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The third United Nations Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the governments of France and Costa Rica, will take place from June 9 – 13, 2025 in Nice. The Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions will contribute to events on sustainable blue foods, oceans and human health, women in ocean science, and data systems in small-scale fisheries.
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Paul Segall, an expert in crustal deformation and fault mechanics, will serve a three-year term as chair of the Department of Geophysics starting Sept. 1.
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Join us on May 27 to hear the chairman and co-founder of information technology company Infosys and founding chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India discuss fostering a sustainable economy.
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On May 29-30, an event on campus will convene experts to explore how local governments in Los Angeles and Tel Aviv-Yafo are responding to climate change.
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Energy science and engineering PhD student Rebecca Grekin has received the Student Sustainability award from the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) for the online software tool she developed to help analyze food emissions. The AASHE award recognizes student work that advances leadership and promotes sustainability on campus.
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Supported by the Stanford School of Medicine, the School of Engineering and the Doerr School of Sustainability, a symposium on May 7 focused on ways synthetic biology can promote a sustainable world.
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Attendees identified ways to optimize, integrate, and scale data collection for advancing human and planetary health.
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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.
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A SIEPR Policy Forum examined how government, business, and academia can best address the rising economic costs of wildfires.
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Join us for a Big Ideas event featuring Lisa P. Jackson, vice president of environment, policy, and social initiatives at Apple. This in-person event at Stanford begins at 5:00 p.m. PDT on May 8, 2025.
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Submissions to the increasingly popular Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability photo contest convey what is at stake in our struggle toward sustainability – along with human efforts to enact change.
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Paul Segall, professor of geophysics, and six other Stanford faculty members are among the 250 new members elected to the Academy, which recognizes exceptional scholars from across disciplines who advance knowledge and apply it to the problems of society.
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In honor of Earth Day, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability community members share what energizes them about sustainability efforts locally and around the world.
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The latest awards from Stanford’s Sustainability Accelerator support wide-ranging efforts to help communities and nature withstand climate-related extreme events and advance the measurement of planetary systems.
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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.
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Entrepreneurs and investors agreed that collaboration will be crucial for enabling the greenhouse gas removal industry to scale up “faster than basically any industry on Earth.”
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During a recent Sustainability Accelerator event, venture capitalists urged researchers working to scale greenhouse gas removal technologies to focus on cost and seek common ground with a wide range of prospective partners.
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Stanford’s Sustainability Accelerator convened more than 300 researchers, investors, entrepreneurs, and alumni on campus to learn about greenhouse gas removal and how 18 teams are seeking to enable it on a large scale. Explore highlights from the event.
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Researchers presented their work on greenhouse gas removal, learned from experts about scalability and finance, and connected with potential investors and partners.
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Attendees of the third annual Stanford Oceans Conference shared approaches for recognizing and incorporating culture into governance across the Indian Ocean.
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Gretchen Daily, professor of biology and faculty director of the Stanford Natural Capital Project, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), along with four other Stanford faculty members.
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The Sierra Club’s executive director drew connections between civil rights, economic disparities, and the environment while offering guidance on how to achieve community-level impact at a keynote March 10.
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A professor of history and environmental social sciences with deep ties to the American West, Frank will lead the Center in its focus on environmental issues, Western governance and policy, and history and culture.
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At a recent conference co-hosted by the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, researchers discussed climate issues in politics, international agreements, carbon taxes, and renewable energy subsidies.
