Climate Change

"There is a particular kind of dread that arrives as a summer that won’t end. Or a neighborhood that floods every year now, a little earlier, a little deeper. Or a feeling in your bones that while something enormous is already happening, nobody can quite see it or adequately name it. Gritty realism can’t hold this feeling, nor can a thriller. The form that fits is older, stranger, and more chilling: the gothic."

Camila Bustos published a letter to the editor in Just Security reflecting on the impact of Colombia's recent presidential election on climate change and human rights. The following are excerpts from the piece; see the full story here....

On May 30 and 31, fourteen Sierra Club Connecticut and Sunrise New Haven members and supporters completed the Ride to End Fossil Fuels, a 100 mile bike ride across the state in protest of methane gas expansion projects.

Lupe Franco recently published her first solo-authored paper, Wicked Problems: How Are Municipalities in California Tackling Climate Change and Homelessness? , in the International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. “This work is the...

As co-founders of Helix, Maya and Mica Caine are strategists whose fashion company reimagines clothing as a shared civic resource and advances regenerative, place-based systems of stewardship and circularity.

“President Barack Obama's two terms in office offer a compelling case study in the evolving political discourse on climate change in the United States.”

“The public health expert and Berkeley professor will unite scholars across campus to address crucial environmental challenges.”

Sanjana Paul has released a new simulation that allows participants to engage in multi-party negotiations around a proposed data-center. Using eight different roles, participants explore the implications of energy, water, community benefits...