Climate Change

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Osborne on equitable, community-led climate solutions in the Amazon

Tracey shares her thoughts on addressing the climate crisis by centering Indigenous knowledge, land rights and leadership on the Biophilic Solutions podcast.
September 30, 2025
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Luers: Net zero needs AI — five actions to realize its promise

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)...
September 30, 2025
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Lewis begins as Community Lighthouse Network Coordinator at Duke University

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...
September 30, 2025
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Linda Shi: flood-impacted communities need better buyout programs

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?
August 28, 2025
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Considering Climate Change: new book by Kimberley Miner

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...
August 28, 2025
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Kirk authors report advocating for renters’ right to cooling

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.
July 28, 2025
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Mulvaney quoted on dismissal of National Climate Assessment authors

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...
June 30, 2025
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Vera on volunteer effort to save climate data removed by Trump administration

Lourdes Vera spoke to NPR about her work volunteering to preserve climate-related data and tools from agency websites before they are stripped by the Trump administration.
June 30, 2025
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Gutierrez authors analysis of carbon dioxide removal and environmental justice in the US

Grant Gutierrez is the lead author of a first-of-its-kind environmental justice landscape analysis of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects in the U.S. This is the first comprehensive study to empirically assess the intersection of CDR, project siting, and environmental justice, providing essential data to inform future climate policy, investment, and project development.
June 30, 2025
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Ki’Amber Thompson

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Ki’Amber Thompson is an abolitionist environmental justice educator, healing justice practitioner, and multimedia artist. They are the Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Charles Roundtree Bloom Project. Their work bridges abolition, decolonial, and environmental justice movements toward imagining and creating more socially and environmentally just and sustainable worlds.