Archon Fung began this semester’s final installment of the Weston Roundtable Lecture Series with what he called “a whodunit.” “Who killed the truth?” he asked. Fung is the Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and …
Politics
The possibility of global cooperation: Barbara Hendrie talk highlights international plastic pollution agreement
Early in March 2022, at the UN Environment Assembly, diplomats from 175 nations voted unanimously to create a legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution. The Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) …
In Case You Missed It: Russ Feingold on “The Great Lakes to Great Lakes Initiative”
In our In Case You Missed It series (also known as ICYMI), student interns from the Office of Sustainability offer reflective reports on sustainability-related events and lectures at UW–Madison. The following entry is by Natalie …
Simulating the Challenges of Climate Change Negotiation in the Classroom
It has become commonplace to categorize climate change as a “wicked problem”. It is “wicked” because, in addition to its profound complexity as an atmospheric phenomenon, preventing climate change from causing catastrophic damage will require …