On the Environment Blog

November 29, 2016
By Emily Wier. This year, Secretary of State John Kerry visited both of the poles to understand the impacts of climate change on some of our most fragile...
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October 14, 2016
By Steve Arowolo, Founder and CEO, Green Shift Africa, Cape Town, South Africa The profiles of Yale Sustainability Leadership Forum’s inaugural class of 2016...
May 29, 2016
By Catherine Martini  History was made on December 12, 2015 in Paris. More heads of state than ever before in human history came together under one roof to...
May 23, 2016
By Lucian Go Earlier this year, President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a joint effort to cooperate on climate action, pledging...
April 10, 2016
By Michael Meehan Within the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), there is a small team of employees who believe that regional food systems make up not...
December 14, 2015
By Whitney Johnson, F&ES ‘16 In the final negotiations leading up to COP21, parties performed a rare feat: they agreed (at least on something). In Bonn...
December 11, 2015
This blog was originally published on the Huffington Post on December 10, 2015. By Daniel C. Esty Negotiators from around the world are gathered in Paris with...