Climate and Sustainability
As the climate changes due to human activities, our projects are focused on how society can adapt to live in a manner that has less of an impact on the natural environment.
COPOut Episode 5: Early PostMortem on COP30
In our fifth episode of the COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with two amazing climate communicators to unpack the significance of the outcome of the COP30 round of the climate negotiations. Tune in to hear from Amy Westervelt from Drilled Media and Katharine Hayhoe from Texas Tech University and the Nature Conservancy as […]
COPOut Episode 4: On Measurement and Attribution
In our fourth episode of the COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with guest experts who help us understand where we are in measuring carbon and attributing the effects that climate change is having on our world. Tune in to hear from Friederike Otto from Imperial College London & the World Weather Attribution […]
[Report] Visualizing the Loss of the American Climate Corps
How do we visualize the loss of the American Climate Corps? This report maps out the reach of the American Climate Corps to understand where jobs and communities were most impacted when the program was shut down and funding was cut. Read the full report below.
COPOut Episode 3: The Future of Carbon Governance
In our third episode of The COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with guest experts who dig deeper into the problems facing the climate regime and what we should realistically expect from COP30. Tune in to hear from Pamela McElwee from Rutgers University and Lauren Gifford from Colorado State University as they discuss the […]
[Recap] Visualizing Environmental Change
On Tuesday, November 11, CECE held the final colloquium of the fall semester, which focused on the role of data visualization in climate communication. Our guest speaker, Megan, Senior Visual Content Producer at Climate Central, shared valuable insights from her work translating complex climate data into clear, engaging, and trustworthy visuals. The discussion emphasized the […]
COPOut Episode 2: (Mal)Adaptation and Climate Shocks
In our second episode of the COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with guest experts about the ways that climate shocks and (mal)adaptation are increasing vulnerabilities and inequalities across and within countries. Tune in to hear from Lisa Schipper from the University of Bonn and Rod Schoonover from Ecological Futures Group as they discuss how […]
COPOut Episode 1: Platforming Activism
In the inaugural episode of the COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with climate leaders about how to platform activism and empower civil society in the struggle to address the climate crisis. Tune in to hear from Ingmar Rentzhog from We Don’t Have Time, Jamie Minden from This Is Zero Hour, and Magnolia Mead […]
CECE Launches the COP-Out Podcast for Apocalyptically Optimistic Climate Conversations
During each episode, CECE Director Dana R. Fisher will host a panel of guest experts who will share their unique perspectives on the state of climate action, the path towards more effective climate solutions, and the role that the international regime—including the annual UN sponsored Conferences of the Parties (COPs)—can and should play in getting […]
2025 CECE Faculty Research Incubator Grant: Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) and [...]
We are excited to announce this year’s selected CECE Faculty Incubator proposal, titled “Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) and the Multidimensional Inequalities of Deployment in Refugee and Host Communities.” This interdisciplinary project represents a collaboration across departments within the School of International Service (SIS) and beyond, bringing together Drs. Claire Brunel (SIS–PGE), Mike Alonzo (CAS–Environmental Science), […]
[Article] What’s radical? Comparing how climate activists and the general public perceive social [...]
A team from CECE has published a paper in Environmental Research Letters that compares perspectives about social movement tactics between climate activists and the general public. Read the abstract below and and Click here to read the article. As the climate crisis worsens, activists have employed a wide range of tactics to draw attention to […]
CECE Postdoctoral Fellow Speaks on Demography and Climate Disasters
Dr. Julie A. González, Environmental Justice Postdoctoral Fellow at CECE, was featured on the podcast The Demographer’s Diary, hosted by Dr. Coda Rayo-Garza, to discuss how demographic research shows the human dimensions of climate disasters. In the episode titled, “Demography and Climate Disasters,” Dr. González explained how population data such as age, housing, health, language, […]
CECE Announces New Partnership with the Center For Environmental Filmmaking
CECE is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Center for Environmental Filmmaking (CEF) which will be creating content as a part of our Workforce Development and the 4Rs project this year. CEF Executive Director Maggie Stogner and Associate Director Larry Engel will lead a team of students in producing short documentaries that highlight […]
Climate and Sustainability Experts
Abeer Y Al-Eryani
Energy Transition Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Environment, Community, & Equity
Robert Albro
Research Associate Professor, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies
Michael Alonzo
Associate Professor, Environmental Science
Julie A. Anderson
Associate Program Director, Masters of Science in Sustainability Management (MSSM)
Valentina Aquila
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Science
Barbara Balestra
Director, Environmental Sciences Teaching Laboratory, Micro-Lab.
David Bartlett
Senior Professorial Lecturer, Department of Management
Kristine Beran
Professorial Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science
Robin Broad
Research Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Jenn Brown
Program Manager, Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy
Claire Brunel
Associate Professor, Department of Politics Economics and Governance
Anny Cárdenas
Assistant Professor, Biology
Ernesto Castañeda
Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies
C. Anne Claus
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ken Conca
Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Nicole Darnall
Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Sustainability
Parthiban David
Senior Associate Dean, Kogod School of Business
Rosalind Donald
Assistant Professor, Public Communication
Todd Eisenstadt
Research Director, Center for Environmental Policy
Larry Engel
Associate Director Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Dana R. Fisher
Director, Center for Environment, Community, & Equity
Scott Freeman
Senior Lecturer, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Julie A. Gonzalez
Environmental Justice Postdoctoral Fellow, CECE
Garrett Graddy-Lovelace
Provost Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Edward Guetti
Professorial Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Religion
Matthew Hartings
Associate Professor, Chemistry
David Hunter
Professor of Law, WCL Program on Environmental and Energy Law
Sarah Iverson
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
W. Chris Jayko
Assistant Director, Center for Environment, Community, & Equity
Kyra Jones
Operations Manager
Victoria Kiechel
Senior Professorial Lecturer, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Chelsea Koch
Assistant Professor, Arctic Ecogeochemistry Lab/Department of Environmental Science Assistant Professor, Arctic Ecogeochemistry Lab/Department of Environmental Science
Mariana Koutsopoulos
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environmental Science
Megan Litke
Director of Sustainability, Office of Sustainability
Maya Livio
Assistant Professor, Climate, Environmental Justice, Media and Communication
Stephen MacAvoy
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Andrew Martinez
Assistant Professor, Economics
Magnolia Mead
CECE Fellow & Research Assistant
Gabriella Meltzer
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Health Studies
Sara Nawaz
Director of Research, Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal
Simon Nicholson
Co-Director of the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy
Jennifer Oetzel
Research Professor, Department of Management
Marcos A. Orellana
Director, Global Toxics and Human Rights Project
Angela Pashayan
Professorial Lecturer, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Claudia Persico
Associate Professor, Public Administration and Policy
Natalia Piland
Research Assistant Professor, CECE
Malini Ranganathan
Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Jesse Ribot
Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Thurka Sangaramoorthy
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Judith Shapiro
Director of Graduate Studies, Dept of Environment Development and Health
Garima Sharma
Assistant Professor, Department of Management
Sauleh Siddiqui
Professor, Environmental Science
William John Snape, III
Professor and Director, WCL Program on Environmental and Energy Law
Stacey Snelling
Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities Lab
Maggie B. Stogner
Executive Director, Center For Environmental Filmmaking
David J. Vázquez
Associate Professor, Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies
Rachel Weiss
Program Manager, Center for Environment, Community, & Equity
Paul Yoo
Assistant Professor, Finance