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Student projects address challenges in Wisconsin and beyond

Posted on July 19, 2024

Students’ spring capstone projects addressed real-world challenges on behalf of clients including NGOs, the private sector, and both federal and state agencies.

Posted in Academics, Client projects, Energy and the Environment, Health and Aging, International Policy & Economics, MIPA News, MPA News, News, Outreach, Social Policy, Students

Recent heat waves underscore the urgency of climate technology investment

Posted on June 27, 2024

La Follette’s Morgan Edwards and Zachary Thomas of the Nelson Institute explore innovative methods for mitigating climate change as momentum for climate action in Wisconsin is growing.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, Faculty, News, Policy perspectives

La Follette faculty, students co-author landmark report on carbon dioxide removal

Posted on June 12, 2024

Researchers from the La Follette School and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies helped author the 2024 State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report.

Posted in Alumni, Energy and the Environment, Faculty, News

Edwards’ latest studies shed light on climate-tech needs

Posted on May 28, 2024

These papers provide timely insights into the development of technologies that must scale rapidly to address climate change.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, Faculty, News

New research shows how important a new climate technology could be if adopted quickly

Posted on May 8, 2024

Direct air capture with carbon storage could help remove nearly five gigatonnes of carbon dioxide by midcentury if the emerging technology develops quickly enough.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, Faculty, News

La Follette students help build powerful tool for climate technology research

Posted on February 24, 2024

Three La Follette graduate students developed a database to help anticipate how long it may take for new climate technologies to scale up to levels necessary to limit climate change.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, News, StudentsTagged 2024 grads

Nemet to serve as interim director in spring

Posted on December 14, 2023

During the spring semester, Professor Greg Nemet will serve as interim director of the La Follette School while Susan Webb Yackee is on sabbatical.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, Faculty, News

Nemet’s work informs discussions on scaling of carbon removal technologies

Posted on November 20, 2023

The rate of development for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies that could be critical tools to combat climate change is in line with similar technologies over the last century but outpaced by policy targets and industry projections.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, Faculty, News

Tree canopy, pocket parks could make La Crosse cooler

Posted on July 15, 2023

La Follette School students researched policy solutions to would reduce the urban heat island effect in the City of La Crosse.

Posted in Academics, Client projects, Energy and the Environment, MPA News, News, Outreach, Students

Spring 2023 faculty awards

Posted on July 14, 2023

La Follette School faculty members Mark Copelovitch, Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Tana Johnson, Tim Smeeding, and Manny Teodoro received awards this spring.

Posted in Energy and the Environment, Faculty, Health and Aging, International Policy & Economics, News, Social Policy
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