Climate Change

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson thinks a lot about the possible futures of our climate. Not just one ideal climate future, but a range of futures that could be better if we make some changes.

The paper finds that sea level rise will substantially affect local government revenues in Florida, and underscores the need for stronger regional climate assessments and land and tax governance to overcome challenges facing coastal and near-coastal municipalities.

Dylan Harris published an article distinguishing between ‘understanding’ and ‘knowing’ climate change, and outlining ways to teach that integrate the two. He makes the distinction as: “the former referring to how students can learn about...

National Climate Assessments synthesize scientific information and evaluate the state of the science on climate change to inform a broad audience of decision-makers across the country.

Born out of a CIFAR research workshop, the issues discusses “the opportunities and challenges for leveraging AI to accelerate progress on climate change and sustainability more broadly”, Amy shared.

Camila Bustos testified before the Canadian Senate's Standing Committee on Human Rights on global migration and climate change. “Leveraging existing protection and opening up new pathways, while centering the needs of the most vulnerable...

“All the terrible things I’ve seen, all the detrimental changes to the environment, all the impacts of climate change — I use it to fuel my motivation to be a better scientist, to be a better human being, to be a better steward of the land. And honestly, part of it is anger. That’s fuel, OK? I get mad, and I turn that anger into fuel that motivates me.”

Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Linda Shi, an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University on a wide range of climate adaptation issues.

Amy Luers co-authored a paper in Nature Communications offering an approach to address the challenge of accounting for temporary carbon storage of nature-based climate solutions. Abstract: Nature-based climate solutions can contribute to...