Climate Change

Fellow

Brook Thompson

2026 Fellow
Brook M Thompson is a Yurok and Karuk Native American Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Cruz ENVS, scientist, civil/ environmental engineer, children's book author, water activist, and artist. Thompson's areas of expertise includes Chinook Salmon on the Klamath, environmental justice, restoration theory, and Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
Fellow Story

Lewis on theology of food and labor in the face of climate change

In this article for U.S. Catholic Magazine, Michelle describes the injustice in our current food labor system, tells her own story about how growing food helped her personal liberation, and proposes a liberatory theology of food that would help everyone gain access to grow their own food in safety.
May 27, 2026
Leadership Grant Grant

Engaging Communities in Advancing a Healthy and Resilient West Coast

Tanner Waters will serve as the California Representative to the West Coast Ocean Science Action Agenda, working to inform, engage and support communities in advancing shared science priorities across the U.S. West Coast through intentional and inclusive engagement.
May 27, 2026
Fellow Story

Fraga shares Spring 2026 Southwest Superbloom status and science

Naomi Fraga shared her perspective on spring blooms in the Southwest this season with the LA Times, and City Cast Las Vegas. According to the LA Times story, Naomi said a superbloom is typically classified as a regional phenomenon where you...
March 26, 2026
Fellow Story

Díaz Ruvalcaba selected to CORO Climate Resilience Leadership Network

This immersive program prepares leaders to “navigate complexity and catalyze systemic solutions for a more sustainable future.”
March 26, 2026
Fellow Story

Kapnick on Volts Podcast: So, how's the climate doing?

Host David Roberts and Sarah “discuss the “accidental geoengineering” experiment of reducing shipping aerosols, the newfound ability to pinpoint methane leaks from space, and the legal implications of being able to attribute financial losses to climate change.”
March 26, 2026
Fellow Story

Linda Shi: Rethinking the governance of property can help communities adapt to climate change

In this blog and research paper, the authors argue that “dominant American property regimes fundamentally constrain attempts to plan for and achieve socially just and ecologically reparative adaptation.”
March 26, 2026
Fellow Story

D’Souza featured in Trust-Based Giving for Climate podcast

The Invested In Climate Podcast has teamed up with Shereen D’Souza, as Climate Lead for the Skyline Foundation to put on a series of conversations on climate philanthropy. Shereen is featured in the first episode of the series speaking...
February 18, 2026
Fellow Story

Moch serves as Senior Advisor for Climate and Energy Policy for North Carolina Governor Stein

Jonathan is “delighted to be returning to North Carolina and honored to serve under the bold leadership of Governor Stein as we build a stronger, safer, cleaner, and more resilient state.”
January 29, 2026
Fellow Story

Forging Just Futures: A Path from Climate Crisis to Climate Solutions - review paper by four Switzer Fellows

Switzer Fellows Rachel Morello-Frosch, Hasibe Caballero-Gomez, Monika Shankar and Lara J. Cushing have published a paper to review dimensions of climate justice in the literature and define just climate solutions.
January 29, 2026