Climate Solutions Lab
Climate Solutions Lab
The Climate Solutions Lab's mission is to create, learn and distribute solution-oriented climate knowledge at Brown and across the world.
Climate Solutions Lab
The Climate Solutions Lab's mission is to create, learn and distribute solution-oriented climate knowledge at Brown and across the world.
News from The Climate Lab
View More The start of Brown's new fiscal year on July 1, 2023, brought a number of leadership changes to the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and its centers.
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News from Watson
Climate Solutions Lab celebrates successes, looks to the future
Entering its fourth year, the Climate Solutions Lab has an ambitious plan to expand on its mission to create and distribute solution-oriented climate knowledge at Brown and across the world.
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Senior Fellow Alice Plane focuses on the various stakes that climate change poses to the planet’s ecosystems, including human societies, with a specific perspective on equity. The MPA seminar she led this Fall, Climate Diplomacy and International Negotiations in Practice, culminated in final papers that centered on current and future “success” of climate diplomacy.
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In the News
View More The Bureau of Land Management treats the earnings from clean energy projects differently than fossil fuels. New polling data show bipartisan support for change. (Boston Globe op ed co-authored by CSL affiliate Dustin Tingley)
Several OPEC+ countries will reduce oil production by a combined 2.2 million barrels per day through June. Jeff Colgan joins CBS News to discuss how the decreased output could affect the U.S.
The Seattle Times
Why do we call a dirty fossil fuel ‘natural’ gas?
Deborah Gordon comments on natural gas for The Seattle Times, arguing that there should be tighter regulations on gas leaks on industrial and individual scales alongside more renewable energy projects.
Syllabus Bank
The Lab has developed a syllabus bank to make it easy for potential instructors of climate change courses to learn from what other instructors have done.
The syllabus bank holds syllabi from post-secondary courses about climate change, taught in the social sciences
Climate Opportunity Map
This Map Will Make You Optimistic About Fighting Climate Change
Bloomberg article features searchable map created by the Climate Solutions Lab, which shows estimated job and public health opportunities that come with transitioning away from fossil fuels.
Climate Solutions Lab on Trending Globally
Trending Globally is a regular podcast featuring insight on today's critical global challenges. With Brown University scholars, practitioners, and students, the discussions bridge research, politics, and policy.