More Urgency, Not Less: The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Lessons for Local Climate Leadership
The first of three reports that will provide community leaders, inside and outside of local government, with guidance about navigating their climate-action priorities through the gauntlet of challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis. Read more about the reports here
Professor Suchi Gopal Presents a Lecture Series of the Research Institute for Supply Chain Management
The pandemic impacts on B2B are being discussed in many academic institutions including B2B and supply chain departments.
Assistant Professor Cedric Fichot’s advisee Josh Harrington receives the NASA FINESST fellowship
Joshua Harrington, advisee of Assistant Professor Cedric Fichot recently received the NASA FINESST fellowship. Cedric Fichot will be the PI and Joshua Harrington the FI of “Quantifying the Fat of Dissolved Organic Carbons from Stable and Degrading Marshes in the Mississippi River Delta Using Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy and Export Modeling” Overview: Carbon export through coastal […]
Research Assistant Professor Robert Buchwaldt appears on The Sweaty Penguin
Research Assistant Professor Robert Buchwaldt appears on the June 12th episode of The Sweaty Penguin, titled “Earthquakes.” In it, Robert Buchwaldt, Joe LoDuca (University of Connecticut), and Mollie McGrann (UCLA) discuss why earthquakes happen, why they are so difficult to predict, as well as how to better prepare for them. Listen to the episode here!
Event: Current Insights on the Clean Energy Transition & Investment Opportunities
Join us Wednesday June 17 at 12:00 noon and learn about: • The pace and causes of the transformation of energy markets towards clean energy. • The role of ESG investment in the clean energy transition. • How investments incorporating ESG factors are holding up during the pandemic versus non-ESG peers, including in the climate […]
Professor Robert Kaufmann is quoted in BBC Mundo
Professor Robert Kaufmann is quoted in BBC Mundo article,”Coronavirus y cambio climático: por qué la pandemia no es realmente tan buena para el medio ambiente.” In the article, Journalist Carlos Serrano explores COVID-19’s effects on the environment, and Professor Kaufmann offers his opinion as to whether or not the petroleum industry will recover. Read the […]
COVID-19 & Cities: Pollution & the Environment Wednesday, May 13 1pm-2pm ET
Please join the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) for a webinar to learn about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban air quality and the environment, and the implications for the future of environmental policy and climate change. Graham Wilson, Director of the Initiative on Cities, will moderate and be joined by: David […]
GE 534 Students Present to State Energy Officials
On May 8, students in GE 534, Research for Environmental Agencies and Organizations, presented their work to 21 officials of the Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources. Alex Fukuchi explained the “Power to Gas” (P2G) approach of using renewable energy to create hydrogen gas, which can then be burned cleanly to provide reserve energy for when […]
Leveraging Big Data and Analytics to Improve Food, Energy, and Water System Sustainability
Professor Suchi Gopal published an article in Frontiers in Big Data with Joshua Pitts of the Global Development Policy Center, Yaxiong Ma of the Department of Earth & Environment, Magaly Koch of the Center for Remote Sensing, Roelof M. Boumans of Affordable Futures, and Les Kaufman of the Department of Biology. Read the article here.
Professor Suchi Gopal serves as a panelist for Boston University Earth Day
Suchi Gopal was a panelist at Boston University’s Online Earth Day 2020! She joined BU’s Sustainability online in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Earth day. They featured conversations about BU’s progress as an institution, how climate change related to the COVID-19, as well as content focused on well-being and the environment.