Maxwell School News and Commentary
Filtered by: Climate Change
Popp weighs in on Biden's green stimulus spending in NY Times, Guardian
See related: Climate Change, Economic Policy, State & Local, United States
Sultana reviews Global Gobeshona Conference in Dhaka Tribune
See related: Climate Change, India
Coffel discusses his thermal power and climate research in Ecological Society of America journal
See related: Climate Change, Energy, Natural Resources, Sustainability, United States
Popp weighs in on Biden's climate directives in New York Times
See related: Climate Change, Federal, Infrastructure, Labor, Trade, United States
Steinberg provides insight into what to expect globally in 2021 on TVO
See related: Climate Change, COVID-19, State & Local, United States
Coffel explores power and climate struggle in new research paper
See related: Climate Change, Energy
Jacobson talks to Politico, Washington Post about Biden's Cabinet picks
Mark Jacobson, assistant dean of Washington programs says that "the [John] Kerry pick [as Biden's special presidential envoy for climate] is really incredible from a structural standpoint." His selection, Jacobson says, is "an admission that our mid-20th century national security structures were not designed to deal with some of the more holistic and potentially existential threats, in this case, climate change."
See related: Climate Change, Federal, U.S. National Security, United States
Sultana talks to Scientific American about Biden, climate justice
"The most important action the Biden administration can do is to undertake all its policies and actions through a climate justice lens...and approach action with equity, accountability and justice in mind," says Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Climate Change, Federal, United States
Sultana comments on Joe Biden's victory in Carbon Brief article
"This was a climate election since a large majority of voters noted that they were concerned with climate breakdown," says Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography and the environment. "Biden has a climate plan and a mandate and he has promised to listen to scientists…which is vastly different from the last four years of war on science."
See related: Climate Change, Federal, U.S. Elections, United States
Bendix explores solutions to the western wildfire crisis in The Hill
"Recognition of the multiple contributors to the wildfire crisis should enable us to move past the focus on simple solutions — one size does not fit all, and reducing fire impacts will require a mix of approaches that match the geographic and ecological complexity of fire regimes," writes Jacob Bendix, professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Climate Change, Natural Disasters, United States, Wildfires