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Vanderbilt University has been selected to present in two venues at COP27. Vanderbilt researcher and VCCI Director Leah Dundon’s proposal on Vanderbilt’s ongoing research in marine shipping decarbonization will be presented as an official Side Event at COP27. The event will be held at the site of COP27,… Read More

Eisenhower Fellows, L-R, Matthew Nice, Madeline Allen and Yanbing Wang Three Vanderbilt civil engineering Ph.D. students have received prestigious Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships. The fellows, Yanbing Wang, Matthew Nice, and Madeline Allen, were selected through a competitive process that included university panels and a national selection panel. With this… Read More

Follow the link to see the recent Vanderbilt News post regarding Vanderbilt student experience at COP26! Click here: (Link)… Read More

VCCI director Dr Leah A Dundon was interviewed by numerous press outlets regarding recent decisions taken at the international climate change negotiations, and the role of youth in this year’s negotiations.  Dr. Dundon teaches an interdisciplinary course on climate change and engages students at the  international meetings. Link… Read More

See the press release at the following link: Draft Press Release COP Exhibit… Read More

Local communities are already experiencing dire effects caused by climate change that are expected to increase in frequency, intensity, duration, and type. Public concern about climate-related challenges is increasing, available information and resources on climate risks are expanding, and cities across the country and the globe are developing approaches to… Read More

Madeline Allen has been selected as a Fellow in the 2021-2022 Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Climate and Society Grand Challenge Initiative Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows Program. The fellowship connects graduate students that are conducting research on challenges related to the environment and climate change which require connections… Read More

A new article published in The Conversation, written by Jonathan Gilligan (VU’s Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences), Katharine Donato (Georgetown U., formerly chair of Sociology at Vanderbilt) and Amanda Carrico (U. Colorado Boulder, formerly a Ph.D. student and postdoc at VIEE) about climate change and the lack of national… Read More

The Tennessee Climate Office at East Tennessee State University, in partnership with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information and the American Association of State Climatologists, will host Tennessee’s first ever Climate Data Summit to determine climate data needs for stakeholders across the state. This is a free, 2-day virtual event… Read More

Disasters caused by natural hazards and other large-scale emergencies are devastating communities in the United States. These events harm individuals, families, communities, and the entire country, including its economy and the federal budget. In response to these concerns, the Committee on Applied Research Topics for Hazard Mitigation and Resilience, part… Read More