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From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable December 8th, 2022
Deep Mitigation Pathways Underlying the Science-Policy Interface of Climate Change A total of 197 countries have signed the Paris Agreement - the global framework to… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable December 1st, 2022
The WICCI Infrastructure Working Group: Getting Climate Change Data into Engineering Design- It’s Complicated The Infrastructure Working Group is part of the… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable November 17th, 2022
After Environmentalism Modern environmental thought and action has been built upon pillars of sand — a series of intuitions and claims about the world that are not… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable November 3rd, 2022
Energy Systems: How They Work and Why It Matters Public opinion recognizes the risks of climate change and wants the government to do something. Most know that means… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable October 27th, 2022
The Extractive Realities Behind Low-Carbon Infrastructures This lecture explores the mining and raw material extraction necessary behind wind, solar and other… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable October 20th, 2022
Sustainable Development: From Concept to Curriculum Roy F. Weston was an early leader in sustainable development and maintained that environmental problems require… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable October 13th, 2022
Improving Agricultural Sustainability with Cutting-Edge Technologies Water is a crucial input for agricultural production and plays an important role in global food… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable October 6th, 2022
Clear Cut: Burning Forests for Energy Doesn’t Stack UpWood pellets! This fast-growing but little-known source of energy has flourished in the past two decades.… -
From Eric Klister September 30th, 2022
Linking Environmental Change to Public Health in Africa - Closing the Gap Between Evidence and Practice Global environmental change represents an unprecedented threat to… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable September 29th, 2022
Ecosystems as Models for Restoring our Economies (to a Sustainable State) Drawing from decades of research and practice in business, economics, ecology, and… -
From G-NIES-WestonRoundtable September 15th, 2022
Energy Security and Strategic Planning: Lessons from the Russian Invasion of Ukraine With energy prices spiking in Europe, countries have to reconsider what they mean…
The Weston Roundtable is made possible by a generous donation from Roy F. Weston, a highly accomplished UW-Madison alumnus. Designed to promote a robust understanding of sustainability science, engineering, and policy, these interactive lectures are co-sponsored by the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Office of Sustainability.