Solar panels atop the Nicholas School of Environment's Grainger Hall. Duke will be using 50 percent renewable electricity in 2025 when three new off-campus solar installations come online. Photo by Bill Snead
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Duke Chapel lit up green for Earth Day 2024. Photo from University Communications & Marketing.
Duke Vice President and Vice Provost Toddi Steelman (center) visits a tree nursery in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where Duke has been partnering with indigenous groups to create carbon offset credits. Photo by Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
Recipients of the 2023 Climate Commitment Leadership Awards
September 10, 2024
Nominations Open for Climate Commitment Leadership Awards (Updated With New Deadline)
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Duke Experts Partner with U.N. to Advance Heat Solutions
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A Call to Build More Heat Resilient Communities
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Twelve Duke Teams Launch Research on Climate Solutions
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Eyes in the Sky Bring Good News on Trash Burning in the Maldives
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The 2023-24 Climate and Sustainability Teaching Fellows and Program Co-Leads. Top row, from
left: Sandra Valnes Quammen, Catherine Mathers, Valerie Sabol, Alex Glass (program co-lead),
Coral Giovacchini, Norbert Wilson. Middle row, from left: Siobhan Oca, Rebecca Vidra,
Christopher Sims, Robin Kirk, Natalie Kerr. Bottom row, from left: Laura Florand, Priscilla Wald
(program co-lead), Charlotte Clark (program co-lead), Denise Nepveux.
left: Sandra Valnes Quammen, Catherine Mathers, Valerie Sabol, Alex Glass (program co-lead),
Coral Giovacchini, Norbert Wilson. Middle row, from left: Siobhan Oca, Rebecca Vidra,
Christopher Sims, Robin Kirk, Natalie Kerr. Bottom row, from left: Laura Florand, Priscilla Wald
(program co-lead), Charlotte Clark (program co-lead), Denise Nepveux.
Toddi Steelman moves from her role as Stanback Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment to a new role where she will oversee the Duke Climate Commitment and lead the Office of Climate and Sustainability.
