We often focus on global surface temperatures as a key metric for climate change. But as we note in the Climate Trends chapter of the new US 5th National Climate Assessment, we see incontrovertible evidence for climate change across the oceans, land, cryosphere, and atmosphere:

Check out our PNASNews article w Alessandro Taberna Antonia Hadjimichael Brayton Noll featured in the SI on #Sustainability edited by Noelle Eckley Selin @amandagiang William C. Clark: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… Happy to add a few words on this European Research Council (ERC)-funded work. SC3 Team @tudelftTBM

Research frontiers for #Sustainability Transitions in Consumption-Production Systems" explored in new PNAS Special Feature that I co-edited with Frank Geels & Florian Kern is available here: pnas.org/topic/551 , #OpenAccess. My comments on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/posts/william-…

This is the 'Volkswagen 2015' moment for the #COP28 Presidency.   Caught red handed, the COP Presidency has no other option but to now unequivocally step up the transparency, responsibility and accountability with which they lead the process. [1/2] bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Where manufactured capital is & how it's constituted matter for #Sustainability but are poorly documented. @d__frantz etal help with "Unveiling patterns in human dominated landscapes through mapping the mass of US built structures" in Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

Why not both?

"We analyzed 5 recent large-scale power failures in the US, including the rolling blackouts caused by Winter Storm Uri in 2021. We found that gas plants accounted for most of the failed capacity in all 5 events." The "reliability" of fossil gas is a myth. ucsusa.org/resources/gas-…

Yes because then we ask questions about what is good and bad innovation, which values and social and ecological issues are embedded in the process.

Prof. Jessica Fanzo will present a virtual lecture, followed by discussion on "Using Evidence and Data to Illuminate Our Food Systems". Some really exciting innovations in her "Food systems dashboard" | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2024-jes…

How does human #migration affect the prospects for #SustainableDevelopment ? Our PNAS Special Feature explores the relation of migration flows to #Wellbeing, #inequality, #environment & #socialcapital: pnas.org/topic/554. More in LinkedIn post: linkedin.com/posts/william-…

Fantastic program: 2024 Energy and Climate-Tech Innovation Policy “Boot Camp” for Early Career Researchers Led by David Hart @kmkennedy6 Applications due Feb 20 climatetech.schar.gmu.edu

Great opportunties…. For you and us.

Thanks to you & GeoJ. The climate crisis & its link to preferred energy sources are transforming who is prospering, who has power, who has what interests on the global stage. Political Science has so much to offer but only a few people and venue link GJ deliver. In your debt!

Combining qualitative descriptions of system components & interactions with network representation for quantitative characterization of system structure used to understand #sustainability of long term interactions between nature & society (Siddiqi et al pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…)

Capacity to measure progress toward sustainable development. Virtual seminar on Feb 12 featuring Carrie Exton (OECD), Eli Fenichel (Yale / OSTP), Mary Ruckelshaus (NatCap Project) & Alicia Harley (Harvard). Registration & additional info available here: hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/…

CAPACITY TO ADAPT IN SUPPORT OF SUSTAINABILITY Virtual seminar on Feb. 26 featuring Carolyn Kousky (EDF), Aditi Mukherji (CGIAR), and Claudia Thyme (IDF). Moderated by Alicia Harley (Harvard). Registration and additional information available here: hks.harvard.edu/events/capacit…

CAPACITY BUILDING TO PROMOTE #EQUITY FOR #SUSTAINABILITY Virtual seminar on 3/26 with Nasif Khan (BRAC), Sharmila Murthy, (former Dir for Envir Justice at White House), Grant Wilson (Earth Law Center), moderated by Alicia Harley (Harvard). 🧪 Register: hks.harvard.edu/events/capacit…