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Research Director and Sr. Scientist, Food and Environment Marcia DeLonge is a senior scientist in the Food & Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Dr. DeLonge conducts scientific research and analyses identifying practices that lead to healthy, sustainable food and farming systems. Her work seeks viable opportunities within agriculture to both adapt to and mitigate climate change.

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 E-Mail IMAGE: Illustrative example of the interpretation of the NLPs using Japan as a case study view more  Credit: Fujimori et al. With the COP Climate conference in Glasgow only a few months away, the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and the importance of taking action at the national level to reach global climate goals is returning to the spotlight. IIASA researchers and colleagues have proposed a novel systematic and independent scenario framework that could help policymakers ass...

A new study published in the journal Science, highlights the opportunity to complement current climate mitigation scenarios with scenarios that capture the interdependence among investors perception of future climate risk, the credibility of climate policies, and the allocation of investments across low- and high-carbon assets in the economy. Climate mitigation scenarios are key to understanding the transition to a low-carbon economy and inform climate policies. These scenarios are also import...

IIASA The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed a new group of ten renowned experts including IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director, Keywan Riahi, to support the UN Technology Facilitation Mechanism to bring science into the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Technology Facilitation Mechanism was created to support the implementation of the SDGs by facilitating partnerships, collaboration, and sharing of best practices ...

The Energy Innovation Act will cut pollution and put money in our pockets | Opinion U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett should support legislation that would result in carbon dividends being paid to Americans while saving lives. Mark Reynolds and Jan Berry Guest columnists View Comments Mark Reynolds is the executive director of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, and Jan Berry is its Tennessee state coordinator. “Climate change action without carbon pricing is like running with shoe laces untied, much harde...

IIASA No less than 10 IIASA researchers have made it onto the Reuters Hot List – the media giant’s ranking of the world’s most influential climate scientists – with IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director, Keywan Riahi, claiming the top spot. The Reuters Hot List of climate scientists identifies the world’s 1,000 most influential scientists, using a combination of three rankings. These are based on the number of papers a scientist has published on topics related to cli...

Taylor Goelz Taylor Goelz, MS/MPP, is the Program Manager for the Energy & Environment Program (EEP)’s Shipping Decarbonization Initiative for the Aspen Institute. Within this role, Taylor will apply her collaborative science policy and partnership experience to help the Cargo Owners Zero Emission Vessel Initiative (coZEV) engage multinational businesses and U.S. policy makers to accelerate decarbonization of maritime shipping. Prior to joining Aspen, Taylor served as a John A. Knauss Marine ...

Statement by Marcia DeLonge, Research Director, Food and Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists Published Apr 22, 2021 WASHINGTON (April 22, 2021)—Legislation introduced in the U.S. House and Senate today provides critically needed measures to ensure that U.S. farmers and their communities can adapt and thrive in the face of a changing climate. The Agriculture Resilience Act, introduced by Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and 16 House co-sp...

Palmer wastewater treatment facility receives $8.5M investment from the USDA on Earth Day Jay Luzardo © Provided by Anchorage KTUU-TV Alaskas News Source ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The City of Palmer’s wastewater treatment facility will receive an upgrade of more than $8.5 million from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a press release Thursday morning stating its Rural Development invested in Palmer’s water infrastructure in honor of Earth ...