Cities & society

Sivas explains the Seven County decision, looking at the question of agency deference and the broader implications of this decision.

To advance meaningful climate action, decision-makers need reliable, accessible data about what’s actually working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from Stanford Law School’s Law and Policy Lab.

A Stanford food and agriculture expert discusses a record-setting slab of lab-grown meat – and what it means for the future of food.

An epidemiologist is on a mission to reduce pollution where past efforts have failed—and end an environmental health nightmare.

A new initiative led by Stanford Bio-X unites all seven Stanford schools to integrate research, education, and innovation for a healthier, more sustainable food future. At the kickoff symposium, researchers discussed topics including optimal diets, climate resilience, and AI.

A SIEPR Policy Forum examined how government, business, and academia can best address the rising economic costs of wildfires.

Stanford students are helping rural energy non-governmental organizations put health at the center of energy decisions.

A wildfire policy expert explains how California’s ongoing fire crisis is being driven by climate change and poor urban planning. “Whole-of-society” approaches are needed, he says.

Developed out of a collaboration between Stanford Radio Club students and researchers at the Woods Institute's Climate and Energy Policy Program and the Law School's Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program, low-cost sensors provide air quality data to monitor the effects of prescribed burns on local communities.

Paper shares innovative natural capital accounting approach to valuing the benefits of ecosystems in Colombia’s Upper Sinú Basin to key economic sectors.

Scholars are developing a way to make wastewater drinkable while also recovering valuable products like fertilizer components.

Scholars discussed the complexities of climate action by individuals, institutions, and companies during a conference organized by the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

Scientists estimate that reducing harmful chemical emissions could cut cancer risks from smoke exposure by over 50%.

As a Stanford Energy Postdoctoral Fellow, Lisa Rennels applies her photographer’s eye to the economic costs of climate change.

Building on past analyses of how political movements and climate change are represented in popular U.S. history textbooks, Stanford scholars find that the rare mentions of Asians and Asian Americans largely use language related to war.