Michael Svoboda

Colleagues in Climate Action and Sustainability, Below please find this week’s lists of events, reports, peer-reviewed studies, news and commentary, and podcasts. With the passage of World Bank Week, Earth Day and DC Climate Week—kudos again to the organizers!—the pace of events has eased somewhat. The economic and energy impacts closing the Strait of Hormuz dominate the news and commentary, but a pair of climate stories broke through the fog of that war. At the Guardian, George Monbiot...

Colleagues in Climate Action and Sustainability, Below please find this week’s lists of events, reports, peer-reviewed studies, news and commentary, and podcasts. Dominating the calendar of events, both directly and indirectly, is DC Climate Week , with a roster of over 240 events, from Baltimore, MD, to Arlington, VA. That’s 60% more than last year. And the flagship events— Opening Ceremony , Earth Day Happy Hour , Leadership Forum , and Career Development Day —are all filled or...

Colleagues in Climate Action and Sustainability, Below please find this week’s lists of events, reports, peer-reviewed studies, news and commentary, and podcasts Included are advance notices from The Reservoir, DC Climate Week and REACH and reminders for multi-day events being held this week at the World Bank Group, GW, and the Hudson Institute. The full program for the 2026 Planet Forward Summit, “ Take the Mic: Shape the Story ,” is now available online; I hope to see many of you there....