We are pleased to announce the recent graduation of 20 MPA STEP Certificate recipients, 5 MPP STEP Certificate recipients, 4 HMEI-STEP Fellows graduating with the STEP certificate, and 1 PhD student graduate of the STEP Cluster at SPIA. In addition, we had 28 graduating Environmental Policy Associates. Congratulations to our students!  

A new study published today in the journal Conservation Biology has found that songbirds modify their migration patterns when migrating through the vast agricultural landscape of the Midwest known as the "Corn Belt" in similar ways when crossing natural…

A Princeton-led study uncovers the relationship between flood risk and social vulnerability; communities with high levels of renters, farming, and forestry found to be linked to increased economic loss.

Floods are among the most destructive natural hazards, causing…

A study from the University of Central Florida and Princeton University finds evidence that storm surge events are becoming more extreme in some regions of the U.S.

Storm surges—sudden, abnormal rises in sea levels during storms—pose a major threat to low-lying coastal communities. Some of the…

A new Alliance of US-based academic institutions that are Observer organizations at the UN’s climate science body has opened an application portal inviting nominations for the IPCC Seventh Assessment report.

A newly established network of U.S. academic…

Researchers from Princeton and Rutgers University have used reinforcement learning, a method frequently deployed to train artificial intelligence, to show how flexible responses can substantially increase the cost-effectiveness of steps to defend cities like New York against climate change.

The research is part…

A Princeton study underscores the health benefits of an all-of-society clean energy transition, suggesting that coordinated policy efforts across various sectors and actors could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year.  

Transitioning to clean energy is not just about reducing…