Barford, director of the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, contributed the article, “Stranded Assets — Conduits for Better Public Infrastructure Planning?” to the League of Women Voters Dane County website. The article addresses stranded assets and how basic planning for public infrastructure can minimize this issue.
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Holly Gibbs co-authors paper asking whether certifying oil palm helps alleviate poverty
Gibbs and her colleagues compared the rates of poverty across 36,311 villages over 18 years, specifically looking at the change in poverty rates before and after oil palm plantations were certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
New SAGE Professor Grace Bulltail Featured in InsideUW
The intersection of watershed management and tribal sovereignty is among the top research areas of Grace Bulltail, assistant professor of Native American environment, health and community. She has spent much of her career studying the impact of oil and gas extraction on water quality.
Rachel Licker to Present Talk at SAGE
Nelson Institute / SAGE alum, Rachel Licker, Senior Climate Scientist for the Union of Concerned Scientists, will present a lunchtime discussion on the recent “Killer Heat” report from UCS.
Gibbs Lab Research Featured in New York Times
The Gibbs Lab research tracking outcomes from the corporate Zero-Deforestation Commitments in the Brazilian Amazon was covered by a New York Times article that came out Oct 10, 2019.
One of the Best Three-Minute Flash Talks on Global Health and Food Crisis, and a Solution!
SAGE alum, Valerie Stull, PhD gave a 3-minute flash task at the 3rd annual Planetary Health Conference, held last month at Stanford.
Jonathan Patz Featured in Forbes.com Article
“Climate Change Best Case Scenario: Save Millions, Make Trillions”
Limaye et al. Research Featured on WPR
The newly published research in GeoHealth, “Estimating the Health-Related Costs of 10 Climate-Sensitive U.S. Events During 2012″ was covered by Wisconsin Public Radio and featured fellow SAGE alum Megan Christenson speaking to the Wisconsin trends.
New Publication
Just published in Sustainability Science – “Research and Policy Priorities for Edible Insects” by Valerie Stull and Jonathan Patz.
Lisa Rausch, AnHai Doan, and Holly Gibbs Awarded $150,000 Grant from the Meridian Institute
The title of the grant is “Characterizing compliance in cattle supply chains: What factors encourage deforestation-free production in the Brazilian Amazon?”