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News from New York University

Urban Future Forum 2024: Equity in Piloting Climate Solutions

In the spring of 2023, the ​Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering was awarded a grant from IN2 (the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator, co-founded and co-administered by NREL) to host an event bringing together community-based organizations (CBOs) focusing on climate and/or workforce, startups, investors, and channel to market partners. With this grant, they hosted their first ever Urban Future Forum on June 25, 2024, as an attempt to forge meaningful connections and enhance transparent communication between innovators and communities prior to deployment.

New Book Release by Columbia Global Reports

Four Questions for Cameron Abadi

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Cameron Abadi, author of the book “Climate Radicals” which will be published in the fall by Columbia Global Reports.  In the book, Abadi profiles the fascinating activists of Letzte Generation, known for gluing themselves to street intersections and throwing food on works of art; Ende Gelände, which demands the immediate phaseout of coal by occupying mines; and the German leaders of the global coalition Fridays for Future, which organizes school strikes (on Fridays) and many other large-scale demonstrations. Read more about Cameron’s background, the idea behind the book and its implication for future policymaking in Germany and the United States in this interview.

News from the University of Cologne

Archaeologists from University of Cologne Confirm Human Impact on Increase in Biodiversity

The presence of humans increases the heterogeneity and complexity of ecosystems and often has a positive effect on their biodiversity. / Archaeological study compiles various case studies from the Late Pleistocene.

News from the University of Freiburg

Spy-Satellite Images Offer Insights into Historical Ecosystem Changes

New study led by Dr. Catalina Munteanu from the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Freiburg advocates the use of more than one million declassified images for ecology and conservation.

News from Campus OWL

NeMo.bil: Sustainable and Demand-Driven Mobility in Rural Areas

The NeMo.bil (New Mobility) project consortium has reached a major milestone: the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action is funding the NeMo.bil project with a volume of 30 million euros. 

FUTURE FORUM 2023 Speakers

Five questions for Rita Sousa Silva

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Rita Sousa Silva, speaker at the FUTURE FORUM 2023, and a Research Fellow at the Young Academy for Sustainability Research at the University of Freiburg, Germany, one of the DWIH main supporters with an office in New York.

News from the University of Cologne

University of Cologne Adopts Holistic Sustainability Strategy

Sustainability will be a guiding principle of research, teaching and transfer / faculty, students and staff participate in its implementation and identify further opportunities for improvement on the way to a sustainable, climate-neutral campus.