ACURM to review Sunrise proposal, send official recommendations to University following meeting featuring commentary from IBES Senior Lecturer Kurt Teichert and ENVS concentrators Caitlyn Carpenter ’26 and Ethan Drake ’24

IBES Fellow Elizabeth Rush's "The Quickening" is the first pick of The Public's Radio new book club. In this interview, she expands on the inspiration behind the book.

Each year, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) offers funded internship, research, and training opportunities for undergraduates of all concentrations interested in climate, sustainability, and the environment. Explore the IBES Summer Internship Program and Voss Fellowships below, and submit your applications by March 2, 2024.

Silberman, a Brown alumna, will continue her decade-long service to the University in this newly created role, guiding initiatives tied to IBES’ goals in research, education, public engagement, and partnerships.

Issue 6 of the Commodity Frontiers Journal, edited by IBES Lecturer Mindi Schneider and featuring pieces by Brian Lander, Assistant Professor in IBES and History, and recent ENVS graduate Charlotte Marcil '23.

This article cites research from IBES' Climate and Development Lab, led by Professor Timmons Roberts.

ENVS concentrator Caroline Sassan '24, who has studied fossil fuel campaigns, offered commentary for this article.

"I am more worried than ever," IBES Director Kim Cobb told AP. "My worry increases with every year that global emissions move in the wrong direction."

A new research paper by Postdoc Research Associate Bethan Littleford-Colquhoun and IBES and Biology Assistant Professor Tyler Kartzinel.

This article features commentary from and research by IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts.

Course instructor Timmons Roberts has made a tradition of bringing students to the capital to engage with legislators, Capitol Hill staffers, federal officials, and lobbyists.

This article cites a recent report from IBES Professor Timmons Roberts's Climate and Development Lab, co-authored by environmental science concentrator Isaac Slevin '25 and Will Kattrup '25.

Lukas Rieppel, an IBES affiliate and associate professor of history, offered insights for this article.

IBES Director Kim Cobb noted, "It’s a scary time in that there are candidates on ballots across the world who haven’t really understood the full scope of climate risks and opportunities for climate actions."

This article features commentary from Rachel Baker, assistant professor of Environment and Society and Epidemiology.

This article covers new research from IBES' Climate and Development Lab, led by Professor Timmons Roberts.

Dive into a year of accomplishments at IBES, where community-engaged scholarship, cutting-edge research, student-led projects and events, and more highlight the many ways that our community is rising to meet the 21st century’s climate, sustainability, and environmental challenges.

This research was part of Daniel Perret's doctoral dissertation at Brown with Dov Sax, IBES and EEOB professor and coauthor on the paper.

This episode of The Weekly Catch features commentary from IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts.

A review of "Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth’s Past and Will Shape Our Future," by IBES and EEOB Professor Stephen Porder.

Students deepened their knowledge of course topics by working in the field and hearing from an experienced quahogger.

This article features "Elemental" by IBES Professor Stephen Porder and "The Quickening" by IBES Fellow Elizabeth Rush.

This environmental studies and IAPA concentrator seeks to create direct change in city politics.

A new report from the Climate and Development lab, a student-faculty think tank led by IBES Professor Timmons Roberts.

IBES Affiliate Erica Walker, founder of the Community Noise Lab at Brown’s School of Public Health, was interviewed about the lab’s work to test household water quality in Jackson, Mississippi.

IBES Associate Professor James Kellner is involved in the project described in this article.

Marine ecologist Jon Witman is driven to pursue permanent protection of Cashes Ledge, a unique ecosystem and natural laboratory in the heart of the Gulf of Maine.

Elizabeth Rush, IBES Fellow and Assistant Professor of the Practice of English, was a guest on this episode of the On Point radio show.

IBES Lecturer Mindi Schneider, instructor of "Commodity Natures" and a volunteer at the Creative Reuse Center of Rhode Island, commented that "Keeping things close to our hearts keeps them out of the landfill."

Professor Meredith Hastings joined a panel of experts to discuss climate change and solutions here in Rhode Island.

Visiting Professor of Environment and Society Robert Brulle offered commentary on a study comparing fossil fuel companies’ advertising claims and actions.

IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts offered commentary on the phasing out of fossil fuels and nations that are blocking change.

IBES and History Associate Professor Bathsheba Demuth provided commentary on the various factors contributing to a decline in salmon in the Yukon River. 

IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts offered commentary on offshore wind farms, explaining that they are crucial to cutting energy emissions and mitigating climate change.

Meet Dr. Sonam Futi Sherpa, a new postdoctoral researcher in IBES! Sherpa is working with Professor Laurence C. Smith's Northern Change Research Laboratory, using a NASA SWOT satellite mission to observe water and the proglacial environment. Read this Q&A (edited for length and clarity) to learn more about Sherpa's work and what she looks forward to doing at Brown.

Stephen Porder — Associate Provost for Sustainability and Professor in IBES and EEOB — clarifies some common misunderstandings about electric vehicles and their environmental impact in this opinion piece.

Ahead of COP 28, an issue paper from the Climate Social Science Network (housed at IBES) reviews the history of Saudi Arabia’s role in global climate negotiations. It finds the Saudi Arabian state regards the UN climate talks and IPCC as diplomatic areas where it must slow, obstruct and – if need be – block progress. Co-authored by IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts.

Building upon her undergrad experiences, this IBES alum now creates mission-driven environmental change at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Written by Voss Postdoc Jayson Maurice Porter, this piece serves as a multi-species family history about how diasporic Black folks stay connected to the ocean and each other.

Continued coverage of a new research paper co-authored by Daniel Ibarra, Assistant Professor in IBES and DEEPS.

IBES Affiliate and Associate Professor of History Lukas Rieppel offered extensive commentary about the preparation of fossils, noting that they exist as bits of naturally shaped organic material and as “multimedia sculpture.”

IBES Postdoc Sonam Sherpa, who grew up in Nepal, provided scientific insights on a recent earthquake that devastated the western region of Jajarkot.

IBES Director Kim Cobb said that the U.S. needs to embrace the “transformative adaptations” that NCA5 promotes as essential to withstanding coming climate risks.

IBES Director Kim Cobb offered commentary on the Fifth National Climate Assessment, noting, "at the center of the report are people ... who have escalating risks associated with climate change as well as clear opportunities for win-win climate action."