ASU Apocalyptic Narratives project wins Luce/ACLS grant

The project, Apocalyptic Narratives and Climate Change: Religion, Journalism, and the Challenge of Public Engagement, combines research on the apocalyptic religious thinking with training in the literature of social change.

On Tuesday, April 7, sustainability scientist Jennifer Richter will host one of 52 simultaneous state-by-state webinars as part of a virtual teach-in on climate solutions and justice.

Applications are open through April 15, 2020, for the third annual Everything Change global climate fiction contest. All genres of short fiction are welcome, and there is no entry fee to submit your story. The first place winner will be awarded $1,000.

At the Wrigley Lecture Jan. 30 at ASU, climate leader Christiana Figueres said extreme events like the Australian wildfires are foretelling of things to come if we continue to sleepwalk into the future. “That world is possible, but it is not inevitable,” she said.

"Sunny Day Flooding," a 9-minute documentary produced by Stephen Beschloss for the Global Futures Laboratory, investigates the climate crisis in Norfolk, Virginia — site of the world's largest Naval base. Norfolk is the first U.S. location where complications from sea level rise began in earnest.

Nearly 50 faculty from across ASU responded to the questions raised by the committee with comprehensive transdisciplinary responses.

Climate change is an ever-present and ever-pressing issue that has the attention of national and world leaders. On Nov. 23, 2018, the United States federal climate report was released. Several

A new signature event for Earth Month, Carbon Free Day on April 17, encourages the Arizona State University community to make small changes that can add up to make a

Inspired by Senior Sustainability Scholar Klaus Lackner's machine that physically removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, three ASU grads have launched a business that focuses on creating a marketplace that incentivizes the removal of carbon.

With a growing global population coupled with climate change challenges, farmers are working hard to feed the world. SolarSENSE, an ASU student capstone project using solar-powered technology, is working on a solution to help small, rural farms thrive.

At the Barrett & O'Connor Center in Washington, D.C., ASU hosted a panel that discussed how society can transition to a carbon economy — as in, pulling carbon from the air and making money from it in an effort to fight climate change.