Climate Change

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Lindsay Barbieri

2018 Fellow
Lindsay Barbieri focuses on problem-solving at the interface of agriculture, environment, and technology — from the field to the global scale. Barbieri works to deepen climate change mitigation understanding within agroecosystems, exploring...
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Dylan Harris

2018 Fellow
Dylan M. Harris is an Assistant Professor of Geography & Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). His work is on the stories we tell (and don't tell) about climate change, focusing specifically on...
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Erik Grijalva

2018 Fellow
Erik Grijalva completed his PhD in restoration ecology at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), where his research revolved around understanding restoration and conservation approaches within highly modified ecosystems. His...
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Jesse Strecker

2018 Fellow
Jesse is a student at the Energy and Resources Group and the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. His research is at the nexus of climate policy, labor economics, and equity, focusing on the political economy of efforts to...
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Philip Womble

2018 Fellow
Philip Womble is trained as an attorney and a hydrologist and specializes in water policy, water rights, and water markets. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington.
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Candice Youngblood

2018 Fellow
Candice Youngblood is a passionate environmental justice lawyer and advocate. An asthmatic, she grew up in Los Angeles County living beside major freeways. Candice became motivated to protect the right to breathe clean air after realizing...
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Karen Díaz Ruvalcaba

2018 Fellow
Karen Díaz Ruvalcaba is a Park Planning Assistant for LA County Parks. In the Trails Planning Section, they focus on the expansion and maintenance of the department’s 240+ miles of multi-use trails. They deeply enjoy their work at LA County...
Fellow Story

Bruni Pizarro: Documenting Puerto Rican climate refugees in New Haven

A few days after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, a single mother of two escaped the disaster that left Puerto Rico in chaos and without electricity. Through her informal social networks, and with only a three-hour notice, she and her family boarded a humanitarian plane with a western physician and patients from the local hospital.
May 29, 2018
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Daniel Morris: Fiscal impacts of major disasters on government planning

How do we ensure funds are available on a national or even international scale when climate disasters strike? Daniel Morris, who is currently Advisor to the U.S. Executive Director at the World Bank, has spent recent years thinking about how to make communities and countries more financially resilient in the face of catastrophic disasters in the future.
May 29, 2018
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Meredith Niles: How social capital and social media impact food security during extreme weather events

How can social capital and social media benefit communities experiencing climate shocks or extreme events? Meredith Niles, an assistant professor and faculty with the University of Vermont Food Systems Program and Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, examines food systems sustainability and policy with a focus on food security and climate change.
May 29, 2018