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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,…
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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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