Climate Change

Why we need it and how to do it.

Kimberley Miner’s climate change research was referenced in a United Nations Environment Program planetary health and human wellbeing report. “In recent decades, the Arctic has been warming much faster—four times in fact—than in the rest of...

In the New York Times’ ‘The Interview’, Ayana Johnson proposes a “vibe shift” in the way we talk about climate change.

“Dr. Micheli is a tireless advocate for climate change adaptation and environmental protection as well as a dedicated mentor shaping the next generation of climate leaders,” said Representative Mike Thompson.

Will putting a price on nature help us protect it or will it become another tool for greenwashing?

“Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, and we have the tools we have to address the challenge, including litigation, storytelling, and organizing,” Bustos said. “Law schools have an important role, because the law can be a barrier or a leverage point to help movements. There are opportunities and challenges ahead.”

Since 2007, the National Academy for Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) has recommended Earth Science research and investment priorities every 10 years. The Decadal Survey balances the continuation of essential climate variable time...

“For a meaningful and productive conversation it is critical to see these issues—opposition to use of public lands versus opposition to large-scale solar—as distinct," Dustin Mulvaney writes in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Several Switzer Fellows are presenting at the 2024 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting taking place in Honolulu Hawai’i from April 16-20, 2024. Fellows’ presentations are on an array of diverse topics: climate...