A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for A Sustainable Future
A practical, bipartisan call to action from the world’s leading thinkers on the environment and sustainability
A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for A Sustainable Future
A Better Planet inspires climate action from "no" to "go"
Friday, July 15, 2022
In an interview with The Economist, Center Director Dan Esty, highlights how policy “red lights” must be trasformed to “green lights” that drive innovation with incentives that engage the world’s entrepreneurs, financial markets and creative spirits in the pursuit of a net-zero future. This philosphy is expanded upon and highlighted in the recently released book “A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future”.
Read the interview here.
Buy A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future here.
Pathways to a Sustainable Future: Lessons from "A Better Planet"
Thursday, December 24, 2020
As the nation shifts from a focus on politics to efforts to develop policy, Center Director Dan Esty explores options for new initiatives and progress across the country related to energy, environment, conservation, land use, and other sustainability issues. The discussion built on ideas from the edited book, A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future.
To fight climate change, the U.S. must change the way it thinks about protecting the environment
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
In an op-ed with Market Watch, Center Director Dan Esty shared that to fight climate change, the U.S. must change the way it thinks about protecting the environment. We need more positive incentives to inspire fresh thinking, spur technology development and channel capital.
Find the article here.
"A Better Planet" Panel Highlights Three Ideas to Build a More Sustainable Future
This month marks the paperback release of A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future, a book edited by Center for Environmental Law & Policy Director Dan Esty and featuring 40 contributions from sustainability leaders at Yale and around the world. In celebration of the release, the Yale Environmental Dialogue convened a panel with three contributors to the book, held on Tuesday, October 6.
Understanding the Impact of Climate Change on Wildfires with Dan Esty
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Center Director Dan C. Esty joined Cheddar Reveals to discuss the science behind how climate change impacts wildfires, the economic impacts of the wildfires in California and Oregon, and policies both current and future that may help mitigate the prevalence and intensity of these fires.
Check out the interview here.
On World Environment Day, “A Better Planet” Event Highlights the Need for Collaboration
This June, four authors from “A Better Planet: Pathways to a Sustainable Future” joined Center Director Dan Esty, Yale FES Dean Indy Burke, and special guest UN Ambassador Marco Antonio Suazo to discuss how the lessons from “A Better Planet” can be used to address today’s environmental challenges.
New York Times: Don’t Thank the Virus for Saving the Climate Yet
Monday, June 8, 2020
Center Director Dan Esty speaks with The New York Times about COVID-19, climate change, and environmental policy lessons that can be learned from the pandemic. Read the interview here.
Virtual Yale Business Sustainability Summit Commemorates Earth Day
Thursday, April 23, 2020
On April 15, the Yale Business Sustainability Summit marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with a virtual discussion that convened CEOs and corporate sustainability thought leaders to discuss the evolving role of business in addressing society’s sustainability challenges.
Dan Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management and senior associate dean for leadership studies at the Yale School of Management, hosted the event.
Click here or on the link below to read more and watch a recording of the event.
https://som.yale.edu/news/2020/04/virtual-yale-business-sustainability-summit-commemorates-earth-day
Daniel Esty on Seattle K-5 News
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Center Director Dan Esty spoke with Suzie Wiley from Seattle New Day Northwest News about A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future. They discussed the applicability and bipartisan nature of the ideas and the changing nature of environmental leadership in the 21st century.
To watch to the news clip, click here.
