Climate Change Research Network
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Vanderbilt University’s new major offers a new way to study climate change
Vanderbilt will offer a new interdisciplinary climate and environmental studies major starting in fall 2022. Read MoreMay. 20, 2022
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Michael Vandenbergh quoted in Thomson Reuters discussion of how carbon-footprint labels can steer consumers to climate-friendly options
"Climate-friendly cuppa? Carbon footprint labels aim to steer green buying" was posted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation News on May 16, 2022. While carbon labeling is not a panacea, Vandenbergh tells reporter Carey L. Biron that it is "a piece of a much larger system that can function even if the national government process is inadequate." Read MoreMay. 17, 2022
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Climate Change Research Network scholars Michael Vandenbergh and Jennifer Cole featured on Free Range podcast
Listen to Mike Livermore's interview with Climate Change Research Network director Michael Vandenbergh and social psychologist Jennifer Cole, a post-doctoral fellow of the CCRN, who discuss political polarization and its impact on climate change policy on the Free Range podcast. Read MoreMay. 4, 2022
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Michael Vandenbergh named 2022 Carnegie Fellow to tackle polarization and climate change
Vandenbergh's award of $200,000 will support his research into overcoming political polarization to address the causes of climate change and the issues it is creating. He is one of 28 Andrew Carnegie Fellows selected for the 2022 cohort. Read MoreApr. 27, 2022
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On the Cover: Michael Vandenbergh discusses how private action can force corporations into greener practices
"Planet Earth's Future Now Rests in the Hands of Big Business," Time, April 14, 2022 Read MoreApr. 14, 2022
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J.B. Ruhl explains how decades-old environmental laws are hampering new “green” infrastructure in NPR interview
In an interview with NPR's Planet Money, environmental regulation expert J.B. Ruhl explains how laws like the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act, written in the 1970s, are now getting in the way of new green infrastructure development to help address climate change. Read MoreApr. 7, 2022
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Mike Vandenbergh, research team explore how carbon labels can aid in the fight against climate change
"Revisiting the Promise of Carbon Labelling," published in the journal Nature Climate Change, reveals that one benefit of carbon labeling is that businesses that produced labels for their products often reduced their own carbon footprints. Read MoreJan. 27, 2022
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Kevin Stack and Michael Vandenbergh receive Levin Center’s 2021 Excellence in Oversight Research Award for their paper, “Oversight Riders”
The paper, published in the Notre Dame Law Review, proposes a strategy designed to improve congressional oversight by creating new incentives for compliance with congressional subpoenas. Read MoreJan. 7, 2022
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How will the global community react if vulnerable nations pioneer solar radation geoengineering?
Research by Jonathan Gilligan, associate professor of Earth and environmental sciences and civil and environmental engineering, and a group of international researchers has illustrated potential international conflicts over climate change. Read MoreAug. 15, 2021
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Renewed focus on climate change: NewsChannel 5 coverage of Michael Vandenbergh’s strategies for tackling climate change
Vandenbergh, who directs the Climate Change Research Network, was interviewed by NewsChannel5 discussing the renewed focus on tackling climate change and reducing greenhouse gasses by 2030. Read MoreJun. 7, 2021