What does it take to create a community event that moves climate solutions forward? Just ask @uwmadison undergrads Lulu Fregoso and Katie Wenzel, the outreach assistants behind Earth Fest and UW Energy Institute's Climate and Justice Teach-in.

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'The most enduring legacy of air-conditioning may be the divide it has created between the cool and the damned,' writes Jeff Goodell in The Heat Will Kill You First. But don't sweat; the book isn't a downer. Find out why at Earth Fest! earthfest.wisc.edu/goodell UW-Madison Sustainability

A 43-year-old lawyer banded together with a group of elderly women in Switzerland to take on the government's climate inaction. In a landmark verdict, on the #ClimateCrisis they won
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Green World Health Organization (WHO) The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe Dr. Jonathan Foley

The top companies causing the #ClimateCrisis theguardian.com/environment/20…

Great way to learn more about #planetaryhealth

Poster abstracts for the 2024 Global Health Symposium are due TODAY! Don't miss your chance to learn more about the future of global health at UW-Madison. Event is both in-person & virtual.

Register and submit posters with links from our website: ghi.wisc.edu

Excited to be one of the keynotes on #ClimateCrisis and #Health . Please join me in Melbourne in 3 weeks!
World Health Organization (WHO) Prof. Katharine Hayhoe Ed Maibach Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health, LSHTM UW-Madison Nelson Institute UW–Madison Dr. Jonathan Foley

Great lineup next month - Earth Fest unites our campus over the one resource and interest we all share: our world. Learn more at
earthfest.wisc.edu.

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Major #climate win with HUGE implications secured youtube.com/shorts/8tvMO8h… via YouTube

@uwmadison has officially launched the Sustainability Research Hub, a new service to campus that will make the university a preeminent destination for sustainability research and education.

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Air pollution is the greatest environmental health risk of our time; responsible for chronic respiratory diseases, lung cancer, and heart attack fatalities.

Learn more about air quality and what UNEP is doing to #BeatAirPollution unep.org/topics/air

🌡️ What we do today will change the future of our planet!
Our world is heating up 🔥 and soon, the opportunity to limit global warming to 1.5°C will be out of reach. We need to act now to ensure a better tomorrow for people and nature🌎

Via WWF Climate & Energy

Florida protects student-athletes from #heat . It hasn’t done the same for workers. #climate

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Los Angeles voted 12-0 to ban new drilling and to close all 5,000 existing oil and gas wells in the city. This is a historic victory by STAND-LA and all citizens over the oil industry and environmental racism.

IT CAN BE DONE! Who's next?

#ActOnClimate #climate

The energy transition is revolutionising our world & its impact on #livesandlivelihoods is already being felt in meaningful ways.

Discover more about IRENA's push for a just energy transition 👉
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'The latest melting season in Antarctica, which takes place during December, January and February, was more than a month longer in some areas'

We're now at the point where authoritative newspapers warn: 'Huge ice loss risks Antarctica’s destabilisation'

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Congratulations to our Chief Scientist @JRockstrom, who won this year's Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement — the 'Nobel for the environment' — for his groundbreaking work to steer humanity toward a more sustainable future. news.mongabay.com/2024/02/planet…

What are #NaturebasedSolutions and what global challenges can they help with?

Learn more ➡️ shorturl.at/wyzAV

#UNEA6

(1/2) INTRODUCING EARTH FEST

The Nelson Institute and UW-Madison Sustainability are proud to present Earth Fest: a weeklong showcase and celebration of the UW–Madison commitment to sustainability and the environment!

earthfest.wisc.edu

2024 Tyler Prize goes to Johan Rockström a pioneer on #PlanetaryBoundaries and solving #ClimateCrisis
Major congrats to one of the world's most impactful innovative leaders for winning Tyler Prize, the 'Nobel' for environment!
World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Jonathan Foley Prof. Katharine Hayhoe Monash Sustainable Development Institute UW-Madison Nelson Institute