Societies’ transition to new ways of making and using energy are creating vast opportunities for “green growth.” New industries, markets, and technologies are emerging, charting new paths to prosperity for those who act.
Energy is a vital component of any business. Changes in energy costs and sources will reshape economic opportunity, opening new doors for some while posing threats to others. Many regions are facing unprecedented and growing electricity demand from data centers, AI, electric vehicles and next generation manufacturing, and clean energy sources often now represent the cheapest, fastest sources of energy on the grid. Other regions have opportunities to supply or innovate in the critical energy technologies that power the energy transition. Policy and technology are central in shaping this new energy landscape.
To seize the opportunity, government officials, economic policymakers, investors, and industry experts must act now to create winning strategies for green growth—generating economic growth by helping the world to decarbonize.
Leading Green Growth: Economic Strategies for a Low-Carbon World is a one-week, on-campus executive education program developed by Harvard Kennedy School faculty. Under the direction of faculty chairs Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag, you will gain a foundational understanding of how to shape economic growth strategy in the energy transition. You will also acquire the essential tools and knowledge to anticipate new trends, remain competitive, and achieve prosperity in a new energy future.
Program Curriculum
In Leading Green Growth, you will gather with peers from around the world to analyze how to improve your economic prospects through the global energy transition. This one-week on-campus program will discuss the emerging technologies that are reshaping the economic landscape. It will offer frameworks on how to think about economic opportunities that arise from these new energy technologies, and from electrification and load growth. It will also explore key policy and commercial features of the green growth landscape, including industrial strategy, geopolitical tensions, trade relations, and key drivers of project success such as how to lower capital costs and fund a green growth agenda.
Learning Objectives
Faculty chairs Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag designed Leading Green Growth specifically to help you:
