Today’s problems are complex and interconnected, and so are the solutions.

Addressing the 21st century’s most pressing climate and sustainability challenges requires new levels of collaboration and action across disciplines, sectors, and scales of impact. 

Through solutions-focused research and education enabled by deep partnerships across Brown and beyond, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) aims to be an engine of real-world impact and a training ground for the next generation of changemakers building a just, sustainable world. Backed by a bold five-year strategic plan and grounded in a culture that promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, nimble innovation, public engagement, and equitable outcomes, we seek to bolster knowledge-to-action pathways in Providence, across the nation, and around the world.