The Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Society aims to foster collaborative, interdisciplinary research on the human and social dimensions of global climate change. Our ultimate aim is to contribute to effective and equitable courses of action that advance both mitigation of and adaptation to climate change.

Sunday, April 29, 7 p.m., Mile Square Theater, Hoboken - Attend a free staged reading of a play on the BP oil spill, and see how the humanities are contributing to our understanding of climate and society.  The Way of Water. 

New grants available for research on globalization and environmental change, and on ecosystem services.  See the funding section.  Now is the season for conferences, with several in our region.

Coming up: Phaedra Daipha on the National Weather Service!

April 20: Phaedra Daipha - Whose weather is it anyway? Communicating Risk at the National Weather Service Part of our climate/society seminar series. Professor Daipha will discuss research findings from her work at a NWS forecasting office and with fishermen who used these forecasts, highlighting differences in risk communication models.  See link for full description. Room 128, Davison Hall (26 Nichol Street on Coook Campus) 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

You can now view our March 28 Extreme Weather and Climate Change event on RUTV.  Presentations and background information can be found here.

Looking for Dr. Gal Hochman's working paper from his March 9 climate/society seminar? Find it here!