Maxwell School News and Commentary
Filtered by: Sustainability
Van Slyke talks to Capital Tonight about fighting climate change
See related: Climate Change, Energy, Natural Resources, State & Local, Sustainability, United States
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 talks to CNN, Washington Examiner about effects of Obama's Recovery Act
See related: Energy, Federal, Infrastructure, Labor, Sustainability, United States
Popp discusses Biden's green jobs agenda in Forbes article
See related: Energy, Federal, Labor, Natural Resources, Sustainability, United States
Public Affairs and the Multifront Attack on Climate Change
See related: Climate Change, Economic Policy, Natural Disasters, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Wildfires
Book by Serin Houston offers Seattle as case study of urban governance
See related: Food Security, Income, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice, State & Local, Sustainability, United States, Urban Issues
Maxwell alum John Mandyck discusses sustainability implications in Harvard Business Review
"Board members’ fiduciary duty, as well as their advisory and oversight responsibilities, require an understanding of sustainability and the impact of ESG ratings on both enterprise and shareholder value," writes John Mandyck ’89 B.A. (PSt)/’92 M.P.A. and his co-author. "There is a growing body of data showing that companies adopting sustainability practices outperform their peers."
See related: Sustainability, United States
Professorship to focus on environmental sustainability and finance
See related: Climate Change, Environment, Giving, Sustainability, United States
Climate Change in the Classroom
New courses and a new major meet University-wide student interest in the challenges of energy, environment, and sustainability.
See related: Centennial, Energy, Environment, New York State, Sustainability, U.S. Education
Jean Mercier co-authors book on sustainable urban transport
Jean Mercier ’82 Ph.D. (PA), adjunct professor of political science at the l’Université Laval, has co-authored a book which explores the governance patterns of three cities in the Americas: Seattle, Montreal, and Curritiba, Brazil. Utilizing theories such as path dependency, institutional culture, and transaction costs, the authors explore how each of these cities responds differently to common challenges in sustainable urban transport.
See related: Canada, Government, Infrastructure, Latin America & the Caribbean, Sustainability, United States, Urban Issues