Empowering the Communities Most Vulnerable to Disaster
Jaishree Beedasy delves into how disasters disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups in society, particularly children, and how to help them recover. ...
A Climate Change Double Whammy in the U.S. Corn Belt
Warming temperatures create two major drying trends, jeopardizing corn and soybean crops. ...
Brighton Kaoma: Empowering Communities for Climate Action Since Age 14
As a teenage radio journalist in Zambia, Kaoma helped communities voice their environmental concerns. Now he’s a graduate student in Environmental Science and Policy. ...
How indigenous peoples can help the world meet its climate goals
The first time Mandy Gull visited Canada’s Broadback Forest, she was struck by the displays of delicate lichen. By the dense, ancient trees. By the...
Cities, states and companies vow to meet U.S. climate goals without Trump. Can they?
Despite President Trump‘s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, the United States hasn’t completely abandoned the landmark international agreement.
Q&A With Sustainable Cities Expert Jitendra Bajpai
The engineer and urban transport planner teaches a course on sustainable cities for the M.S. in Sustainability Management program. ...
Urban humans
From space shortages to worsening climate change, cities are being forced to adapt at a pace never experienced before. How far can they push their...
94 World Mayors Call for Green New Deal, Blast Slow National Actions
Disappointed by the lack of concrete action at September's UN Climate Action Summit, the mayors of some of the world's biggest cities are taking matters...