Climate Change

“When it comes to the perceived tension between climate adaptation and climate mitigation, the simple reality is this: It’s not a binary choice. We can, and must, do both,” Swain remarks.

“I was asked to talk about hope. But I work on climate change and last year was the hottest year on Earth in human history. And Hurricane Melissa… just smashed into Jamaica, the island my family is from, with record-breaking winds. So what I have to say is: F*** hope. What’s the strategy? What are we going to do so that we don’t need hope?”

Tracey shares her thoughts on addressing the climate crisis by centering Indigenous knowledge, land rights and leadership on the Biophilic Solutions podcast.

Amy Luers’ comment article in Nature Magazine argues that achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 needs artificial intelligence, and proposes five actions to realize its promise. The five actions are: 1) invest in AI for the climate; 2)...

Michelle Lewis has joined Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability as the Community Lighthouse Network Coordinator for the Heat Policy Innovation Hub. Her work focuses on “how cosmologies and faith...

Dr. Kimberley R. Miner’s new book, Considering Climate Change, “focuses on what will happen in the next 20, 40, and 60 years around the planet and looks at how we can take an active role in planning for a future we had hoped to avoid.” The...

What happens to floodplain buyout sites after demolition of structures? Does ecological restoration or reconciliation of the floodplain occur? By what criteria should we assess what is on the site? Under what conditions do government programs promote more ecologically dynamic land management?

A Renters’ Right to Cooling draws on the experiences of tenants in South L.A., an area disproportionately burdened by the effects of climate change and extreme heat, with less tree shade, green space, and other infrastructure investments than other parts of the city.

In April, “the Trump administration dismissed the hundreds of scientists and experts who had been compiling the federal government’s flagship report on how global warming is affecting the country,” according to the New York Times. The...