The greatest threat of our time and no one wants to talk about it

A Thought Leader Series Piece by Leon Billings & Thomas Jorling Note: As the two senior staff members who led the Senate environment subcommittee during the 1970s, Leon Billings and Thomas Jorling are

A Thought Leader Series Piece by Joan McGregor Food is inseparable from human history, culture and values. It provides significant meaning to people around the world, regardless of nationality. The failure

Addressing concerns about the transformation of open spaces to solar fields and wind farms, a new book co-authored by sustainability scientist Mike Pasqualetti suggests that though sustainable energy is a must, the infrastructure can be built with a less disruptive effect on the landscape.

Part of a larger effort to meet Pakistan’s growing energy needs, a second group of Pakistani graduate students recently arrived at ASU to study energy engineering through the U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Energy, directed by sustainability scientist Sayfe Kiaei.

Recognizing that agriculture, energy and water systems are all interconnected, a transdisciplinary team of five ASU researchers – including sustainability scientists Dave White and Rimjhim Aggarwal – has set out to build decision support tools that inform the development of sustainable policies.

By documenting how court systems have been used to advance water rights in emerging economies with fairly well-developed legal systems – specifically, Brazil, South Africa and India – two sustainability scientists are highlighting the role courts can play in ensuring global thirst is quenched.

A study published in Science and co-authored by School of Sustainability Professor Marty Anderies indicates that social norms may have a greater effect on individual behaviorial changes than policy alone – a finding reinforced by other sustainability scientists at ASU.

What makes communities successful in managing their shared resources, such as forests and water? This was a central question addressed by the late Elinor Ostrom, the founding director of Arizona

Tackling a myriad of subjects, from the dropping levels of water in Lake Mead to the merits and pitfalls of measures like desalination, a three-part series published in ASU Now captures the breadth of work ASU sustainability scientists are undertaking to protect water in the arid West.

Through funding provided by the Rob and Melani Walton Fund of the Walton Family Foundation, ASU will award a limited number of scholarships of up to $15,000 to professionals seeking to accelerate their careers through the Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership program.

Responding to a recent report by the Department of Defense warning of the security risks of climate change, ASU’s Global Security Initiative is building a new program to serve as the hub for resilience-enhancing research and enable adaptation to climate risks globally.

By collecting phosphorus – the element at the foundation of our food system – before it reaches waterways, ASU's Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance hopes to extract it from waste and sell it back to fertilizer companies, eliminating the reliance on a dwindling supply from other countries.