Contest Details We live in an era of rapid societal and environmental changes. Arizona State University’s Narrative Storytelling Initiative wants to know: how do you envision the future? The initiative,

In what ways can science and business sectors collaborate to build sustainable societies? This vital question was the focus of the second Global Sustainability Strategy Forum, where 25 leading experts

IASS Potsdam In what ways can science and business sectors collaborate to build sustainable societies? This vital question was the focus of the second Global Sustainability Strategy Forum, where 25 leading

The project, Apocalyptic Narratives and Climate Change: Religion, Journalism, and the Challenge of Public Engagement, combines research on the apocalyptic religious thinking with training in the literature of social change.

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced a grant to the Arizona State University interdisciplinary project “Apocalyptic Narratives and Climate Change: Religion, Journalism, and the Challenge of Public Engagement.” Led

The COVID-19 pandemic is the ultimate stress test: What does it show so far, and how can we better prepare for future shocks?

Despite the near universal consensus confirming the phenomenon of climate change, climate skepticism still poses a significant barrier to developing more environmentally conscious policies. One particular segment of the population

ASU Now Despite the near universal consensus confirming the phenomenon of climate change, climate skepticism still poses a significant barrier to developing more environmentally conscious policies. One particular segment of

Medium Across the globe, wildfires continue to occur with increasing frequency and higher intensity. The world watched in shock as the still-burning flames in Australia engulfed thousands of homes, scorched

At the Wrigley Lecture Jan. 30 at ASU, climate leader Christiana Figueres said extreme events like the Australian wildfires are foretelling of things to come if we continue to sleepwalk into the future. “That world is possible, but it is not inevitable,” she said.

“Sunny Day Flooding,” a 9-minute documentary produced by Stephen Beschloss for the Global Futures Laboratory, investigates the climate crisis in Norfolk, Virginia — site of the world’s largest Naval base. Norfolk is the first U.S. location where complications from sea level rise began in earnest.

With Hurricane Dorian threatening in late August 2019, staff from Arizona State University traveled to Norfolk, Virginia to investigate and film flooding due to the climate crisis. Norfolk is the site of