The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will begin offering a certificate in energy science in fall 2016, a program made possible through collaboration with ASU's School of Sustainability, which provided courses, syllabi and rationale from its own undergraduate certificate in energy and sustainability.

Jin Jo – who earned the first PhD in sustainability in the nation from ASU's School of Sustainability – is part of a trio of Illinois State University faculty working in renewable energy

In January 2016, ASU welcomed 24 exchange graduate students from the U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Energy – a program directed by Senior Sustainability Scientist Sayfe Kiaei that is dedicated to researching and developing solutions for Pakistan’s unique energy needs.

In February 2016, Arizona State University and two other major research institutions formally launched the PLuS Alliance with the aim of finding research-led solutions to sustainability, health, social justice and technology challenges while expanding access to world-class learning.

A summit hosted by Dave White – director of ASU's Decision Center for a Desert City – and Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton gathered mayors from seven western cities to discuss the actions they are taking to address urban water supply and demand issues in an era of changing climate.

More than 100 volunteers – including ASU students, faculty, staff and alumni – converge each February to collect oranges from 140 trees on the Tempe campus. Though the ASU community may

School of Sustainability professor Joshua Abbott is among the authors of a study, published in February 2016 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that calculates the value of natural capital with the same economic principles used to value traditional assets.

Ecologists who are motivated to achieve real impact in nature conservation should consider engaging with the corporate sector, say sustainability scientists Leah Gerber and Sheila Bonini, who are among the authors of a February 2016 editorial that makes this case.

Three Arizona State University faculty and Center for Biodiversity Outcomes affiliates will be leading events at the September 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in

Five of the seven newest Regents’ Professors are sustainability scientists: Janet Franklin, Petra Fromme, Edward Kavazanjian, Robert Page Jr. and Billie Turner II. Regents’ Professor is the highest faculty honor and goes to full

ASU sustainability experts, including Global Sustainability Solutions Services Practice Lead Rajesh Buch, provided international best practices and shared knowledge at the first-ever gender and climate change conference, held in Jordan in February 2016 by the USAID Takamol- Gender Program.

B. L.Turner II, Professor of Environment and Society in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, School of Sustainability Named as a Regents’ Professor, the highest faculty honor at Arizona State University