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YSE NewsAre We Ready for a Global Carbon Tax?
November 1, 2023Yale School of the Environment Professor of Economics Matthew Kotchen discusses the viability of Africa’s call for a global tax on carbon.
YSE NewsYale Awarded Energy Earthshot to Study Natural Carbon Capture
October 18, 2023Yale School of the Environment Professor Pete Raymond is leading a U.S. Department of Energy Earthshot study that explores promising methods to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and mitigate climate change. The new study, which received $5 million in funding, will be conducted by a Yale team of scientists who have been working together through the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture and are from the Yale School of the Environment and Yale’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as partnering universities.
YSE NewsClimate Change in the Indonesian Mind
October 11, 2023Indonesia is the fourth most populous country on the planet and among the world’s top 10 greenhouse gas emitters. However, a majority of Indonesians surveyed by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication say they either know a little about or have never heard of global warming.
YSE NewsAccelerating Global Climate Action
October 10, 2023From developing renewable energy projects in Brazil and sub-Saharan Africa to piloting people-centered restoration efforts in Colombia, the 2023-2024 Three Cairns Fellows are implementing on-the-ground climate solutions across the Global South.
YSE NewsYSE Alumni Award Winner Works to Increase Indigenous Role in Firefighting and Land Management
October 5, 2023Forester and federal wildland firefighter Monte Kawahara is working to mitigate the effects of extreme wildfires by focusing on the root causes and partnering with tribal communities. Kawahara’s efforts earned him the Yale School of Environment's 2023 Prospect Street Award.
YSE NewsAlumnus Honored for Work Identifying Top Conservation Priorities
October 5, 2023From populating an early conservation database using IBM key punch cards to protecting many thousands of acres of ecologically significant lands in South Carolina, 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award winner Tom Kohlsaat ’73 MFS has always been guided by the relevant conservation needs of the day.
YSE NewsChampion of the Chesapeake Bay Honored with YSE Alumni Award
October 2, 2023As executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, Ann Pesiri Swanson '83 MES brought together scientists, federal and state legislators, and environmental advocates to forge agreements to protect the health of the largest estuary in the U.S.
YSE NewsUrban Forestry Is Having its Moment
September 26, 2023The 2023 Hixon Center Urban Conference provided researchers and practitioners with new tactics to increase tree canopy, access funding, and engage community members as stewards of urban forests.
YSE NewsGlobal Trade as Part of the Climate Solution
September 25, 2023Yale Professor Daniel Esty and a group of international experts offered insights on how the global trade system can be restructured to combat climate change and deliver a sustainable future at a climate week panel discussion hosted by the Yale School of the Environment.
YSE NewsGreening Global Trade
September 6, 2023For the past 15 months, Professor Daniel Esty has been co-leading the Remaking Global Trade for a Sustainable Future Project at the World Trade Organization. In advance of Climate Week NYC, he discusses how international trade can, in fact, be remade to support sustainable development and the transition to a low-carbon future.
YSE NewsClass of 2025 is Focused on Sustainability, Equity, and Global Solutions
August 29, 2023This year’s incoming class is one of the most diverse in Yale School of the Environment’s history, with students coming from six continents and 31 countries and from 29 U.S. states and territories.
YSE NewsYSE Scientists Make Critical Breakthrough in Mapping Global Methane Emissions from Rivers and Streams
August 18, 2023Yale School of the Environment scientists, working with an international team of researchers, provide the most comprehensive estimate to date of monthly methane emissions from rivers and streams worldwide, an understanding that is key to climate change modeling and mitigation.
YSE NewsCollege Students Gain Hands-on Research Experience in YSE Labs This Summer
August 14, 2023Four college students from New Haven interned this summer in YSE labs through the New Haven Promise program. They contributed research on several projects including a study on accelerating the natural weathering process that sequesters carbon and an examination of the impacts of invasive jumping worms.
YSE NewsSwitzer Fellow Wes Gobar Hopes to Shape State Policy by Working at the Community Level
August 8, 2023Switzer Fellow Wes Gobar '24 MEM aims to focus on state-level climate justice issues.
YSE NewsFinding the Roots of Transformative Justice
June 9, 2023From a young age, Kroon Cup winner Jess Jones realized that sustainable land stewardship could help heal what ails the environment and humanity.