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Climate Futures Initiative

Climate Futures Initiative

The Climate Futures Initiative (CFI) is a collaborative process to map out a vision for climate scholarship and engagement at Dartmouth. Directed by Professor Laura Ogden, the Special Advisor to the Provost on Climate and Sustainability, CFI will identify Dartmouth's distinct strengths in climate research and teaching and make recommendations to help amplify those strengths. 

A cornerstone of this effort is to explore the campus as lab model. The term "lab" is used in its most capacious sense here, understanding that a lab is not a space that easily fits everyone's intellectual culture. Instead, "campus as lab" can become a model that encourages integrative and creative thinking, spanning the humanities, arts, sciences, and applied fields, to help us become and train scholars for a world facing the challenges of a changing climate. 

 

Decarbonization at Dartmouth

May 1, 2024


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Meredith Kelly

Chaired by Meredith Kelly, Professor and Chair of Earth Sciences

 

Organic Farm

May 3, 2024


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Theresa Ong

Chaired by Theresa Ong, Professor of Environmental Studies

 

Arctic and Northern Climates

June 6, 2024


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Melody Burkins

Chaired by Melody Burkins, Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the

 

Forest Lands

September 13, 2024


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Matt Ayres

Chaired by Matt Ayres, Professor of Biological Sciences

 

Institute of Arctic Studies Research Integration

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Justin Mankin

Chaired by Justin Mankin, Professor of Geography

 

Climate in Curriculum

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Laura Ogden, Professor of Anthropology, and Special Advisor to the Provost on Climate and Sustainability.

Chaired by Laura Ogden, Professor of Anthropology 

 

CFI

In addition to the CFI colloquia, the Provost's Office will also provide support and funding for several CFI pilot research and community engagement projects. Further, CFI will develop opportunities to  deepen student engagement and intellectual inquiry around climate and sustainability.

The Climate Futures Initiative is a core component of the Dartmouth Climate Collaborative, one of five pillars of President Sian Leah Beilock's presidency. 

For inquiries, please email rachel.s.kent@dartmouth.edu.