climate change

  1. March 15, 2019

    Wege Lecture speaker calls for ‘stubborn optimism’ on climate change

    International climate leader Christiana Figueres delievered the 2019 Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability, addressing efforts to stem the increase in global temperature.

  2. February 25, 2019

    A Q&A with Christiana Figueres

    Christiana Figueres, recognized as the architect of the historic 2015 Paris Climate Accord, answers questions about efforts to battle climate change.

  3. February 25, 2019

    Climate change leader Christiana Figueres to deliver Wege Lecture

    Christiana Figueres, a Costa Rican citizen recognized as the architect of the historic 2015 Paris Climate Accord, will deliver the School for Environment and Sustainability’s 2019 Wege Lecture on Sustainability.

  4. February 4, 2019

    University launches Commission on Carbon Neutrality

    U-M is moving toward its goal of carbon neutrality with the selection of the core team that will recommend how to get there, as well as develop strategies that can be used by other institutions and communities.

  5. December 11, 2018

    Nine U-M students, faculty member attending U.N. climate summit

    Nine U-M students and a faculty member are attending this month’s COP 24 summit in Poland, observing the conference to discuss and coordinate the fight against climate change.

  6. May 2, 2016

    Climate-adaptation plans long on ideas, short on details, priorities

    A new study shows local communities are good at developing strategies to combat the harmful effects of climate change, but often fail to prioritize their goals or to provide implementation details.

  7. April 25, 2016

    Climate change: What makes us care?

    It’s been argued that how much we know about climate change is unrelated to how much we care about addressing it. But focusing primarily on cultural drivers, takes us on a path that misses critical characteristics of knowledge, according to a U-M study.

  8. April 25, 2016

    Climate change in Michigan poses emerging public health threat

    Changing climate conditions represent “an emerging threat to public health in Michigan,” according to a new report from university researchers and state health officials.

  9. November 24, 2015

    Michigan team heading to Paris to observe COP21 climate talks

    A delegation of U-M students and faculty members will attend the 12-day COP21 global climate change meeting that begins Monday in Paris.

  10. November 20, 2015

    University takes the American Campuses Act on Climate Pledge

    U-M has joined more than 200 universities and colleges in signing the American Campuses Act on Climate Pledge, in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.