One of the longest running ecological research sites and NSF grants was just renewed at CU Boulder. A team of scientists, including ENVS Professor Dan Doak, conduct research at the Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) center to better understand how alpine ecosystems work. One of the primary areas of research focused on is how alpine ecosystems will be affected by climate change.

 

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The final installment of the IPCC AR6 report on climate and climate science from Working Group III was finalized on April 4, 2022. One of the contributors to the report was ENVS Chair and Professor, Max Boykoff. "The Working Group III report provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges, and examines the sources of global emissions. It explains developments in emission reduction and mitigation efforts, assessing the impact of national climate pledges in relation to long-term emissions goals." The full Working Group III report and summaries can be found , along with the reports and summaries from Working Group I (physical science), and Working Group II (adaptation strategies) of the IPCC AR6 Report. 

The article, "Report highlights affordable, available ways to mitigate climate change now", by Kelsey Simpkins in CU Boulder Today discusses the AR6 installment, and features an interview with Professor Boykoff.

A story from The Westminster Window published in March discusses Professor Boykoff's and other local expert contributions, whcih can be found . The article also discusses how the expected effects of climate change will be felt in Colorado communities. 

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A trio of ENVS researchers were published in March in the journal Nature Sustainability, "showing mathematically why complexity makes win–wins elusive." PhD student, Margaret Hegwood, recent PhD graduate Ryan E. Langendorf, and professor Matt Burgess conducted the meta-analysis, which validates skepticism of real-world win-wins that practitioners can often have and gives guidance on how to evaluate tradeoffs. Full paper can be found  

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Help us congratulate ENVS PhD student, Devon Reynolds, and assistant professor, David Ciplet for publishing an article on Socially Responsible Investment in the Journal of Business Ethics, a global leader in in academic publishing in the field of ethics. The article proposes a framework to transform investment to be more just and sustainable. Link to the paper . 

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The EScAPE (Evaluating Scientific Advice in a Pandemic Emergency) project, led by CU Boulder Professor Roger Pielke, Jr. published the findings of its first study, which investigated how Italy used expert scientific advice in the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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