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What books have inspired you to think differently this year? We connected with members of Yale's innovation community to see their top recommendations from 2022.

FedEx's entire parcel pickup and delivery fleet will be zero-emissions by 2040, the delivery giant announced on Wednesday, March 3. The company said it plans to make its global operations [...]

By Pressley Peters As the threat of climate change grows more urgent, Yale Divinity School is showing the world one way to confront it. Through the creation of a regenerative student housing complex, one that gives back to the environment more than it takes, YDS is daring the world to take action for a more flourishing future—and demonstrating it can be done.

Twenty-one proposals received funding to launch interdisciplinary projects that address climate change, biodiversity loss, and other environmental challenges.

Share In 2005, Yale became one of the world’s first universities to commit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, pledging that by 2020 it would reduce its carbon output 43% compared with that year’s emissions. Last year Yale reached this goal despite significant growth in campus population and square footage in the intervening time. Now university leaders are targeting an even faster pace of change. On Thursday, Yale pledged to achieve zero actual carbon emissions — that is, driving c...

In 2005, Yale became one of the world’s first universities to commit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, pledging that by 2020 it would reduce its carbon output 43% compared with that year’s emissions. Last year Yale reached this goal despite s

June 24, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Photo by Dan Renzetti In 2005, Yale became one of the world’s first universities to commit to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, pledging that by 2020 it would reduce its carbon output 43% compared with that year’s emissions. Last year Yale reached this goal despite significant growth in campus population and square footage in the intervening time. Now university leaders ...

David Bercovici and Liza Comita have been announced as the inaugural co-directors of the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC).The YCNCC’s primary mission is to develop natural solutions for reducing atmospheric carbon and mitigating the eff

Date Time New principles regarding fossil fuels to guide Yale’s endowment The Yale Board of Trustees last week approved a new set of ethical investment principles (PDF) to guide the university’s decisions concerning companies producing fossil fuels. The five principles, recommended by an expert faculty panel appointed in October by President Peter Salovey, create new standards for the activities, behaviors, and characteristics of fossil fuel companies that would warrant divestment. The prin...

 E-Mail A $100 million gift from FedEx will help fund a new center at Yale University focused on developing natural solutions for reducing atmospheric carbon. The Center for Natural Carbon Capture will support and accelerate applied research across academic disciplines, helping to establish a more sustainable and healthier future for our planet. The goal of the center will be to develop interventions that enhance the Earths abilities to store carbon and methods that model these natural process...