The Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) pioneers research to advance a sustainable and equitable future. Our focus on planetary and environmental health, climate governance, and energy systems is grounded in equity and justice, robust data science, and real-world impact.
IGS has replaced the Institute for Sustainable Energy, expanding the institute's mission beyond energy to a broader scope of interdisciplinary sustainability research.
Latest Research, Commentary, News
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BU’s Institute for Global Sustainability Launches Visualizing Energy Project
New project features data-storytelling on the links between sustainable energy, health, and well-being. Read more
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Guiding Hardware-Driven Turbo with Application Performance Awareness
IGS Research | 2022 IEEE 13th International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference, October 24-25, 2022 Read more
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Analysis of Daily Ambient Temperature and Firearm Violence in 100 US Cities
IGS Research | JAMA Network Open, December 16, 2022 Read more
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Decarbonization, Population Disruption and Resource Inventories in the Global Energy Transition
IGS Research | Nature Communications, December 15, 2022 Read more
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Beyond Climate Stabilization: Exploring the Perceived Sociotechnical Co-impacts of Carbon Removal and Solar Geoengineering
IGS Research | Ecological Economics, February 2023 Read more
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Watch Now | COP27 IPCC Session on Managing Just Transitions
IGS Director Benjamin Sovacool opened an IPCC pavilion session on Managing Just Transitions at COP27. Read more
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Beyond Science and Policy: Typologizing and Harnessing Social Movements for Transformational Social Change
IGS Research | Energy Research & Social Science, December 2022 Read more
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Coal in the 21st Century: Integrating Policy With Practice for Just Transitions
IGS Research | The Electricity Journal, December 2022 Read more
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Present Global Warming: A Justifiable and Stable Metric for Evaluating Short-lived Climate Pollutants
IGS Research | Environmental Research Letters, November 2022 Read more
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Perspectives from COP27 | Tracking Climate Adaptation and Resilience at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh
There is a real danger that the adaptation space might now be overlooked with the new attention to loss and Read more