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Max Boykoff Receives 2020 Thomas Jefferson Award
Max Boykoff was selected as the recipient of the 2020 Thomas Jefferson Award in the faculty category. This award honors students, staff, and faculty members who advance the ideals of Thomas Jefferson. These include broad interests in literature, arts and … Continue reading
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The Climate Papers Most Featured in the Media in 2019
CSTPR’s MeCCO work for Lancet Report (#12 most featured in the media) highlighted in Carbon Brief Last year saw the rise of climate change protests, with Greta Thunberg, school strikes and Extinction Rebellion generating global news coverage. The impacts of … Continue reading
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Inside the Greenhouse Newsletter, Issue 15
Issue 15 | December 2019Subscribe to ITG Newsletters To date, challenges associated with climate change have continued to impact all aspects of life. As 2019 comes to a close, we acknowledge that the collective scale of our creative efforts to … Continue reading
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Ogmius, Issue #54 is Now Out
Issue #54, Fall/Winter 2019 Ogmius Exchange The Kids Are All Right Adults Are the Climate Change Problem by Max Boykoff The Non-Partisan Environmental Group That Will Make You Feel Hopeful About Climate Change by Alison Gilchrist Faculty Affiliate Forum CU … Continue reading
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CU Boulder Prof and 100 Women Set Sail for Antarctica
Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazineby Sarah Kuta Cassandra Brooks has spent much of her life studying and working to preserve Antarctica. Now, she’s sharing her love and knowledge of the southernmost continent with a group of 100 intrepid women seeking … Continue reading
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MeCCO Monthly Summary: Talking about climate change is not an insult to bushfire victims
Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO)November 2019 Summary October media attention to climate change and global warming went down 8% from record levels of coverage in September 2019. However, it was still up 48% throughout the world from October 2018. While … Continue reading
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Leading the Way: HB4 Women Voyage to Antarctica
CSTPR Faculty Affiliate and ENVS Assistant Professor Cassandra Brooks has been invited to be science faculty on the forthcoming Homeward Bound Project women’s leadership expedition to Antarctica. Homeward Bound is a ground-breaking, global leadership initiative, set against the backdrop of Antarctica, … Continue reading
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Public Discussion on Climate Policies with Colorado State Senator Kerry Donovan
On November 13, Colorado State Senator Kerry Donovan came to the University of Colorado to participate in the third of CSTPR’s seminar series “Public Discussion: Policies on Climate and Environment” (co-Hosted with the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization). … Continue reading
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Climate Change Already Damaging Health of World’s Children, Threatens Lifelong Impact
CSTPR’s Max Boykoff and Olivia Pearman were one of over 60 experts from around the world that contributed to the 2019 Lancet Report on Health and Climate Change. The authors say every child born today will be affected by climate … Continue reading
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MeCCO 2019 Year End Retrospective
Special Issue 2019A Review of Media Coverage of Climate Change and Global Warming in 2019 JanuaryFebruaryMarch AprilMayJune JulyAugustSeptember OctoberNovemberDecember 2019 has been an important year in which climate change and global warming fought for media attention amid competing interests in … Continue reading →