Report: Motivating Local Climate Adaptation and Strengthening Resilience: Making Local Data Trusted, Useful, and Used
Aug. 23, 2021—Local communities are already experiencing dire effects caused by climate change that are expected to increase in frequency, intensity, duration, and type. Public concern about climate-related challenges is increasing, available information and resources on climate risks are expanding, and cities across the country and the globe are developing approaches to and experience with measures for...
Madeline Allen selected as a Fellow in the 2021-2022 Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Climate and Society Grand Challenge Initiative Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows Program
Jul. 22, 2021—Madeline Allen has been selected as a Fellow in the 2021-2022 Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Climate and Society Grand Challenge Initiative Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows Program. The fellowship connects graduate students that are conducting research on challenges related to the environment and climate change which require connections that cut across disciplinary boundaries....
Article on Climate Migration Published in The Conversation
Jun. 15, 2021—A new article published in The Conversation, written by Jonathan Gilligan (VU’s Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences), Katharine Donato (Georgetown U., formerly chair of Sociology at Vanderbilt) and Amanda Carrico (U. Colorado Boulder, formerly a Ph.D. student and postdoc at VIEE) about climate change and the lack of national laws in place to assist...
2021 Tennessee Climate Data Summit May 25 & 26
May. 20, 2021—The Tennessee Climate Office at East Tennessee State University, in partnership with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information and the American Association of State Climatologists, will host Tennessee’s first ever Climate Data Summit to determine climate data needs for stakeholders across the state. This is a free, 2-day virtual event occurring in the afternoons of...
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...