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As Yale’s commitment to responding to global challenges including climate change, biodiversity, and planetary health moves to a new level, Julie Zimmerman has been appointed as the university’s inaugural vice provost for planetary solutions.
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05/22/23
Stakeholder dialogue propels research partnership on climate change and health in the Caribbean
In early May, a five-institution partnership including the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health co-hosted a stakeholder dialogue on climate change and health in the Caribbean. The partnership aims to develop the first comprehensive research agenda for action on this t...
Five students from the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) are participating in the global climate change summit COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. In a recent profile article they shared their plans and what they hope to take away from the experience.
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What will happen to the legal rights of the more than 200 million people who are likely to become climate refugees by 2050? How can we ensure that natural climate solutions are based on the input and knowledge of local Indigenous peoples? How do countries transition to renewab...
With the start of the fall 2022 term, the Jackson School of Global Affairs is launching a new fellowship aimed at developing a network of young emerging clean energy and climate change leaders from the Global South. The Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship will offer an op...
With a generous gift from the Three Cairns Group, the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) will establish a transformative program aimed at supporting the next generation of environmental leaders in the Global South, where millions of people are particularly impacted by the ef...
Daniel Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale, discusses a recent report by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its stark analysis of the effects of climate change. The report, 'Climate Change 2022: Impacts,...
02/11/22
Study describes benefits of publicly reporting environmental impact of corporate operations
A new, Yale-led analysis suggests that the Coca-Cola Company and a number of other corporations are the real thing when it comes to publicly reporting the environmental impact of their operations — something the American health care industry would do well to replicate.
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Yale has created a new fund to support early-stage research on solutions related to climate change. It is the latest step in the university’s wide-ranging efforts to promote innovation in dealing with global environmental crises.
The Climate Impact Innovation Fund, esta...