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3rd Annual International Virtual Student Conference by the YEAH! Network
May. 17, 2021—On April 21, 2021 the Youth Environmental Alliance for Higher Education (“YEAH!”) Network hosted its 3rd annual international conference on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). College students from around the world submitted abstracts, participated in the abstract peer-review process, moderated panel discussions, and presented their work related to any of the 17 SDGs on the...
Transportation Research Board Stands Up New Committee on Climate Change and Extreme Weather Adaptation
May. 17, 2021—Within the past year, the Transportation Research Board (TRB), part of the National Academy of Sciences, has formed the Committee on Climate Change and Extreme Weather Adaptation. TRB’s decision to form this committee recognizes the growing importance of community and infrastructure resilience, and the risks posed by a trend of increasing frequency and severity of...
Upcoming Conference on Managed Retreat
May. 17, 2021—Registration is now open for At What Point Managed Retreat – Resilience, Relocation and Climate Justice, a virtual conference from June 22-25, 2021, hosted by the Columbia Climate School and the Earth Institute. The conference will bring together stakeholders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors, along with academics, scientists and community representatives, to help...
National Academies Initiative on Enhancing Community Resilience
May. 17, 2021—Disasters caused by natural hazards and other large-scale emergencies are devastating communities in the United States. These events harm individuals, families, communities, and the entire country, including its economy and the federal budget. In response to these concerns, the Committee on Applied Research Topics for Hazard Mitigation and Resilience, part of the Resilient America Program...
Submit Abstracts by March 26, 2021 to participate in the 3rd global youth conference on sustainability!
Mar. 22, 2021—The NSF-supported Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education is excited to announce the 3rd annual international, virtual conference for the sustainable development goals. The conference is for student presenters (undergraduate and graduate) to present their work on the international stage. You can submit a project or paper you have already done for a class, discuss...
2021 YOUTH CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY – save the date and submit an abstract!
Mar. 1, 2021—The 3rd annual YEAH! (Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education) Virtual Conference will be held on April 21, 2021, 1:00-5:00 pm Central Standard Time. The conference will have opening and closing keystone speakers from accomplished experts in sustainability science and policy from around the globe, and sessions will feature peer-reviewed student presented work from undergraduate...
First YEAH! Networking Conference on the SDG’s a huge success
Dec. 15, 2020—Vanderbilt University, as part of the NSF funded Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education (“YEAH”) network, participated in the development and launch of the first international YEAH Conference. The Conference, called “SDGS for the SDGs: Students Doing Goal-Oriented Science for the Sustainable Development Goals, was an international, on-line event where students from across the globe participated in all aspects of a...
Vanderbilt awarded NSF climate education networking grant
Nov. 4, 2020—With this award from the National Science Foundation, Vanderbilt joins the Youth Environment Alliance in Higher Education (YEAH), a multi-university network aimed at training undergraduate life science students to be future leaders at the science-policy interface. Students and Professors from nearly a dozen universities and colleges across the country and the world are coming together...
Vanderbilt at the United Nations!
Jan. 21, 2020—Vanderbilt students participated in the 25th Conference of the Parties (“COP25”)to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Madrid, Spain in December 2019. During this life-changing trip in which students interacted daily with people from nearly 197 nations including many indigenous populations (all under one roof!), Vanderbilt students: met with members of...
VCCI engage local 8th graders in mock international climate change negotiations
Mar. 8, 2019—February 22, 2019 VCCI researchers lead mock international climate change negotiations at annual STEM day with students from Harpeth Hall and Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville. Students acted as delegates representing specific countries or United Nations negotiating blocs, and worked to negotiate specific agreements regarding financing to developing countries, green house emissions, deforestation, or afforestation. ...