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first-of-its-kind white paper that sets a foundation for <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="392869fa-2f8d-466a-9301-242947f113ca" href="/news-in-brief/tribal-co-management-public-lands" title="Tribal Co-Management of Public Lands ">Tribal co-management of public lands</a>. </p> <p>There are more than 600 million acres of public lands in the U.S. of which 100 million acres are Indigenous lands. </p> <p>“Tribal co-management is truly a force multiplier. It places real decision making in the hands of our original stewards,” said Pat Gonzales Rogers, YSE lecturer and co-author of the paper.  </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; "> <div class="card__media"> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2023-12/Roads-to-Removal-lg.jpg?h=44b879e5&itok=cj4WI9va 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/2023-12/Roads-to-Removal-lg.jpg?h=44b879e5&itok=CMRQXY8s 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2023-12/Roads-to-Removal-lg.jpg?h=44b879e5&itok=cj4WI9va" alt="Aerial view of forest in autumn" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Maximizing Forest Carbon Removal</h3> <p>YSE scientists <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6b3f3b94-19b8-4252-a7e0-64e9360272ff" href="/news/article/yse-scientists-emphasize-importance-forest-management-net-zero-emissions" title="Yale School of Environment Scientists Emphasize Importance of Forest Management in Reaching Net Zero Emission Goals ">mapped out natural pathways</a> in U.S. forests to remove 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and store it on a gigaton scale, a figure necessary to help meet national net-zero emissions goals. <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9f860b2c-e0ab-4648-9786-34c707fbc61b" href="/directory/faculty/sara-kuebbing" title="Sara Kuebbing ">Sara Kuebbing</a>, research scientist and director of the <a href="https://synthesis.yale.edu/">Yale Applied Science Synthesis Program</a>, led a team evaluating forest management practices in the Northeast, Western, and Southeastern U.S. They found that regenerative silviculture practices, fire management techniques, and planting new forests are critical to increasing forest resilience and carbon storage capacity. The findings were part of a U.S. Department of Energy report.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; "> <div class="card__media"> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2024-06/Ephemeral-water-Raymond-069124989.jpg?h=deb4dcb7&itok=VxxYdncj 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/2024-06/Ephemeral-water-Raymond-069124989.jpg?h=deb4dcb7&itok=mZvShWPE 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2024-06/Ephemeral-water-Raymond-069124989.jpg?h=deb4dcb7&itok=VxxYdncj" alt="A small stream with grass growing in the water" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Evaluating Impacts of Ephemeral Streams on Water Quality</h3> <p>A study by YSE researchers that documented the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ff755dee-ad89-45bd-b721-bb2cd2f2cbdf" href="/news/article/ephemeral-streams-likely-have-significant-effect-us-water-quality" title="Ephemeral streams likely to have significant effect on U.S. water quality ">impacts of ephemeral streams</a> on river output is helping to evaluate the effects of a Supreme Court decision that limited federal jurisdiction over their regulation under the Clean Water Act.</p> <p>The study, co-authored by <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="be91211e-5c62-447e-b9d6-c1640f2ed0a7" href="/directory/faculty/peter-raymond" title="Peter A. Raymond">Peter Raymond</a>, Oastler Professor of Biogeochemistry, found that ephemeral streams, which flow only briefly after precipitation events, influence a substantial amount of water output of the nation’s rivers and are likely a significant pathway through which pollution may influence downstream water quality.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; "> <div class="card__media"> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2024-09/Policy-Spotlights_IRA_wind_turbine.jpg?h=8faa3f92&itok=hJ97BBB6 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/2024-09/Policy-Spotlights_IRA_wind_turbine.jpg?h=8faa3f92&itok=WAZDfYsK 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2024-09/Policy-Spotlights_IRA_wind_turbine.jpg?h=8faa3f92&itok=hJ97BBB6" alt="multiple large windmills on gently rolling hills" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Measuring the Inflation Reduction Act’s Effectiveness</h3> <p>Matt Ashenfarb, a YSE doctoral candidate is studying the effects of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on local economies, specifically its role in expanding clean energy investments. In one study, Ashenfarb and coauthors found that investment in clean energy projects roughly doubled in economically disadvantaged communities and parts of the country typically reliant on fossil fuel production. “The preliminary data suggest that <a href="/canopy/2024/cover-story/getting-net-zero#ashenfarb">IRA policies are working as intended</a>,” Ashenfarb said. “Clean investments are growing everywhere, but particularly in those places that otherwise stood to lose most from the transition to a clean-energy economy.”</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; "> <div class="card__media"> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2024-07/pac_coast_markue_1920.jpg?h=feaed44e&itok=5haqKYZh 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/2024-07/pac_coast_markue_1920.jpg?h=feaed44e&itok=DNNj2EWp 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2024-07/pac_coast_markue_1920.jpg?h=feaed44e&itok=5haqKYZh" alt="Pacific Coast" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Mainstreaming Nature in U.S. Policy</h3> <p><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="69b42661-50ba-433a-8c9b-ccd1054c6692" href="/directory/faculty/eli-fenichel" title="Eli Fenichel">Eli Fenichel</a>, Knobloch Family Professor of Natural Resources, played a critical role in ensuring that information about nature is included in U.S. policy and federal decision-making process.  He helped draft a first-of-its-kind guidance that provides a blueprint for assessing the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7e09b6aa-de43-47d6-a747-fc877caf87cf" href="/news/article/mainstreaming-nature-us-policy" title="Mainstreaming Nature in U.S. Policy">impacts of federal rules on natural assets</a>.</p> <p>“Mainstreaming nature is taking a systems thinking approach, with a bit of extra care to make sure information about nature enters the process — in ways it often has not in the past,” Fenichel said. “It is good governance.”</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="slider-navigation"> <button class="slider-navigation__prev btn btn--inverse"><i class="far fa-chevron-left"></i><span class="show-for-sr">Go to the previous slide.</span></button> <button class="slider-navigation__next btn btn--inverse"><i class="far fa-chevron-right"></i><span class="show-for-sr">Go to the next slide.</span></button> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div id="jump_35e489eb" class="paragraph paragraph--type--from-library paragraph--view-mode--default"> <section class="global-padding--large global-spacing--xlarge blue--dark topographic-map invert-text news-features inthemedia-features" id="in-the-media" data-jump-nav-heading="In the Media" id="in-the-media" data-jump-nav-heading="In the Media" > <div class="grid-container"> <h3 class="eyebrow--feature">In the Media</h3> </div> <section class="news-feature--tiny swiper-four-up news-feature inthemedia-feature global-spacing global-spacing--news-feature"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="swiper-container swiper-container--navoutside"> <div class="news-feature__items inthemedia-feature__items swiper-wrapper"> <div class="news-feature__item inthemedia-feature__item swiper-slide"> <div class="eyebrow">Toronto Star</div> <h3 class="news-feature__heading news-feature__heading--h6"> <a class="link-arrow" href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/our-bodies-are-full-of-microplastics-right-now-why-is-the-government-waiting-to-act/article_3f34d6ba-a780-11ef-9720-df3f5170d673.html">Our bodies are full of microplastics right now. Why is the government waiting to act?</a> </h4> <div class="inthemedia__names">Paul Anastas</div> </div> <div class="news-feature__item inthemedia-feature__item swiper-slide"> <div class="eyebrow">The Boston Globe</div> <h3 class="news-feature__heading news-feature__heading--h6"> <a class="link-arrow" href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/19/metro/firefighters-battle-brush-fire-blue-hills-milton/">Could wildfires become our new normal?</a> </h4> <div class="inthemedia__names">Mark Ashton</div> </div> <div class="news-feature__item inthemedia-feature__item swiper-slide"> <div class="eyebrow">Marketplace </div> <h3 class="news-feature__heading news-feature__heading--h6"> <a class="link-arrow" href="https://www.marketplace.org/2024/11/13/cop29-wealthier-nations-energy-transition-spending-industrialized-countries/">At COP29, wealthy and poor nations negotiate to split the ciimate bill</a> </h4> <div class="inthemedia__names">Kenneth Gillingham</div> </div> <div class="news-feature__item inthemedia-feature__item swiper-slide"> <div class="eyebrow">Yahoo Finance </div> <h3 class="news-feature__heading news-feature__heading--h6"> <a class="link-arrow" href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/behind-york-fires-climate-change-100000520.html">What's behind New York fires? 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Mike Johnson ‘16 <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bfea814c-6b09-45fc-b2bd-3a180e2ed3e0" href="/academics/masters/mem" title="Master of Environmental Management — MEM">MEM</a> heads the auction process of the state’s cap-and-invest program, which has generated massive revenue for investments in climate resiliency, clean transportation, and other community programs.</p> <p>“Washington taking action on climate change through a market-based approach not only creates financial incentives to reduce emissions but also drives innovation in energy production and carbon removal — whether through natural processes or engineered solutions. Our goal is an economy-wide transition away from carbon fuels, toward more efficient, equitable, and sustainable solutions.”</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="landryguillen"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2024-10/Landry-Guillen-spotlight.jpg?h=b044a8f9&itok=zo9SMU8j 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/2024-10/Landry-Guillen-spotlight.jpg?h=b044a8f9&itok=W4Un10K_ 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2024-10/Landry-Guillen-spotlight.jpg?h=b044a8f9&itok=zo9SMU8j" alt="Landry Guillen" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <div class="eyebrow">Bekenstein Climate Leaders</div> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Landry Guillen </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p><strong>Goal: Integrating environmental justice with ecological stewardship </strong></p> <p>As a child, Landry Guillen ’25 MF lived near acres of farmland in California's arid Imperial County. The region is one of the country's leading agricultural producers but has been grappling with the effects of climate change, including persistent water shortages along the Colorado River. </p> <p>While attending the University of California, Santa Barbara, Guillen worked at the university’s urban farm and food bank and that led her to realize that circular food systems can play a major role in climate solutions.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="shubhjain"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2024-10/Shubh-Jain-spotlight.jpg?h=22a7e701&itok=WioomJN9 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/2024-10/Shubh-Jain-spotlight.jpg?h=22a7e701&itok=uMSnEH87 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2024-10/Shubh-Jain-spotlight.jpg?h=22a7e701&itok=WioomJN9" alt="Shubh Jain" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <div class="eyebrow">Bekenstein Climate Leaders</div> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Shubh Jain </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p><strong>Goal: Decarbonize the energy sector globally in sustainable, scalable ways</strong></p> <p>Shubh Jain ’25 MEM first became interested in climate change through a class in documentary filmmaking. As an undergraduate initially majoring in physics at the University at Buffalo, Jain took a class with filmmaker John Fiege, who is known for his film and photography work on global ecology and environmental justice issues. Jain worked with Fiege on the production of “<a href="https://www.redfordcenter.org/films/raising-aniya/">Raising Aniya</a>,” a documentary about a young dancer’s life after Hurricane Harvey. </p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="siriagamez"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/5316/Siria-Gamez-climbing.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=g0AMNWjE 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/content/images/5316/Siria-Gamez-climbing.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=NzxR6P4t 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/5316/Siria-Gamez-climbing.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=g0AMNWjE" alt="Siria Gamez in a climbing harness placing a camera in the tree tops" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Tracking Big Cats in the Sierra Madres Mountains </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p><strong>Siria Gámez</strong> tracks big cats — all the way up 80-foot trees.  A doctoral student in YSE's Applied Wildlife Ecology lab, Gámez had special training to set up camera traps in the tree canopy of the El Triunfo Biosphere to examine how jaguars, pumas, and other carnivores use vertical spaces in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountains in Mexico.</p> <p>“This particular region of Mexico is quite understudied,” says Gámez. “We’re exploring how these animals survive in this three-dimensional forest structure.”</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/doctoral">Doctor of Philosophy — PhD Program</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="mahicaiyer"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2024-04/iyer_landscape_cropped.jpeg?h=97a9a427&itok=eQyLEgKE 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/2024-04/iyer_landscape_cropped.jpeg?h=97a9a427&itok=vdzAD27J 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2024-04/iyer_landscape_cropped.jpeg?h=97a9a427&itok=eQyLEgKE" alt="Iyer portrait" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <div class="eyebrow">Three Cairns Scholars</div> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Mahica Iyer, United Arab Emirates </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p><strong>Goal: Engage in sustainable business and development projects that empower local communities</strong></p> <p>Ever since she was a child, Mahica Iyer ’25 MEM has straddled two worlds: She grew up amid the glittering towers of Dubai, UAE. The community in her hometown of Mumbai, meanwhile, experienced frequent power outages, a scarcity of clean water, and poor waste management. Iyer later attended college in Illinois and then went on to work as a consultant in supply chain sustainability.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash=""> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/5250/Ben-Girgenti.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=34PkVURO 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/content/images/5250/Ben-Girgenti.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=l1XQX60C 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/5250/Ben-Girgenti.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=34PkVURO" alt="Ben Girgenti" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Experiments in Reducing Methane Emissions </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p>Researching natural ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, <strong>Ben Girgenti ’22 MESc</strong> tested whether adding minerals to wetland ecosystems can reduce biological methane emissions. After adding iron to the soil of mini wetlands, Girgenti found that methane was reduced by the mineral enhancement.</p> <p>“If you’re building or using wetlands for natural carbon capture, you could shut off or decrease methane emissions, reducing the amount of time it takes for wetlands to begin having new sequestration of carbon,” Girgenti says.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mfs-mesc">Master of Environmental Science - MESc</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="benedictaasiedu"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2024-04/Benedicta%20Frimpomaa%20Asiedu-18%20%281%29.JPG?h=1116cd87&itok=gEjvvSYA 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/2024-04/Benedicta%20Frimpomaa%20Asiedu-18%20%281%29.JPG?h=1116cd87&itok=XJ1x7w3U 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2024-04/Benedicta%20Frimpomaa%20Asiedu-18%20%281%29.JPG?h=1116cd87&itok=gEjvvSYA" alt="Benedicta Frimpomaa Asiedu" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <div class="eyebrow">Three Cairns Scholars</div> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Benedicta Asiedu, Ghana </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p><strong>Goal: Advancing Ghana’s transition to a net-zero economy</strong></p> <p>Benedicta Asiedu ’25 MEM has witnessed profound economic transformation in her home country of Ghana. It is one of the world’s largest exporters of gold, and it exports agricultural goods, most significantly cacao, to global markets. Since 2007, when oil in commercial quantities was first discovered, Ghana has also become a producer and exporter of crude oil. These three commodities alone have helped the country move from the edge of economic collapse three decades ago to, as the World Bank declared in 2019, the world’s fastest growing economy. (This growth has since slowed.)</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="srishtisingh"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2024-04/Singh_landscape.jpeg?h=ce7642e1&itok=2xloVk73 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/2024-04/Singh_landscape.jpeg?h=ce7642e1&itok=y3HLaX38 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2024-04/Singh_landscape.jpeg?h=ce7642e1&itok=2xloVk73" alt="Singh portrair" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <div class="eyebrow">Three Cairns Scholars</div> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Srishti Singh, India </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p><strong>Goal: Merge finance and water management for a more just and secure water future</strong></p> <p>According to the World Bank, the Global South could lose up to 6% of its GDP by 2050 due to water scarcity, with women and the poor most vulnerable.</p> <p>Srishti Singh ’25 MEM is well aware of these, and many other, water-related challenges, as she most recently worked at India’s Central Pollution Control Board, where she was the sole social scientist on a team of physical scientists. “I realized I needed interdisciplinary training to become an effective leader in the water and climate space,” she says. “This led me to Yale.”</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="laurapolancovaldez"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-11/TCS-Valdez.jpg?h=15c29817&itok=8HVChbGo 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/2023-11/TCS-Valdez.jpg?h=15c29817&itok=vsNAs1jr 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-11/TCS-Valdez.jpg?h=15c29817&itok=8HVChbGo" alt="Portrait of Valdez" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <div class="eyebrow">Three Cairns Scholars</div> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Laura Polanco Valdez, Dominican Republic </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p><strong>Goal: Work as a bridge between policymakers and academia to advance climate mitigation and adaptation strategies</strong></p> <p>Climate change poses a particular threat to island nations. Laura Polanco Valdez, who was born and raised in the Dominican Republic, understands this very well. Her homeland was ranked one of the 10 most affected nations by climate events between 1997 and 2016, according to the Global Climate Index. The pace of these events is only accelerating, and their scale increasing.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="raewynngrant"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/4507/Rae-Wynn-Grant-by-Tsalani-Lassiter.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=h90SJhPJ 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/content/images/4507/Rae-Wynn-Grant-by-Tsalani-Lassiter.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=XXyxhYeA 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/4507/Rae-Wynn-Grant-by-Tsalani-Lassiter.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=h90SJhPJ" alt="Rae Wynn Grant photographed by Tsalni Lassiter" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Tracking Bear Movements </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p>After <strong>Rae Wynn-Grant ’10 MESc</strong> studied bears in the Nevada mountains, the National Geographic Society sent her to conduct similar work with the American Prairie Reserve in the grasslands of Montana — a region where bears are not common.</p> <p>The nonprofit is seeking create a national wildlife refuge. Wynn-Grant began working with carnivores while at YSE, tracking lions in Tanzania. She has leaned on her expertise to predict which habitats will attract bears, using state and federal data and camera traps to monitor bear movements and habitats.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mfs-mesc">Master of Environmental Science — MESc</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="petecaligiuri"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-07/Spotlight-Caligiuri-10-MF.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=V4y9jCKx 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/2023-07/Spotlight-Caligiuri-10-MF.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=DuBHD2Rg 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-07/Spotlight-Caligiuri-10-MF.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=V4y9jCKx" alt="Pete Caligiuri in a forested area" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Fighting Fire with Fire </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p>As wildfires across the U.S. and Canada continue to endanger human health and wildlife, <strong>Pete Caligiuri ’10 MF</strong>, forest strategy director for The Nature Conservancy in Oregon, is working on fire suppression.</p> <p>And these efforts include setting fires. “Frequent, extreme wildfires are a threat, but fire has to be part of the solution. Fire always has been a part of these landscapes. Beneficial fire — like prescribed burns and managed wildfires — is essential to the long-term resilience of these forest landscapes into the future,” Caligiuri says.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mf">Master of Forestry — MF</a></li> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/canopy/2022/cover-story/fire-paradox-threat-part-solution">Read more in Canopy Magazine</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="jinalimody"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-10/Jinali-Mody-spotlight.jpg?h=72d90b5d&itok=iQiBvlxT 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/2023-10/Jinali-Mody-spotlight.jpg?h=72d90b5d&itok=GeSP3NRz 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-10/Jinali-Mody-spotlight.jpg?h=72d90b5d&itok=iQiBvlxT" alt="Jinali Mody with a Banofi Leather purse, standing among banana plants the purse was sourced from" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Creating Sustainable Fashion </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p><strong>Jinali Mody ’23 MEM</strong> is reducing the environmental impacts from fashion with a new vegan alternative leather made from banana crop waste that the company says uses 90% less water in production than animal leather products and results in 90% less carbon emissions. “Solving the climate crisis requires concerted efforts across all industries and not just energy, transportation, and carbon capture. Building a sustainable fashion industry is the need of the hour,” says Mody. </p> <p>In 2023, Mody’s company, Banofi Leather, won the $1 million Hult Prize, which is given to student entrepreneurs whose ideas create a measurable positive impact on people and the planet. </p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mem">Master of Environmental Management — MEM</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="charissarujanavech"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-10/Charissa-Rujanavech-2023_0.jpg?h=72d90b5d&itok=RCZic2XA 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/2023-10/Charissa-Rujanavech-2023_0.jpg?h=72d90b5d&itok=S8nrGgJ0 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-10/Charissa-Rujanavech-2023_0.jpg?h=72d90b5d&itok=RCZic2XA" alt="Rujanavech" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Eliminating Electronic Waste in the Tech Industry </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p><strong>Charissa Rujanavech ’13 MEM</strong> is a tech industry innovator, developing novel ways to recycle and eliminate electronic waste. Shortly after graduating from YSE, she invented Liam, an automated disassembly system that can take apart more than 1 million iPhones a year so the components can be reused. She has continued her work in the circular economy, promoting a closed-loop supply chain for major retailers, including Amazon, and is now developing new technologies and partnerships to decarbonize refrigeration, retail operations, and food waste at Albertsons Companies.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mem">Master of Environmental Management — MEM</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="reidlewis"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-12/Reid-Lewis--spotlight.jpg?h=7c83e17a&itok=08EyFxV1 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/2023-12/Reid-Lewis--spotlight.jpg?h=7c83e17a&itok=7PdgqWCn 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-12/Reid-Lewis--spotlight.jpg?h=7c83e17a&itok=08EyFxV1" alt="Reid Lewis on a snowy day near a frozen lake" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Stewarding Forests in the Face of Climate Change </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p>Forests help mitigate climate change because of their ability to remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but they become carbon emitters during wildfires. PhD student <strong>Reid Lewis '20 MF</strong> is researching how satellite data and machine learning models can help fire-prone forests become more resilient.</p> <p>“When we make these forests more fire resilient, we can not only store more carbon, we can also help protect human communities, foster wildlife habitat, safeguard watersheds, and can use the process of restoration to partner with and empower Indigenous nations,” says Lewis.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mf">Master of Forestry — MF</a></li> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/doctoral">Doctor of Philosophy — PhD</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="nenhayoung"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-07/Nenha-Young-sq.jpg?h=1e891b43&itok=CiIuT-FN 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/2023-07/Nenha-Young-sq.jpg?h=1e891b43&itok=hKr-XPco 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/2023-07/Nenha-Young-sq.jpg?h=1e891b43&itok=CiIuT-FN" alt="Nenha Young" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Financing the Transition to Clean Energy </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p>Transitioning to clean energy is key to combating climate change. As director of policy and network at the Coalition for Green Capitol, <strong>Nenha Young ’20 MEM</strong> is targeting greenhouse gas reduction initiatives through investments in the environmental, social, and economic sectors and working to establish the National Green Bank.</p> <p>“I attended YSE because of its leadership in the clean energy field,” Young says. “Through coursework, internships, and independent studies, I was able to design a career at the intersection of clean energy and economic development.”</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mem">Master of Environmental Management — MEM</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="hughbrown"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/130/Hugh-Brown-5669.jpg?h=94e44e62&itok=tKN2rl_w 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/content/images/130/Hugh-Brown-5669.jpg?h=94e44e62&itok=kvxv5JEm 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/130/Hugh-Brown-5669.jpg?h=94e44e62&itok=tKN2rl_w" alt="Hugh Brown under a canopy of bamboo" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Rehabilitating Ghana’s Forests </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p>After a decade as director of operations for Ghana’s Forestry Commission, overseeing the country’s commercial forest plantation development and land restoration, <strong>Hugh Brown ’10 MF</strong> was named executive director of the Commission's Forest Services Division in 2022.</p> <p>The Commission has begun the restoration of more than 450,000 hectares of degraded forests and planted millions of new trees under Brown's leadership — part of a major reforestation initiative by the Ghanaian government to contribute to global climate action.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mf">Master of Forestry — MF</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash=""> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/5287/Caroline-Tasirin-Y20-2.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=XvmjrNr_ 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/content/images/5287/Caroline-Tasirin-Y20-2.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=Vfk5DsV- 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/5287/Caroline-Tasirin-Y20-2.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=XvmjrNr_" alt="Caroline Tasirin at Y20 Indonesia" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Empowering Young Leaders </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p>In July, Indonesia hosted the Y20 Summit, an annual gathering of youth leaders from G20 nations. This year's summit emphasized a sustainable and livable planet, and its recommendations will be presented at the upcoming G20 Summit in November. <strong>Caroline Tasirin ’19 MFS</strong> — a lecturer in the forestry program at Indonesia’s Sam Ratulangi University and co-founder of SULUT Semangat, a program that empowers Indonesian youths to connect with nature — represented the host nation and served as co-chair of the selection committee for Indonesia. “I'm proud to have contributed my insight and honored to collaborate with diverse youth leaders,” she says. </p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mfs-mesc">Master of Forest Science — MFS</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash="deneilecooper"> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/4650/Deneile-Cooper-wide.jpg?h=5ba8e850&itok=KYc2f_4A 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/content/images/4650/Deneile-Cooper-wide.jpg?h=5ba8e850&itok=QAQSiv_P 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/4650/Deneile-Cooper-wide.jpg?h=5ba8e850&itok=KYc2f_4A" alt="Deneile Cooper speaking at a Housing Authority event in New York City" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Waste Warrior </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p>As founding chair of the New York City Public Housing Authority Recycling Committee, <strong>DeNeile Cooper ’22 MEM</strong> is working to boost recycling efforts in public housing units.</p> <p>Only 2% of waste from NYCHA units is recycled. Nationally, that rate is 32%.</p> <p>“This work has been successful so far because it involves a variety of stakeholders who bring unique perspectives to create programs that work for everyone,” says Cooper, who is a member of the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mem">Master of Environmental Management — MEM</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash=""> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/5265/Lia-Nicholson-spotlight.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=MMeoV4TL 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/content/images/5265/Lia-Nicholson-spotlight.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=bpbQVILb 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/5265/Lia-Nicholson-spotlight.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=MMeoV4TL" alt="Lia Nicholson" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Speaking for the Islands </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p>At the end of 2021, <strong>Lia Nicholson ’14 MEM</strong> traveled to Glasgow, Scotland, on a mission with existential stakes. As the lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States at the U.N.’s annual climate change conference, COP26, Nicholson represented the bloc of 39 small island nations, which together comprise 20% of all U.N. member states. While the numbers alone can seem abstract, the difference between a global temperature rise of 1.5° Celsius over the preindustrial baseline and a rise of 2° is “existential” for the vulnerable AOSIS nations that were among the first to have to reckon with the impacts of climate change nearly 30 years ago, she says.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mem">Master of Environmental Management — MEM</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="person-feature__item swiper-slide" data-hash=""> <div class="person-feature__item__media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/5256/Morgan-Pierce-web.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=ifZ4lxD2 242w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/content/images/5256/Morgan-Pierce-web.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=w9wkgp55 550w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 240px, 100vw" width="550" height="688"/> <img class="news-feature__img" width="550" height="688" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z1_xxxsmall/public/content/images/5256/Morgan-Pierce-web.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=ifZ4lxD2" alt="Morgan Pierce" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> <div class="person-feature__item__content"> <h4 class="person-feature__heading person-feature__heading--h4"> Greening the Supply Chain </h4> <div class="person-feature__desc "><p>As a YSE student, <strong>Morgan Pierce ’20 MEM</strong> did her summer internship at McDonald’s, where she worked with its global suppliers on strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. After graduating she was hired as manager of strategy and alignment, where she has continued to address sustainability issues related to customers’ experience with dining and take-out.</p> <p>“If we have YSE graduates like me sitting at the tables in these large organizations that control decisions on sustainability, then we can really be a catalyst of change,” Pierce says.</p></div> <ul class="person-feature__links list-reset link-arrow--list"> <li><a class="link-arrow" href="/academics/masters/mem">Master of Environmental Management — MEM</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="slider-navigation"> <button class="slider-navigation__prev btn btn--inverse"><i class="far fa-chevron-left"></i><span class="show-for-sr">Go to the previous slide.</span></button> <button class="slider-navigation__next btn btn--inverse"><i class="far fa-chevron-right"></i><span class="show-for-sr">Go to the next slide.</span></button> </nav> </div> </div> </section> </div> </section> <div id="jump_d191530a" class="paragraph paragraph--type--from-library paragraph--view-mode--default"> <section class="two-up global-spacing global-spacing--xlarge paragraph--default two-up--std cream global-padding global-padding--xlarge"> <div class="section-heading text-margin-reset" > <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> <div class='initial-12 medium-9 cell'> <h2 class="section-heading__heading oho-animate oho-animate-single">Hear From Today’s Emerging Climate Leaders</h2> </div> <div class='initial-12 cell medium-9 global-spacing--small'> <span class="section-heading__subheading"><p>YSE students develop leadership and negotiating skills through their participation in international conferences, such as the UN Climate Change Conference and the United Nations Biodiversity Conference. 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