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Multiscale RECIPES for Sustainable Food Systems Year 2 Report
RECIPES: Resilient, Equitable, and Circular Innovations with Partnership and Education Synergies Multiscale RECIPES (‘RECIPES’) is an interdisciplinary research network of 50 faculty and staff researchers co-creating solutions to wasted food. Through our research process, we partner with non-profits, industry leaders, frontline workers, community members, and policymakers to transform wasteful systems to promote sustainability, equity, and […]
Article: Accounting for Non-Economic Loss: Climate Displacement and the Meaningful Omission of the [...]
Dr. Robert Albro, Research Associate Professor in the American University Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, recently published a new article in the International Journal of Cultural Policy on the necessity of incorporating into loss-and-damage policy the intangible, non-economic loss of cultural heritage incurred as a result of climate displacement. Titled “Accounting for non-economic […]
Article: Pathways for diversifying and enhancing science advocacy
Dr. Dana Fisher is the director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity at AU and a professor in the School of International Service. Her research focuses on democracy, activism, and climate politics, recently centering on climate protests and the Civilian Climate Corps. Dr. Fisher has authored over 75 research papers and has written […]
Article: Performance insurance for jurisdictional REDD+: Unlocking finance and increasing ambition [...]
Dr. Alexander Golub, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, and colleagues Dr. Kitty Kay Chan and Ruben Lubowski have published a new paper on using jurisdictional pay-for-performance systems to rapidly scale up carbon finance for reducing deforestation and achieve greater environmental integrity. The paper, entitled “Performance insurance for jurisdictional REDD+: Unlocking finance and […]
Book: Advanced Introduction to Water Politics
American University School of International Service Professor Ken Conca has published a book on global water governance called Advanced Introduction to Water Politics. Accessible yet rigorous, this book starts by asking, “what makes water political?” It then dives into the deep importance of water in the daily lives of communities by discussing its intersections with […]