COP30: Reflections from a delegate
Moving Stories: What I learned from talking about commutes and air quality
How do you get around every day? How might your commute be impacting - or impacted by - air pollutants or greenhouse gas emissions? These are the kind of questions I asked while working on my Climate Change and Society course’s final project, the co-requisite course for the life-changing trip to COP29 I took through the Emory Climate Hub in November, 2024.
The Vega String Quartet: Reflections on music, instruments and climate change
How do you feel about climate change? If you're like most of us, you probably feel overwhelmed. It's a huge, complex problem. It feels too big to really understand and too far away to truly worry about in our everyday lives. We look at the graphs and read the headlines. We see numbers rising and warnings repeated. But numbers don’t always help us sit with the reality we actually experience. This is where music comes in.
Emory Law Changemaker Program Opposes EPA’s Plan to Cut Emissions Reporting Requirements
When the Air Feels Heavy: Victoria’s Story and Atlanta’s Call for Change
What happens when the air you breathe becomes your biggest burden? When the Air Feels Heavy follows Victoria, an Emory student whose daily walk to class mirrors Atlanta’s rising heat and worsening air quality. Her story reveals how climate change, pollution, and inequality intertwine—and asks a haunting question: Why does clean air still feel like a privilege?
Emory's Environmental Law & Science Changemaker Program Kicks Off!
The Emory Environmental Law & Science Changemaker program kicked off their work by submitting a comment on the proposed repeal of the Endangerment Finding. Through combining backgrounds in science and legal studies, the Emory Environmental Law & Science program will continue its defense of climate protection.
The Paris Agreement Cannot Save Us
A year after optimistic climate negotiations, progress has collapsed. Without a fundamental transformation in approach, the Paris Agreement cannot prevent environmental destruction and societal decay—it simply lacks the political will needed to save us from the climate crisis ahead.
Belém Is Hosting COP30—And Hiding the Trees It Destroyed to Impress You
The purpose of having COP in Belém is symbolic – let world leaders see the Amazon’s magnificence and be catalyzed to better steward their land. However, the influx of people to the area has proven to be problematic for the environment and the city’s residents.
A Tibetan Monk's Reflection on Pollution, Part 2
Tenzin Mutup, Tibetan monk and Emory University researcher, reflects on how air pollution has changed his childhood home in the Himalayas over time.