Ilana Cohen

Ilana Cohen is a Harvard student and has helped spearhead the fossil fuel divestment campaign on Harvard’s campus.

Climate ChangeNovember 23, 2021

Harvard and Yale Should Do More Than Just Divest

Two years ago, climate activists stormed the field during a Harvard-Yale football game to protest fossil fuel investments. What has changed since then?

Ilana Cohen and Josie Steuer Ingall
Environmental ActivismSeptember 14, 2021

How Students Pressured Harvard to Divest From Fossil Fuels– and Won

Climate activists at other institutions can learn from Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard after their victory at the world’s richest university.

Ilana Cohen
Higher EducationJanuary 26, 2021

Student Organizing May Never Be the Same Again

Covid-19 has upended some of the most essential tactics for student organizers. That might be a good thing.

Ilana Cohen
Climate ChangeJune 5, 2020

We Cannot Postpone Climate Talks Until 2021

Lawmakers need to wake up: Climate change and the injustices it generates won’t break for Covid-19. So the United Nations Climate Change Conference can’t, either.

Ilana Cohen
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Environmental ActivismApril 16, 2020

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Suffering Under the Coronavirus. Good.

If fossil fuel companies and their financial backers are scared now, then they should be terrified of what’s to come.

Ilana Cohen
CorporationsMarch 10, 2020

What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet?

Students, promised a bright and successful future after college, are being fast-tracked into corporate careers, usually without a second thought about the value of their work in a climate emergency.

Ilana Cohen
Environmental ActivismJanuary 16, 2020

Want the Youth Vote? Support Fossil Fuel Divestment

For young people, surface-level regulations aren’t enough. They’re demanding a fundamental shift in how we think about markets and morals.

Ilana Cohen and Connor Chung
Climate ChangeNovember 4, 2019

Our World Is Burning, and It Scares Me to Death

Young climate activists like me are overwhelmed by the enormity of the crisis—but we also have hope for the future.

Ilana Cohen
Higher EducationSeptember 19, 2019

It’s Time to Shed Light on Our Elite Institutions’ Dirty Money

Currently, 99 percent of Harvard’s endowment remains hidden from the public.

Ilana Cohen

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Climate ChangeNovember 23, 2021

Two years ago, climate activists stormed the field during a Harvard-Yale football game to protest fossil fuel investments. What has changed since then?

Environmental ActivismSeptember 14, 2021

Climate activists at other institutions can learn from Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard after their victory at the world’s richest university.

Higher EducationJanuary 26, 2021

Covid-19 has upended some of the most essential tactics for student organizers. That might be a good thing.

Climate ChangeJune 5, 2020

Lawmakers need to wake up: Climate change and the injustices it generates won’t break for Covid-19. So the United Nations Climate Change Conference can’t, either.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Environmental ActivismApril 16, 2020

If fossil fuel companies and their financial backers are scared now, then they should be terrified of what’s to come.

CorporationsMarch 10, 2020

Students, promised a bright and successful future after college, are being fast-tracked into corporate careers, usually without a second thought about the value of their work in a climate emergency.

Environmental ActivismJanuary 16, 2020

For young people, surface-level regulations aren’t enough. They’re demanding a fundamental shift in how we think about markets and morals.

Climate ChangeNovember 4, 2019

Young climate activists like me are overwhelmed by the enormity of the crisis—but we also have hope for the future.

Higher EducationSeptember 19, 2019

Currently, 99 percent of Harvard’s endowment remains hidden from the public.