This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As individuals alone we cannot make durable change on massive and complex issues like the ecological crisis or the current global pandemic. Personal habits like recycling or limiting airplane travel—or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sea-level rise in the U.S. won’t only affect people living on the coasts—as homes flood in Florida and New Jersey, it may trigger mass migration inland, potentially making housing more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Profit and impact are often aligned in the food and agriculture sector. Global food production could rise by 60 percent from 2007 to 2050, driven by a growing population and shifting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to eliminate a class of chemicals widely used as coolants in refrigerators, air conditioners and heat pumps. If that feels like déjà vu,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change and water scarcity are front and center in the western U.S. The region’s climate is warming, a severe multi-year drought is underway and groundwater supplies are being overpumped…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jenny Price, historian, artist, author, and Ivy League academic, thinks most environmentalists are sabotaging their own cause. Shouldering their tote bags through the organic aisle at the grocery store, they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Nations General Assembly week in New York in September was a global stock-taking exercise aimed at understanding where the world collectively stands on progress toward the Sustainable Development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. University of Michigan students know a little something about how difficult it can be to get a resistant administration to stop investing in fossil fuels. It took years of demonstrating,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For 149 years, Americans have marked Arbor Day on the last Friday in April by planting trees. Now business leaders, politicians, YouTubers and celebrities are calling for the planting of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a new paper in Ambio, published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in the leadup to the upcoming “Our Planet, Our Future” Nobel Prize Summit, a team of international scientists provides an overview…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2021 is a make or break year in the fight against climate change. This is the year in which countries need to deliver more ambitious commitments to cut their share…