Ten years of research projects, countless ideas, one shared mission: to build a sustainable future.

Assistant Professor Myles Lennon published his first book, “Subjects of the Sun: Solar Energy in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism,” over the summer.

IBES awarded grants to six core and affiliate faculty members, allowing them to conduct research that crosses boundaries and benefits communities, both at Brown and around the world.

Elodie Freymann, a primatologist and IBES Voss postdoctoral researcher, reflected on how Dr. Jane Goodall inspired her professionally and personally.

Professor Timmons Roberts virtually testified before the Australian Parliament's Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy, answering senators' questions and detailing his climate obstruction research.

Professor Meredith Hastings discussed the air quality in Providence, as monitored through her Breathe Providence project.

This article includes commentary from Teaching Professor Kurt Teichert, a member of the Energy Efficiency Council. 

Associate Professor Tyler Kartzinel offered commentary for this article.

Assistant Professor Daniel Ibarra is co-author of a new study, which provides a new framework for examining how organisms have fundamentally altered ecosystems on a global scale across hundreds, thousands, or millions of years.

Assistant Professor Daniel Ibarra is co-author of this study, which provides a new framework for examining how organisms have fundamentally altered ecosystems on a global scale across hundreds, thousands, or millions of years.

Professor Nancy Jacobs, along with three Brown students and local partners, recently opened a new museum in Uganda to connect communities with endangered wildlife.

Jennifer Hadden, an IBES affiliate at the Watson School for International and Public Affairs, co-penned this commentary, which notes that "the current U.S. housing policy regime creates tradeoffs between promoting equity and addressing climate risk."

IBES Professor Stephen Porder offered commentary on electric vehicles.

Professor Timmons Roberts, whose Climate and Development Lab has researched the network of entities that oppose offshore wind projects, offered commentary for this article.

IBES Director Kim Cobb is one of dozens of scientists working to counter the Trump administration's efforts to weaken pollution regulations.

Representing local anti-offshore wind group Green Oceans, Marzulla Law sent a letter to Brown demanding research from IBES' Climate and Development Lab be retracted. CDL Director Timmons Roberts offered commentary and updates on the matter.

IBES affiliate Erica Walker, an assistant professor of epidemiology, is partnering with student interns in Jackson, Mississippi, to investigate the root causes and long-term environmental impacts of illegal dumping.

Three IBES professors and two affiliates faculty members offered commentary on Brown's recent decision to pause its carbon reduction efforts.

A study led by biologists in IBES and EEOB revealed that different circumstances lead herbivores to eat a much wider variety of plants than previously believed.

Bathsheba Demuth, an associate professor in IBES and the Department of History, offered commentary for this article.

IBES Professor Timmons Roberts discussed his research at Brown's Climate and Development Lab on links between the fossil fuel industry and anti-wind groups, and his response to a letter from a law firm representing opponents of offshore wind farms demanding that the University retract the research. 

Research Professor Elizabeth Fussell discussed her research on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Professor of Population Studies and Environment and Society (Research) Elizabeth Fussell discussed her research on relocation efforts after Hurricane Katrina.

Members of the Sustainable Education Initiative, based at the Annenberg Institute and supported by an IBES Catalyst Award, provide a readable overview of how education policy and climate change are interconnected issues.

Research Professor Elizabeth Fussell spoke with Audie Cornish about her research tracking where evacuees ended up in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Professor of Population Studies and Environment and Society (Research) Elizabeth Fussell offered commentary on how New Orleans has changed since Hurricane Katrina, noting that 20 years later, the city is smaller, wealthier, and has fewer Black residents. 

IBES faculty affiliate Mark Blyth, a professor at the Watson School for International and Public Affairs, penned this article with Daniel Driscoll, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia.

IBES Research Professor Elizabeth Fussell studied where tens of thousands of New Orleans residents fled to after Hurricane Katrina.

Associate Professor Bathsheba Demuth penned this essay, which poignantly describes how declining salmon populations threaten the future of the Yukon River and its surrounding communities.

In her senior thesis, Morris explored how Maine’s climate action process can better include a group on the frontlines of climate change.

IBES affiliate Matthew Kraft, a professor in the Department of Education and founder of the SustainableED initiative, makes the case for teaching about climate science and investing in resilient, sustainable schools.

IBES Professors Stephen Porder and Meredith Hastings discussed heatwaves' consequences and prevention.

Voss Podstoc Elodie Freymann led a scientific review that found chimpanzees use some of the same medicinal plants as humans.

This paper, coauthored by IBES Professor Stephen Porder and Declan Johnson '24, suggests that wood vaults are a promising emissions-reduction strategy, but challenges remain.

This article features commentary from IBES Director Kim Cobb, who is one of dozens of scientists working to respond to a Department of Energy report that casts doubt on the severity of climate change.

IBES Professor Stephen Porder discussed nitrogen and phosphorous pollution, examples of effective mitigation, and key steps for bringing essential elements back into balance.

Professor Meredith Hastings attended this event and discussed lessons learned from her hyperlocal air quality monitoring research.

Urban Studies and Mathematics concentrator Rafael Ash ’26 is investigating how communities in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Warren, Rhode Island, adapt to their rapidly changing environments through democratic planning, local partnerships, and managed retreat strategies.

Assistant Professor of Environment and Society Rachel Wetts examines how the social value of education contributes to partisanship within climate debates.

IBES Professor Dov Sax coauthored this article, which highlights why ecology's space-for-time substitution method can be misleading, and makes suggestions for improving the reliability of ecological forecasts.

Visiting Professor of Environment and Society Robert Brulle offered commentary on the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to reverse climate regulations.

IBES Professor Timmons Roberts spoke in favor of an offshore wind project during a public forum in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

This article describes the cancellation of IBES faculty affiliate Mara Freilich's NASA grant, which engaged citizens in studying the air quality around California's Salton Sea.

Education Professor and IBES affiliate Matt Kraft provided commentary on SustainableEd, an IBES-supported initiative he founded that launched in July with a new report that synthesizes research examining the relationship between climate change and education.

IBES affiliate and Catalyst Research Award recipient Erica Walker, an assistant professor of epidemiology, was interviewed about air quality reports from her Community Noise Lab's environmental monitoring research.

The first working paper from the Sustainable Education Research Initiative, led by IBES affiliate Matthew Kraft (Department of Education) and supported by an IBES Catalyst Research Award.