January 28, 2025
A Partnership to Build Climate Resilience Along the Great Coharie River
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Jonathan Phillips, director of energy access at Duke’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, shares a photo of his wife, Sanford adjunct instructor Jennifer Chow, surveying the new riverbed running through their yard in Bat Cave, N.C., after Hurricane Helene.
In his ninth book, Norman Wirzba shares the importance of hope in a time of crisis.
The Duke University contingent at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan included 17 students enrolled in Duke’s U.N. Climate Change Negotiations Practicum course. Photo courtesy of Dima Zlenko.
November 14, 2024
Students to Take Part at UN COP Conference
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November 4, 2024
A Village of University and Community Efforts on Climate
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October 24, 2024
Clean Technologies Exist. But They Need To Be Used To Make Change.
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Centralizing Duke's air conditioning in three chiller plants like this one has saved 10 percent on electricity bills. Photo by Bill Snead
Solar panels atop the Nicholas School of Environment's Grainger Hall. Duke will be using 50 percent renewable electricity in 2025 when three new off-campus solar installations come online. Photo by Bill Snead
Duke Chapel lit up green for Earth Day 2024. Photo from University Communications & Marketing.
Duke Vice President and Vice Provost Toddi Steelman (center) visits a tree nursery in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where Duke has been partnering with indigenous groups to create carbon offset credits. Photo by Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
Recipients of the 2023 Climate Commitment Leadership Awards
September 10, 2024
Nominations Open for Climate Commitment Leadership Awards (Updated With New Deadline)
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