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Speaker: Michel Wattiaux, Professor, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, UW–Madison
Humanity faces the grand challenge of reconfiguring food systems to
deliver healthy diets that are…
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Our Carbon Hoofprint: Meat and Climate Diane Mayerfeld, Senior Outreach Specialist, UW–Madison Division of Extension
What role does livestock agriculture play in climate change, and what
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Aaron Wolf, Professor of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
In the West, we are generally trained to base our approach to
managing water conflicts on rationality, and…
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Bridgett vonHoldt, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
The last known red wolves were captured in southwestern Louisiana and
eastern Texas in 1980 to…
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Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Examining Beef Supply Chain Agreements in the Amazon Rainforest Livestock farming stands out as one of the main drivers of deforestation in the region. Since 2009,…
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How the Energy Transition is Going: A View from the Front LinesSpeaker: Rob Witwer, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Onward EnergyThe energy transition is the greatest human challenge of…
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The Role of Carbon Dioxide Removal in Meeting Climate Targets Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is increasingly being considered by climate stakeholders to meet global climate targets such as net-zero…
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Refocusing Climate Research to Maximize Impacts The impacts of climate change on daily life continue to become increasingly evident, and the unequal nature of those impacts demands attention to the…
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Maximizing Co-Benefits of a Clean Energy Transition What are the opportunities to reduce emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases in China and other countries? Mauzerall will share recent…
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Local Voices, Local Choices: Insights from Community-Led Conservation Using the Jane Goodall Institute’s Tacare Model The Weston Roundtable is made possible by a generous donation from Roy F.…
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Feeding the World as if People Mattered: A Diverse, Political Ecology of Agrarian Change Although farms are living spaces that anchor diverse economies, the challenge of feeding the world is…
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Water Treatment in the 'Anthropocene Epoch' Science fiction fans of the 20th century may be disappointed that flying cars did not replace automobiles and talking robots are not our butlers.…
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Decadal Lessons Learned: The Story of Wildfires, Air Quality, and Environmental Justice Wildfire risk and severity have recently grown substantially due to climate change and other anthropogenic…
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On the Swamp: Stories of Indigenous Environmental Justice from North Carolina’s Coastal Plain Despite centuries of colonialism, Lumbee people and their Indigenous neighbors still occupy their…
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Brazil’s Challenges in the 21st Century: How to Face Deforestation, Conserving Biodiversity and Promoting Sustainable Development Brazil has a strategic role to play in addressing issues of…
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Fidelity in Zero-Deforestation Cattle Supply Chains Near 80 percent of the trees cut down and burned each year in the Brazilian Amazon are cleared to make space for cattle pastures. More than a…
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