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Urban green spaces provide shade for city dwellers facing rising temperatures brought on by climate change, but how much relief from the heat island effect do they provide when humidity is factored in?

While real wealth per capita increased by about 21% globally, renewable natural capital — driven by overexploitation of natural resources such as forests, marine capture fisheries, and mangroves — declined by more than 20%, according to a new World Bank report co-authored by YSE Professor Eli Fenichel.

A research team from the Yale School of the Environment created a first-of-its-kind life cycle assessment methodology to measure the environmental impact of biodegradable microplastics.

Yale School of the Environment Profs. Dorceta Taylor ’85 MFS, ’91 PhD, and Gerald Torres were honored with the first endowed chairs in environmental justice. Taylor was named the Wangari Maathai Professor of Environmental Justice, while Torres was named the Dolores Huerta and Wilma Mankiller Professor of Environmental Justice. Taylor and Torres, internationally renowned scholars, have been central to YSE’s ongoing

YSE Professor Yuan Yao discusses the environmental costs and benefits of artificial intelligence.

During Climate Week, YSE Lecturer Peter Boyd is teaming up with colleagues in academia and the United Nations to co-host a discussion on ways to encourage more buyers to purchase high-integrity forest carbon credits.

From clean energy to sustainable agriculture, companies are launching new climate change mitigation initiatives in underrepresented communities.

A team of researchers from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication has found that talking about the links between climate change and extreme weather events is not only scientifically valid but is an effective way to help people connect their own lives and experiences to the issue of climate change.

Greening global trade, the business of climate justice, and a bipartisan path forward will be among the topics covered at YSE-organized events and panels presented as part of a four-day program on scalable and transformative climate solutions hosted by Yale Planetary Solutions during Climate Week NYC.

Yale School of the Environment scientists argue that a single measure for global biodiversity is not workable. They are calling for a framework that builds from individual species and connects biodiversity to its value for people.

Ensuring that information about nature is included in the policy- and decision-making process is good governance and can be achieved by applying a specific set of criteria, Yale School of the Environment Economist Eli Fenichel and a group of leading environmental and economic policy experts say.

William "Bill" R. Burch Jr., a scientist of international renown for his pioneering work in social and community forestry who taught at the Yale School of the Environment for more than four decades, died July 16, 2024. Burch was the founder of the Tropical Resources Institute (TRI) and the Urban Resources Initiative (URI) at YSE, where he brought innovative approaches

YSE and Yale faculty experts discuss the potential impacts of the Supreme Court's recent Chevron decision — on environmental regulations, ESG, and efforts to combat climate change.

Environmental leaders gathered at the 2024 New Horizons in Conservation conference hosted by Yale School of the Environment’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative (JEDSI) urged young professionals to use their abilities to help underrepresented communities have a voice in environmental policies that impact their well-being.

A YSE-led research team found that seedlings sourced from wet sites performed just as well under drought conditions as seedlings of the same species sourced from dry sites, simplifying seed sourcing for reforestation projects with climate change in mind.