Lecture 9: Climate Finance

Brief

Professor Akash Deep’s Lecture 9 (Climate Finance) is a recorded lecture in Harvard Kennedy School’s The Energy‑Climate Challenge series that defines climate finance, explains the core obstacles to mobilizing sufficient capital to address climate impacts, and surveys innovative financing approaches. The lecture situates finance needs in the U.S.–China context and is published by the Belfer Center (2026-06-24).

Why it matters

Professor Akash Deep (Senior Lecturer in Public Policy) delivered Lecture 9, “Climate Finance,” for Harvard Kennedy School’s course The Energy‑Climate Challenge on 2026-06-24, defining climate finance and outlining the challenges of mobilizing sufficient capital and several innovative financing approaches.

Key details

The course focuses on the United States and China as the world’s two largest carbon-emitting countries; this lecture frames climate finance needs and solutions in that bilateral context.

Video published by the Belfer Center on 2026-06-24 (production: Alex Griswold); a Chinese‑language version is available (https://youtu.be/GLvlmYhU0OU); the series acknowledges support from Energy Foundation China (YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1uNS7CdFVA).

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. This course focuses on the United States and China, the world's two largest carbon-emitting countries.

In Lecture 9 of the series, Professor Akash Deep, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, explains what climate finance is, the challenges associated with mobilizing enough finance to address climate change impacts, and some innovative approaches to climate finance.

Chinese-Language Version (中文版): https://youtu.be/GLvlmYhU0OU

Video Production: Alex Griswold.

The Belfer Center gratefully acknowledges the support of Energy Foundation China for this course.

Channel: Belfer Center
Published: 2026-06-24
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1uNS7CdFVA