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 for all- and multi-day events next week at National Academies and Center for Global Development; for three-day events hosted this week by National Academies and by DC Area Educators for Social Justice; and for 46 shorter events spread across the city and the coming days. American, George Washington, and Georgetown are featured, in yellow highlights, in the current events; researchers at George Mason co-authored the highlighted report.  

Our worsening predicament is perhaps best summed up by the piece of commentary from Atmos: “to preserve our planet, we must also preserve our democracy.”

With apologies for adding a further chill to an already cold weekend,

Michael

P.S. If you would like to offer advance notice of an upcoming event at your institution, just include the necessary details and links in a reply to this email.

The Climate, Politics & Sustainability Weekly – Sun., Feb. 1^st – Sat., Feb. 7^th       

                                       Advance Notices for Upcoming Events

       Feb. 10,  All Day / Pub. Lect. @ 4 PM – Climate Conversations: DC Crossroads – NASEM 

       Feb. 10-11, Multi-Day – Panel & Workshop on School-Related Violence Prevention – CGD

Multi-Day Events Coming This Week

       Feb.   2–4, Multi-Day – US-Africa Frontiers of Science, Eng.& Med. Symp. – NASEM

       Feb. 2–6, Multi-Day – Black Lives Matter at School, Week of Action – DCAEfSJ    

DC Events – In-Person and/or Online

– Mon., Feb. 2 @ 09:00 AM – What Future After the War? Opportunities for Ukraine … - AEI  

– Mon., Feb. 2 @ 09:00 AM – Results and Implications of Myanmar’s Elections – Stimson Center

– Mon., Feb. 2 @ 12:00 PM – Creating High Opportunity Neighborhoods: HOPE VI Prog - Brookings

– Mon., Feb. 2 @ 12:00 PM – Retrench, Defend, Compete: America’s Future v. China – Quincy

– Mon., Feb. 2 @ 12:30 PM – After Soft Power: Strategic Narratives, w J.L. Manfredi – GU SFS

– Mon., Feb. 2 @ 01:00 PM – Do Small Water Systems Comply w/ Safe Water Drinking Act? – ELI

– Mon., Feb. 2 @ 04:00 PM – Youth & Climate Voices: Challenges in the Middle East – AU–CECE

– Mon., Feb. 2 @ 06:00 PM – Screening: Origin of the Dream, w/ Young, Glover & Bond – B&P

– Tues., Feb. 3 @ 08:30 AM – Wired for Influence: Inside China’s Global Tech Playbook – GMF

– Tues., Feb. 3 @ 10:00 AM – STARTing Over: Russo-Amer. Arms Control at Crossroads – Stimson

– Tues., Feb. 3 @ 10:00 AM – Despite ‘Carb. Neutral” Cert., Beef Emissions Cannot Be Low – WRI  

– Tues., Feb. 3 @ 12:00 PM – History of US Regime-Change Operations w Anthony Lieven – Quincy

– Tues., Feb. 3 @ 01:00 PM – ½ Day – Permitting Summit 2026: America’s Energy Infra. – BPC

– Tues., Feb. 3 @ 05:00 PM – Male Vice in an Internet Age, w Richard V. Reeves – Amer. Ent. Inst.

– Tues., Feb. 3 @ 05:30 PM – The 2025-2026 Whittington Lecture: Sen. Chris Coons (DE) – GU

– Tues., Feb. 3 @ 06:00 PM – No More Worlds to Conquer: Black Poets of DC w BG Gilmore – B&P

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 09:00 AM – The Future of Trade Policy, w Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer – Hudson

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 09:00 AM – The Securitization of Trade: Whither Globalization? – Peterson IIE

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 12:00 PM - Targeted & Precise: AI Export Controls & U.S. Natl Security – ASP

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 12:00 PM – Food & Drug Admin Lecture Series: Kyle Thomason – GW Law

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 12:00 PM – Ethics and Politics of Gun Violence Research w R. Cottrol – GW SPH

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 12:00 PM – When Women Changed the Course of a Decade, w Alice Wolfson – GU

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 12:30 PM – Understanding and Addressing Energy Affordability – NASEM  

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 01:00 PM – Future of Communications Regulation w FCC Commissioner – Brookings

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 02:00 PM – Reining in DHS and Restoring Accountability – Center for Amer. Prog.

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 02:00 PM – The Global Economy in 2026: Resilience, Risks & Policies – CGD

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 07:00 PM – Hidden Hist. of Monarchy & Slavery in Americas w B. Newman – P&P

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 07:00 PM – Gamechanger: How Harry Reid … Showed Dems HT Fight – P&P Wharf

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 06:00 PM – The Future of Nuclear Proliferation, with Stanford University – CEIP 

– Wed., Feb. 4 @ 08:00 PM – Centering Care: Health, Climate & Frontline Communities – MOF/RCC

– Thrs., Feb. 5 @ 09:00 AM – Cracking Down on Scam Compounds in Southeast Asia – Stimson Cntr

– Thrs., Feb. 5 @ 09:30 AM – Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence & Future of Security – CfC&S

– Thrs., Feb. 5 @ 10:00 AM – Exploring Climate Watch: An Interactive Training Session – WRI

– Thrs., Feb. 5 @ 01:30 PM – Bluff or Death? How to Assess Nuclear “Threats” w Perkovich – CEIP 

– Thrs., Feb. 5 @ 03:00 PM – Pathways to Reduce Child Poverty: The Impact of Tax Credits – Brookings

– Thrs., Feb. 5 @ 03:30 PM – Powering the Economy: Grid Optimization & Energy Efficiency – EESI

– Thrs., Feb. 5 @ 07:00 PM – Freedom Lost, Freedom Won: Personal History w E. Robinson – P&P

– Thrs., Feb. 5 @ 08:00 PM – Introduction to the Environmental Law Project: A Webinar – EVP

– Frid.,  Feb. 6 @ 09:00 AM – ½ Day – Worst Inflation Outbreak in 40 Yrs: Lessons frm COVID - PIIE

– Frid.,  Feb. 6 @ 10:00 AM – Supply-Side Factors & Inflation: What Have We Learned? – Brookings

– Frid., Feb. 6 @ 03:00 PM – Promoting Blue Resilience: CC Adapt. in Coastal Comm. – GU ECoTalks

– Frid., Feb. 6 @ 06:00 PM – 7M Steps: The True Story of Dick Gregory’s Run for Hungry – P&P UM

– Frid., Feb. 6 @ 07:00 PM – I Identify as Blind: Disability Culture, Identity & Power w author – P&P                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

– Frid., Feb. 6 @ 07:00 PM – The Queer Face of War: Stories from Ukraine by J.L. Feder – P&P Wharf

– Satr., Feb. 7 @ 05:00 PM – A Black Queer History of the U.S. w/ authors Snorton & Bost – P&P  

– Satr., Feb. 7 @ 06:00 PM – Avocado Dreams: Remaking Salvadoran Life & Art in DC – P&P UM

       Note: If any part of the title for an event has been italicized, then it’s focused on an author interview or book discussion.

New Reports and Books

Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs and Attitudes, Fall 2025 by A. Leiserowitz & J. Kotcher et al (Center for Climate Change Communication / Yale Program on Climate Change Communication 2026, 99 pages, free download)

BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy) Network 2026 Policy Outlook by A. Kelly et al (Ceres 2026, 27 pages, free download)

State of the Birds Report: USA 2025 by A. Rodewald et al (North American Bird Conservation Institute 2026, 20 pages, free download)

How to Tax the Ultrarich by B. Galle (Roosevelt Institute 2026, 180 pages, free download)

Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era, edited by K. Madani (UNU IWEH 2026, 72 pages, free download)

Peer-Reviewed Studies

Environmental Education Research (Jan) – “Helping Young People Cope with Eco-Anxiety”

Environmnetal Politics (AdvOn) – “Ways of Seeing on a Dying Planet: Photography & Ecocide”

Nature Climate Change (Jan) – “Accounting for Ocean Impacts Doubles Social Cost of Carbon”

Scientific Reports (Jan) – “Using Social Norms to Reduce Plate Waste in Corporate Dining”Trends in Ecology & Evol. (Jan) – “Horizon Scan of Biololgical Conservation Issues for 2026”

Popular Commentary, News and Analysis

Atmos (01.29) – “Lessons from MN: To Preserve Our Planet, We Must Also Preserve Our Democracy”

Atlantic (01.31) – “The ‘Doom Glacier’ Could Flood the Earth. Can a 50-Mile Wall Stop It?”

Climate Café (01.28i) – “Climate Scientist Reflects on 30 Yrs Fighting ‘Forces of Unreason’” by B. Santer

The Crucial Years (01.27)  - “Time for Some Courage in the Climate Fight, Too” by Bill McKibben

Hill (01.27) – “United States Withdrawal from Paris Agreement Takes Effect” by Rachel Frazin

NYT (01.30) – “Drilling Is Underway to Examine Antarctica’s Melting Ice from Below” by R. Zhong

Politico (01.27) – “Trump Has Destroyed the Global Order. Here’s What Might Come Next.”

Science (01.29) – “U.S. Govt Has Lost More Than 10,000 STEM PhDs Since Trump Took Office”

Vox (01.29) – “Something Very Unexpected Is Happening to Norway’s Polar Bears: They’re Healthier”

Wash. Post (01.30) – “A Geyser of Sewage Sets Back the Clock on the Potomac” by C.T. Fryar  

Podcasts & Radio Stories

Climate One – The Podcast (01.30) – “Under the Weather: The Climate Crisis Is a Health Crisis”

Heatmap – Shift Key (01.28) – “What the China–Canada EV Trade Deal Really Means”  

Planet Critical – Podcast (01.29) – “Liberating Social Contributions [thru] Univ. Basic Service”

RFF – Resources Radio (01.27) – “A New (Qualified) Opporunity (Zone) for Clean Energy Projs”

Volts – Podcast – “Making Solar as Cheap in US as in Australia” (01.28) / “Reactionary Centrism” (01.30)