On the Environment Blog

October 4, 2018
Last week at Climate Week NYC, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (FES)  alum Gator Halpern was honored as a United Nations (UN) “Young Champion...
June 1, 2018
Biodiversity underpins all ecosystem services that sustain our environment and power our economies. Intact and sufficient habitat is critical to supporting...
May 15, 2018
Air pollution is the most pressing environmental threat to global public health according to the 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). Researchers at...
May 2, 2018
 Over the past 20 years, there has been a steady growth in the collection and use of data on environmental performance. Data systems such as the United Nations...
March 2, 2018
Center Director Professor Dan Esty traveled to Singapore earlier this year to spend several weeks as a visiting lecturer at the Yale-NUS College. Esty spent...
February 20, 2018
The Environmental Performance Index (EPI), was released January 22nd in Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. YCELP Research...
January 19, 2018
Last year, global trade accounted for 60% of world Gross Domestic Product. However, in addition to contributing to GDP, the global trade regime is also...