This March, Brown University will launch its first Climate Week—a celebration of ideas, innovation, & action for a sustainable future. Learn more: https://ibes.brown.edu/news-events/brown-climate-week Brown University School of Public Health Cogut Institute for the Humanities Watson School at Brown

Join IBES for "Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism" with Providence College Prof Thea Riofrancos! 🗓️ Friday, Feb 20 ⏰ 3pm seminar | 4pm reception 📍 13 Brown St & livestream ➕ Learn more & register: https://events.brown.edu/ibes/event/324624-seminar-and-reception-extraction-the-frontiers-of

Former IBES Voss Postdoc Lina Pérez-Angel used ancient lake sediment to reconstruct temperatures in Colombia during the Pliocene, when CO2 levels were similar to today. The new @pnas.org study suggests that parts of the tropics may warm more dramatically than expected. Read @brown.edu's coverage:

“Let them eat kale!”: Appeals to class-based resentment in American conservative opposition to climate change solutions" is out in @socprobsjournal.bsky.social @rachelwetts.bsky.social and I provide evidence that conservative climate media discourse features appeals to social group identities (1/2)

Director Kim Cobb reflects on how far IBES has come in recent years and all that lies ahead for the Institute, including serving as lead sponsor for Brown's first-ever Climate Week! Mark your calendar for March 2–7, and look out for more details on this campus-wide event series.

"Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait" by @brdemuth.bsky.social, Dean's Associate Professor at IBES and @brownhist.bsky.social, has been selected as the 2025-2026 Brown University Book Award 📕🏆 👏 Learn more: insite.browntextbook.com/BrownBookAward

IBES is launching a new program that helps @brown.edu students discover and prepare for careers that advance climate, sustainability, and environmental goals across all sectors. Learn more about the Student Transformative Engagement Pathways (STEP) Program:

When reporter Juliana Merullo moved to Uruguay last year, she thought it would be "a green paradise" with EVs, rooftop solar and wind turbines everywhere you look. But it wasn't like that at all. This week on Possibly she explains what it's like living in a country powered by renewable energy.

Erica Walker, an IBES affiliate in @brown-epi.bsky.social, offered commentary on the public health impacts of pellet mills in the Southern United States, which emit noise and air pollution into surrounding communities.

This week on Possibly reporter Juliana Merullo talks to Ramón Mendez Galain, a physicist who helped Uruguay transition its electric grid to renewable energy almost overnight. Listen here: www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul...

Read about a new report from @climatedevlab.bsky.social, led by IBES Professor @timmonsroberts.bsky.social ⤵️

Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, a professor at IBES and @brownpublichealth.bsky.social @brown-epi.bsky.social, is among the authors of a new study that finds as association between higher temperatures and increased violence-related hospital visits in the US.

* JOB ALERT* Join our team at @brown-ibes.bsky.social as Program Manager for a cross-campus research initiative "Equitable Climate Futures". ecf.brown.edu Apply by 1/15 for full consideration. brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/staff-career...

This spring, we’re hosting the inaugural SustainableED Conference! This event will convene researchers across a range of disciplines along with practitioners, non-profit organizers, and policymakers to generate policy-relevant insights from research. 🧵

Expanded student career pathways, boundary-transcending research, and dozens of climate conversations on campus and in the media marked 2025 as a pivotal year in IBES’s evolution. Explore our year in review 🤎⤵️

It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.

"We as researchers must stand up and communicate the importance of our work," writes IBES Prof @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, executive director of @cssn.org, whose research on climate disinformation campaigns has faced recent legal threats from opposition groups. pen.org/tilting-at-w...

Meet IBES Voss Fellow Piete Gatesi ’27! Using heat and chemical treatments, Gatesi aims to engineer solid state batteries, a promising, more sustainable alternative to lithium ion batteries 🔋 Brown University School of Engineering Learn more: https://ibes.brown.edu/news/2025-12-08/piete-gatesi

Only about a third of the glass used in the U.S. gets recycled. That’s much lower than Europe, where some countries have recycling rates above 90%. This week on Possibly we're asking: what gives? And what can we do about it? www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul...

IBES researcher Alexie Rudman & ENVS concentrator Keira Yanez '27 teamed up with Providence residents to create the "Shoreline Stories" exhibit @ New Urban Arts. Join this weekend (Dec 13 & 14) to view images, writing, and creative pieces that speak to resilience, concern, pride, memory, and place.

“There’s not a single campus across the country that is immune to climate-related impacts and threats to its infrastructure,” IBES Director @kimcobb.bsky.social told the BDH. Brown's efforts to fortify buildings & mitigate rainwater accumulation are necessary for climate resilience, she said.

Tomorrow at noon! Join us online as four experts discuss emerging tools and frameworks that not only protect financial portfolios and institutions, but reframe nature as a pillar of economic resilience: https://events.brown.edu/event/319990-values-at-risk-2025-nature-climate-and-the

If you’re planning to deck your house with lights this holiday season, you have a choice to make: stick with incandescent light bulbs, or go for LEDs. This week on Possibly we break down what each option means for the planet, and your electric bill. www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul...

Tomorrow! Forge new community-oriented partnerships and research teams during ECF's 2025 conference, a day of inquiry featuring panels, poster sessions, and facilitated conversation. Learn more + register: https://events.brown.edu/event/319822-equitable-climate-futures-seeding-collaborative

NEW RESEARCH: With #RSV hospitalizing 80,000 US children each year, a @brown.edu team aimed to learn how population density affects its spread among young children. @brown-ibes.bsky.social @rebaker.bsky.social#RSV Learn the results!⤵️ https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-26/rsv-urban-rural-immunization

Lukas Rieppel Named 2025 @brown-ibes.bsky.social Catalyst Research Awardee — The annual award supports Brown University faculty in pursuing research that aligns with IBES’s goals of accelerating exploratory research with the potential to impact communities and engage with non-academic partners.

"10 Years After Paris Accord, Climate Denial Is Surging" - see @lisagsf.bsky.social and @stevenleemyers.bsky.social' piece in the NY Times, featuring the work by our scholars on the infiltration of misinformation in international climate negotiations. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

Excellent coverage of exactly the problem we face 35 years into the effort to face #climatechange: "a decades-long disinformation bombardment.," as @whitehouse.senate.gov put it. Now on solutions--see work by Climate Action Against Disinformation groups caad.info www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

Just over two weeks until Values at Risk 2025! Don't miss this opportunity to hear from our esteemed guests, each of whom brings their own unique expertise to the topic of climate risk. Register to attend the Dec 9 webinar: events.brown.edu/event/319990...

Reporting by @mongabay.com on our new Global Assessment and larger trends of climate obstruction in the COP: india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...

@edsustainable.bsky.social is hosting our first annual interdisciplinary conference! Research at the intersection of education and the environment. 🎓🌎 May 1st, 2026 Providence, RI Easy one paragraph abstract submission ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please share w/ your networks!

Brown faculty, including IBES fellow @baylorfk.bsky.social & affiliate @maratimes.bsky.social, are part of the new SIMCoast initiative modeling microplastics in Narragansett Bay. “It’s a fantastic way to do interdisciplinary work and learn from others,” Freilich told @browndailyherald.bsky.social.

WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon. During an October 18 book talk hosted by @brown-ibes.bsky.social, Assistant Prof Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy as not only a climate solution, but a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.

IBES is hiring! The Student Transformative Engagement Pathways (STEP) Program Director will guide development and execution of expanded paid internships & research assistantships in climate, sustainability, and the environment for undergrads across Brown. brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...

Spotted lanternflies, Japanese barberry, Oriental bittersweet – When plants and animals like these invade our environment, they can disrupt other organisms that are native to the region. But can we stop these species? And should we? www.oceanstatemedia.org/what-should-...

A big move in the right direction by world leaders. See CSSN Director @timmonsroberts.bsky.social quoted in @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/stories/coun...

Phosphorus is essential to life on Earth, but in the wrong places and quantities, it’s an environmental hazard. IBES Prof Stephen Porder and UVM Assoc Prof Eric Roy, a former Voss postdoc, joined Facing Future to discuss the phosphorus conundrum and explain their work on the phosphorous cycle.

Red seaweed has been washing up on Rhode Island beaches for years, but what is it? On our latest episode of Possibly: what’s causing this red seaweed to appear, how it’s different from harmful “red tides” and how it might help the planet. www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul...

How can we deepen collaboration across disciplines & communities to tackle the climate crisis more effectively? Explore answers during the Equitable Climate Future Initiative's 2025 conference on Dec 3! Learn more: https://events.brown.edu/event/319822-equitable-climate-futures-seeding-collaborative

Join IBES's Values at Risk 2025 webinar! On Dec 9 at noon, experts in finance, insurance, policy, and environmental science will explore how we can better anticipate, price, and manage climate-related risk. Learn more + register: https://ow.ly/3UVH50XnZaK Carolyn Kousky Environmental Defense Fund

IBES Director @kimcobb.bsky.social joined LA's AirTalk radio show to discuss Bill Gates's recent memo on climate change — in which he expresses concerns on how the climate crisis is being framed and addressed — and how should we talk about climate moving forward. laist.com/news/la-city...

Lukas Rieppel Named 2025 @brown-ibes.bsky.social Catalyst Research Awardee — The annual award supports Brown University faculty in pursuing research that aligns with IBES’s goals of accelerating exploratory research with the potential to impact communities and engage with non-academic partners.

At a recent IBES seminar, Columbia University's Adam Sobel called for a transparent approach to climate risk science—one that guides practical decisions in an era of extremes. Learn more and view a recording of the event: https://ibes.brown.edu/news/2025-11-12/sobel-climate-risk

A sobering take on what a slew of new reports say about how the world will look under 2-3°C+ of warming. W/ @laurapaddison.bsky.social & insights from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, @kimcobb.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social & others. www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/c... (For CNN subscribers.)

Several IBES Voss Fellows have brought their research beyond campus this semester, presenting at Providence’s Hamilton House as part of the Conversations in Science series: a collaboration that connects Brown scholars with lifelong learners eager to explore real-world environmental challenges.

IBES Voss Postdoc Elodie Freymann is first author of a new report that documents a novel foraging behavior in fire-crested alethes. The African birds followed humans & bushbuck, likely to flush out insect prey, diverging from their typical ant-following strategy. www.frontiersin.org/journals/bir...

IBES Professor Amanda Lynch co-authored a new policy brief published by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, which argues that, in the Arctic, the global transformation brought about by AI and ML technology is "not merely disruptive – it is decisive." Read "Algorithmic North" ⤵️

IBES affiliate David Savitz, a professor emeritus of epidemiology and pediatrics, offered commentary on how uncertainty around toxin data can affect public health outcomes.

Viewpoint: @carlschleussner.bsky.social @paucastro.bsky.social Alexandra Lesnikowski, @adellethomas.bsky.social @romainweikmans.bsky.social @timmonsroberts.bsky.social Ambuj Sagar, Sonia Klinsky, Thomas Bernauer discuss status of #ParisAgreement Articles on it's 10th anniversary rdcu.be/eOBBU

A new paper co-authored by IBES Asst Prof @danibarra.bsky.social examines chemical fingerprints in preserved trees understand how plants responded to the low CO2 levels and cooler temperatures of the last glacial period, about 20,000 years ago. Read the full press release: