Environment

In the ‘communiversity’ model, academic researchers work alongside local groups in marginalized communities to share the benefits of environmental work.

A global perspective on environmental issues. Our mission is to inform, educate, enable and create a platform for global environmental action.

In two years’ time the United Nations will host the COP 30 climate conference in the Brazilian Amazon.This is a unique opportunity, and philanthropy should be planning right now to heed the call for ……

A training program led by Harvard offers community organizing skills to clinicians interested in climate action.

Land subsidence is a factor as preparations are made for rising sea levels and strengthening storms. Human infrastructure, including buildings and groundwater extraction, increases vulnerabilities.

Rapid and accelerating groundwater level declines are widespread in dry climates where groundwater is used for irrigation. But some communities have found ways to turn things around.

A study of dozens of city gardens and urban farms across the US and Europe found several ways to boost their benefits, not just for their neighborhoods, but for the planet.

Cisco Foundation grantee Climate Finance Tracker (CFT) is combining data and network theory into flexible tools to tackle climate change.

Fruits and veggies from urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce.

Researchers are working with communities in Puerto Rico to build more sustainable systems in the face of ongoing challenges.

President Biden has called for protecting large, old trees from logging, but many of them could be cut while the regulatory process grinds forward.

Young people traumatized by Hurricane Maria were more likely to report substance use.