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第4课：电力与气候转型的挑战

2026-06-26 · 00:39 UTC ·Belfer Center ·1 min read

Brief

Lecture 4 of 'The Energy‑Climate Challenge' is a Belfer Center lecture (published 2026-06-26) in which Harvard Senior Lecturer Henry Lee outlines how the electric grid works and how climate change will change electricity production, transmission, and consumption in the United States and China, plus related policy and technology responses.

Why it matters

Lecture 4 (published 2026-06-26) features Professor Henry Lee (Senior Lecturer in Public Policy) explaining electric grid fundamentals and how climate change will alter electricity generation, transmission, and end-use.

Key details

  • The five‑professor course 'The Energy‑Climate Challenge' focuses on policy and technology options for the United States and China — the world's two largest carbon‑emitting countries.
  • Video produced by the Belfer Center (YouTube ID: oXn8X3T-RXI); English version at https://youtu.be/Qy6dA2E8rxw. Course production received financial support from Energy Foundation China and assistance from Harvard's Fairbank Center.
Source evidence

《电力与气候转型的挑战》

In "The Energy-Climate Challenge," five Harvard Kennedy School professors explain the fundamentals of climate change, the role of our energy systems in causing it, and the policy and technology options for addressing it. The course focuses on the United States and China, the world's two largest carbon-emitting countries.

In Lecture 4 of the series, Professor Henry Lee, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, covers how the electric grid works and how climate change will change how we produce, transport, and use electricity.

English Version (英文版): https://youtu.be/Qy6dA2E8rxw

Video Production: Alex Griswold, Sam Maclean
Translation Assistants: Lingling Jiang, Youting Lee, Winston Tang, Yiqi Yu, Chi Zhao, Zhuyue Zhou

The Belfer Center gratefully acknowledges Energy Foundation China for its financial support of this course, as well as the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University for its assistance with producing the Chinese-language version of the course.

Channel: Belfer Center
Published: 2026-06-26
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXn8X3T-RXI