The annual, three-day event highlighted the Importance of community, creativity, and communication in developing sustainable and effective environmental solutions.
This year’s 147 graduates are entering positions in academia, NGOs, government, and the private sector, joining a global network of more than 5,800 alumni working to address today's urgent environmental challenges.
The fashion industry accounts for as much as 10% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Academic and policy experts discussed legislative initiatives that could help it become more sustainable at a recent Yale School of the Environment panel discussion.
The head of the White House Climate Policy Office under President Joe Biden recently visited the Yale School of Environment for a candid discussion about his former boss’ relentless focus on climate action as jobs creator as well as the need to develop a “more flexible, less pure” narrative around climate and energy.
At the 6th annual Global Environmental Justice Conference at YSE, scientists, researchers, advocates, and practitioners came together to identify opportunities and formulate strategies to advance environmental justice issues across partisan divides.
During a recent visit to the School of the Environment, André Hoffmann, vice-chair of the global healthcare company Roche, and business journalist Peter Vanham discussed their new book, The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity & Sustainability.
Students and faculty will travel to Cali, Colombia, later this month to participate in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, also known as COP16. They will join policymakers, Indigenous communities, youth groups, and others working to halt human-induced species extinction.
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.
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.
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.
How are young people grappling with climate change? What are the best ways to engage them? The answer, according to panelists who were part of a May 21 webinar hosted by the Yale Center for Environmental Communication, is to focus on hope rather than despair.
The Class of 2024 celebrated their accomplishments at commencement ceremonies held at Old Campus and Kroon Courtyard on May 20. The 156 graduates are headed to positions at NGOs, corporations, governments, and academic institutions across the U.S. and the globe.
Members of the Kawésqar people and McCluskey Fellow in Conservation Alex Muñoz recently discussed their efforts to protect a marine reserve in Chile's Patagonia from the devastating impacts of the salmon farming industry at a special screening of a National Geographic documentary.