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YSE NewsExamining a Century of Change in a New York City Urban Forest
February 16, 2024Urban forests have long been understudied, but inventory data from a forest stewarded by the New York Botanical Garden has provided scientists at the Yale School of the Environment with a rare opportunity to study a century of changes in one urban forest — information that could help guide regional approaches to forest management.
YSE NewsA Synergistic Approach to Ocean Conservation
February 6, 2024As the visiting McCluskey Fellow in Conservation at the Yale School of the Environment, Alex Muñoz will spend the next year developing a roadmap to accelerate the pace of ocean conservation and Yale’s first-ever course fully focused on ocean conservation.
YSE NewsAchieving Sustainable Urban Growth on a Global Scale
January 25, 2024Yale School of the Environment’s Karen Seto and an international group of leading scientists call for an urgent change in the governance of urban expansion as the world’s cities continue to grow at unprecedented rates.
YSE NewsCombining Art and Data to Spur Climate Action
January 25, 2024YSE alumna Allyza Lustig ’17 MEM led the Art x Climate project, the first-ever gallery of visual art featured in the National Climate Assessment.
YSE NewsNew Initiative Based at YSE Provides Timely Climate News in Spanish
January 22, 2024A news site launched by Yale Climate Connections, YCC En Español, is providing timely coverage of climate change and extreme weather events to Latino and Hispanic communities in Spanish.
YSE NewsCOP28 Highlights YSE’s and Yale’s Leadership on Climate Solutions
December 15, 2023From greening global trade to reducing the “embodied” carbon emissions generated by building materials to de-fossilizing our economy through innovation in green chemistry and green engineering, Yale faculty and thought leaders participating in COP28 emphasized a multidisciplinary approach to addressing the climate crisis.
YSE NewsClarifying the Costs of Addressing Climate Change
December 13, 2023Two of the world’s most prominent climate modeling approaches disagree on how much mitigation measures will cost. A new analysis, co-authored by YSE’s Matthew Kotchen, identifies the main source of the problem and ways to address it.
YSE NewsYale School of Environment Scientists Emphasize Importance of Forest Management in Reaching Net Zero Emission Goals
December 11, 2023Forests play a key role in mitigating climate change by removing and storing carbon dioxide, but they are facing increasing challenges. In the new Department of Energy report “Roads to Removal,” a team of YSE scientists map out a plan to reach critical climate goals by increasing the total forested area in the U.S., increasing the rate at which forests remove CO2 from the atmosphere, and increasing durability of forest carbon storage.
YSE NewsKnauss Fellow Kirsten Williams Is Committed to Protecting Our Coastlines
December 5, 2023Kirsten Williams '23 MEM/JD will serve as an international and interagency ocean policy liaison for the Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy as a 2024 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow.
YSE NewsMissing Voices in the Story of the U.S. Environmental Movement
November 21, 2023Professor Dorceta Taylor discussed early environmentalists whose contributions often go unrecognized at a recent panel discussion at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The panel was held in conjunction with a new exhibition featuring Taylor and other individuals who have shaped the U.S. environmental movement from the mid-nineteenth century conservation efforts to today’s focus on climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental justice.
YSE NewsStudents and Faculty Prepare to Head to COP28
November 10, 2023Students and faculty from across YSE and Yale will be attending the annual two-week climate summit hosted by the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, where “global stocktaking,” climate finance, and youth participation are expected to take center stage.
YSE NewsNew Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Aims to Expand Pathways to High-Impact Climate Careers
November 8, 2023An exciting gift from Anita and Joshua Bekenstein ’80 to the Yale School of the Environment will establish a university-wide program to increase the ranks of Yale graduates in climate leadership roles and accelerate the pace of climate action.
YSE NewsFind the Joy in Environmental Work; It’s There
November 6, 2023Advocates, practitioners, and academic experts from around the world shared stories about the joy of environmental work at the 5th annual Global Environmental Justice Conference held at the Yale School of the Environment Oct. 27-28.
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Are 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.