Vanderbilt U Launches Private Climate Governance Lab
Vanderbilt Law recently announced the Private Climate Governance (PCG) Lab, an initiative that will serve as a hub for scholarship, resources and student learning opportunities, and aims to provide feasible solutions to private actors that can effectively contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.
San Francisco State U Introduces Climate Justice Graduation Requirement
Beginning in fall 2025, all undergraduate learners must complete the Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action requirement. After completing this requirement, students will be able to analyze sustainability challenges and identify solutions to address the root causes of environmental and climate injustices.
Clark U Launches Climate, Environment & Society School
Scheduled to open in fall 2025, the new School of Climate, Environment, and Society aims to advance systems thinking that integrates learning from across traditional disciplines like economics, political and social sciences, natural sciences, data sciences, the humanities, and business to pursue innovative and human-focused approaches to global problems on a local, regional and planetary scale. The new school will be led by Lou Leonard, who came to Clark from Chatham University, where he served as dean of the Falk School of Sustainability and Environment.
U Chicago Launches Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth
The new institute combines research in economics, climate policy, and key energy and climate technologies. The institute plans to hire 20 new faculty members over the next five years, including in the fields of law, political science, economics, materials engineering and artificial intelligence.
London School of Economics Announces Global School of Sustainability
The new school aims to conduct innovative research addressing five key challenges for policymakers: generating sustainable growth and development; creating sustainable finance and business; mobilizing political, legal and governance systems; transforming behaviors; and protecting and enhancing nature and biodiversity. The school will also establish a research fund and help embed sustainability into core undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Georgetown U Introduces Social Justice Core Requirement
Going into effect with the beginning of the fall 2024 semester, all undergraduates will take three courses: a mandatory one-credit seminar–Race, Power, and Justice at Georgetown–and two additional courses that draw upon themes such as marginalization, inequity and identity.
U Utah Establishes School of Environment, Society & Sustainability
The result of a merger between the department of Geography and the Environmental and Sustainability Studies program, the new school includes physical sciences; social and behavioral sciences, which include environmental justice, environmental sociology, politics ecology and economic geography; and data science.
Bentley U to Purchase 100% Wind Power
The university recently signed a four-year agreement to purchase electricity from a wind farm in Maine. The purchase is anticipated to supply 100 percent of the electricity needs of the university through 2027. The wind site will be incorporated into an intensive field course on renewable energy and energy efficiency.
