Board member pens op-ed for New York Times

An op-ed by Bob Litterman, titled "The Very High Costs of Climate Risk," was published by the New York Times. Litterman used the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's demise as an example of how climate change impacts business, and discussed a carbon tax can as a climate change solution.

Building a better future

The Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 7, designed by architect firms Architekton and Grimshaw, will serve as a new gateway to ASU's Tempe campus. The high-performance facility will foster an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge generation and leading-edge research, including innovative endeavors focusing on the sustainability of food, water and energy.

In pursuit of happiness

ASU Now asked several Arizona State University professors about how our relationships with each other, the world around us and ourselves can make us happy. One faculty member they interviewed

Building a better future

cfo.asu.edu The Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 7 will serve as a new gateway to the ASU Tempe campus. The approximately 258,000 gross-square-foot, high-performance research facility will foster an interdisciplinary

Next board meeting coming soon

The next meeting for the Board of Directors of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability will be held February 25-26 in Phoenix, Arizona. Meeting materials will be available on the board website shortly. Should you have questions, please reach out to Emma Hopson via email at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing many of you soon!

Ellis (third from left) poses with the other panel speakers Márcia Balisciano, head of sustainability at RELX Group and board member of the Ban Ki-Moon Centre for Global Citizens; Sanjeev Khagram, dean of Thunderbird School of Global Management; and Alyse Nelson, president and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership.

Sustainability scholar presents at Davos

Amanda Ellis, executive director of Hawaii and Asia Pacific in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University, was part of a panel discussion at the 2019 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland.

Natural Capital Protocol for the Oceans Workshop

The ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes is partnering with the Natural Capital Coalition, Conservation International, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to develop a Natural Capital

Alumna lands job as sustainability manager

Congratulations to Arizona State University School of Sustainability alumna Debbie Namugayi, who in early 2019 started work as Eastern Kentucky University’s new sustainability manager. Namugayi earned her master's degree in

The role forests play in poverty alleviation

ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Associate Director for Conservation Evidence Samantha Cheng was the lead author of a paper titled “A systemic map of evidence on the contribution of forests to poverty alleviation.”

Conservation through conversation

Written by Katie Surrey-Bergman Three thousand miles by plane, two and a half hours by car over the high-altitude mountain ranges of Quito, an additional six and half more hours

OdySea Aquarium Conservation Expo

On Saturday, January 19, 2019, ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes team members participated in the OdySea Aquarium Conservation Expo. This event, held in the courtyard outside the aquarium, brought together

Meet sustainability student Maryam Abdul Rashid

Maryam Abdul Rashid took a big risk enrolling in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. Coming from Malaysia, she said people back home questioned her prospects about what