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.
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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…
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The WICCI Infrastructure Working Group: Getting Climate Change Data into Engineering Design- It’s Complicated The Infrastructure Working Group is part of the…
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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…
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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…
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The Extractive Realities Behind Low-Carbon Infrastructures This lecture explores the mining and raw material extraction necessary behind wind, solar and other…
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Sustainable Development: From Concept to Curriculum Roy F. Weston was an early leader in sustainable development and maintained that environmental problems require…
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Improving Agricultural Sustainability with Cutting-Edge Technologies Water is a crucial input for agricultural production and plays an important role in global food…
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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.…
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From Eric Klister
Linking Environmental Change to Public Health in Africa - Closing the Gap Between Evidence and Practice Global environmental change represents an unprecedented threat to… -
Ecosystems as Models for Restoring our Economies (to a Sustainable State) Drawing from decades of research and practice in business, economics, ecology, and…
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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…