Events


  1. Burning Biomass: A Sustainable Energy Option for the 21st Century?

    Billions of people worldwide still burn woody biomass for household, commercial, and industrial purposes. During the F&ES-based Forest Dialogue's recent TFD Week, a group of experts explored how this ancient energy resource can become a more sustainable and climate-friendly energy option for the 21st century.

  3. ‘Nudging’ Major Buyers To Make Sustainable Choices

    The sustainability movement has often focused on influencing individual consumers to make greener choices. But two corporate leaders say the transition to a more sustainable economy will be driven by large-scale buyers.

  6. Land Justice: Forester Untangles the Thorny Challenges of ‘Heirs Property’

    At the first Yale Forest Forum, a veteran forester discussed the legal and economic challenges of so-called “heirs’ property,” a phenomenon common in the U.S. South in which the title to land remains in the name of a person even after they have die — while the land rights are passed down, informally, from one generation to the next.

  9. Time to Move Beyond Treaties: A New Framework for Sustainable Action

    At the recent conference, “Rio+20 to 2015: A New Architecture for a Sustainable World,” which was hosted by F&ES and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), top experts in climate and sustainability issues discussed what new global structures for enabling solutions might look like.

  10. Ride On: Rock to Rock Goes Virtual

    The annual Rock to Rock Earth Day Ride — which has raised more than $1 million for environmental groups such as the F&ES-based Urban Resources Initiative (URI) over the past decade — will go virtual this year due to social distancing requirements. URI’s Anna Pickett, a longtime organizer of the event, explains what that means.

  14. Incentives for Innovation Can Drive Decarbonization, Esty Tells Lawmakers

    While the top-down regulatory policies of the 20th century achieved critical advances in environmental protection, the challenges of the 21st century demand new strategies, Daniel Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Yale Law School, told U.S. lawmakers this week.

    esty environment climate change subcommittee december 19

    In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Esty said