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Matrix New World

Olga Abinader Guests on ‘The Joy of Living’

Olga Abinader, an IBES advisory council member and director of environmental review and land use planning at Matrix New World, discussed Hispanic Heritage Month and her role in encouraging more women and people of color to consider STEM careers on a recent podcast episode.
VoxDev

How do floods impact economic development?

Dev Patel, a Prize Fellow at Harvard and incoming IBES professor, spoke on this podcast about his research measuring floods, their impacts, and the adaptation decisions of households.

Science

Support US OCTOPUS Act to keep octopuses wild

IBES Lecturer Mindi Schneider and 99 fellow authors advocate in favor of the OCTOPUS Act: a proposed federal law that would prohibit commercial octopus aquaculture in the US and the import of commercially farmed octopus.
Nature

How to win funding to talk about your science

Voss Postdoctoral Researcher Lina Pérez-Angel, who co-founded a bilingual science communication platform called GeoLchat, noted that "Science communication is as real and as hard as doing research."
RealClearEnergy

We Need a Shared Vision for Fixing the Climate Problem

In this opinion piece, IBES and EEOB Professor Stephen Porder argues that "we are going to need everyone around the table" to address climate change, and "the policy/economic/social tools we dislike may achieve results we applaud."
Scholars Strategy Network

Disaster Management in the Era of Climate Change

In this episode of the No Jargon podcast, Elizabeth Fussell — professor of population studies and environment and society (research) — shares insights on how extreme weather impacts communities and lessons for improving disaster responses.
Scientific American

Could the U.S. Ban Fossil Fuel Ads?

Visiting IBES Professor Robert Brulle noted that the U.N. secretary general’s call for a ban on fossil fuel advertising is a turning point in raising the public’s awareness of misinformation.
ASB Zeitung

UN sharply criticizes the fossil fuel sector

IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts noted that "Money from [fossil fuel] companies floods every aspect of our lives, making it challenging or impossible to undertake the comprehensive climate action science demands."