change mitigation strategies in emerging economies. 

This one-day symposium will be the third that ClassACT has sponsored in collaboration with the Weatherhead Center.

The Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program of ClassACT HR73 brings a Fellow or Fellows from majority-Muslim countries for one year in the Mason Fellows Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Our current Fellow, Nazmul Haque (see attached bio), has a long and successful career developing public-private partnerships in response to climate change in his native country, Bangladesh. Using his experience as a case study, our panelists will examine and enlarge upon the example offered by Nazmul, considering size of country, general economic and political factors, institutions, technology, and leadership and the inter-relationship of climate change mitigation with other national and international priorities.

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The participants in the program for the day include:

• Ambassador Peter Galbraith AB ’73, Senior Diplomatic Fellow, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

• Marion Dry AB ’73, Chair, ClassACT HR73

• Dustin Tingley, Professor of Government, Deputy Vice Provost, Advanced Learning, Harvard University

• Nazmul Haque, Fellow, Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program, HKS

• Leigh Hafrey AB ’73, Senior Lecturer, Communication and Ethics, MIT Sloan School of Management

• Diego Osorio, MC/MPA ’09, Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program

• Hélène Benveniste, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability

• Michael Hiscox PhD ’97, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, FAS

• James Engell AB ’73, PhD ’78, Gurney Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature

• Erum Sattar LLM ’10, SJD ’17, Former Program Director and Lecturer, Sustainable Water Management Program (SWM), Tufts Institute of the Environment

• Kimball Chen AB ’73, MBA ’78, Chairman, The Global LPG Partnership

• Peter Tufano AB ’79, MBA ’84, PhD ’89, Baker Foundation Professor, HBS

Accessibility Statement

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you would like to request accommodations or have questions about the access provided, please get in touch with Sarah Banse in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance, if possible. Please note that the Weatherhead Center will make every effort to secure services, but that services are subject to availability.