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Avoiding Crisis in Jordan’s Tenuous Water Future
March 29, 2021 | Wilson Center | New Security Beat
Jordan is facing a deepening, multi-faceted freshwater crisis. Climate change and population growth are exacerbating its extremely limited natural... Read More
Frozen road in Texas
Cascading Disasters in an Era of Climate Disruption
March 8, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Issue: March 2021
Recent major winter storms across Texas and the Gulf States led to devastating human and economic impacts. The storms resulted in a series of... Read More
3D Algae Plastic Process
The Future Has Never Seemed So Gooey
November 4, 2020 | US Green Chamber of Commerce/Woods Institute Policy & Engagement Team
Wakuna Galega (RELP Cohort '14) continues her plastic pollution solutions series with updates on algae innovations...
Person removing plastic waste from stream.
Wakuna's PIECE: Plastic Pollution Solutions
October 28, 2020 | US Green Chamber of Commerce/Woods Institute Policy & Engagement Team
Wakuna Galega, RELP Cohort '14, the new Sustainable Solutions Technical Director at USGCC highlights innovative solutions to plastic pollution in... Read More
The hidden role of water infrastructure in driving a COVID-19 recovery
October 20, 2020 | Brookings Institute
Newsha Ajami (Woods) and Joe Kane (Brookings Metro) discuss how elevating water infrastructure issues can advance federal pandemic recovery efforts... Read More
Should the Modeling Community Focus More on Existing Buildings to Battle Climate Change?
September 30, 2020 | International Building Performance Simulation Association/Woods Policy & Engagement Team
Alex Nutkiewicz - RELP Cohort '19 and PhD candidate, Stanford Urban Informatics Lab - on addressing the energy efficiency of existing building stock... Read More
Storm surge damage
Conversations on Climate Challenges: Natural Disasters, Risk, and Survey Data
September 29, 2020 | Resources For the Future/Woods Policy & Engagement Team
Professors Jon Krosnick and Gabrielle Wong-Parodi discuss their latest research into risk and response to natural disasters and effective actions in... Read More
Separate, But Not Equal: Drinking Water Disparity in California
August 17, 2020 | Woods Policy & Engagement Team
It’s hard to imagine that in a state known for its progressiveness, not all Californians have equal access to clean drinking water. In 2012, the... Read More
The Place of Nature in Cities: Taking Inspiration from Singapore
July 24, 2020 | the nature of cities/Woods Policy & Engagement Team
Perrine Hamel - RELP Cohort '17 and former Natural Capital Project researcher - discusses how cities can design our relationship with nature. She is... Read More

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