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The DC Climate, Politics, and Sustainability Weekly

With apologies for the delay, below please find this week’s lists of events, reports, peer-reviewed studies, news and commentary, and podcasts

 

Included are notices for four multi-day events, including The DC Environmental Film Festival, NASEM’s Space Science Week, and Brookings’ Economic Activity Conference. Among the more than 55 line items that then follow are events at or co-sponsored by American, Catholic, George Mason, George Washington, Georgetown, and Howard--plus two articles. (See the yellow highlighting.)

 

The direct and indirect impacts of the US attack on Iran continue to figure prominently in the events, news and commentaries, and podcasts. Links to climate change and the oil industry are being drawn more emphatically.

 

With best wishes for a productive week,

 

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.


P.P.S. At the end of the message I’ve included two illustrations from Carbon Brief’s update on extreme weather around the world.


P.P.P.S Note the links for the "No Kings" actions on Saturday, March 28th.  

 

The Climate, Politics & Sustainability Weekly – Sun., March 22nd – Sat., March 28th       

 

Multi-Day Event Coming This Week

March 22–28 Multi-Day – DC Env. Film Festival: Many Films, Many Locations (Prog) – DCEFF

March 23–27 Multi-Day – Space Science Week 2026 – National Academies Sciences/Eng/Med

March 26–27, Multi-Day – Brookings Papers on Econ. Activity – Spring 2026 Conf. – Brookings

                                    And keep in mind this multi-day event next month:

      April 17–18, Multi-Day – 2026 Planet Forward Summit: Take the Mic, Shape the Story – GW

 

DC Events – In-Person and/or Online

– Mon., March 23 @ 10:00 AM – Cross Straight Crossroads - Pathways for Policy in Taiwan – Brookings

– Mon., March 23 @ 01:30 PM – What to Expect This Tax Season – Brookings Center for Public Mgmt

– Mon., March 23 @ 03:00 PM – Making Child Care Work for Student Parents – New America

– Mon., March 23 @ 04:30 PM – The Future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – American Enterprise Inst.

– Mon., March 23 @ 07:00 PM – Field Notes from an Extinction: A Novel [abt Auks] w E. Walls – P&P

– Tues., March 24 @ 09:00 AM – Operation Epic Fury: Strategies, Status, Theories of Victory – Hudson

– Tues., March 24 @ 09:00 AM – AI Inflection Point: US, Taiwan, & AI Econ. Security – Stimson Cntr

– Tues., March 24 @ 11:00 AM – Did Biden Get China Right? Lessons Learned, What Comes Next – CEIP

– Tues., March 24 @ 11:00 AM – Can Global Cooperation Survive a Fragmenting World? – Peterson IIE

– Tues., March 24 @ 02:00 PM – U.S. Strategy in a Turbulent World – Brookings Strobe Talbot Center

– Tues., March 24 @ 02:00 PM – What Your Board Needs to Know abt Climate Risk – Climate Interactive

– Tues., March 24 @ 04:00 PM – Doom Loop: World Econ Spiraling Into Disorder w E. Prasad – GW IIEP

– Tues., March 24 @ 05:00 PM – Happy Hour to Celebrate Women’s History Month – PPI & Sonoma  

– Tues., March 24 @ 05:30 PM – Screening of Documentary: The Day Iceland Stood Still – CEIP/ICRW

– Tues., March 24 @ 07:00 PM – Stand, a Book Talk with Senator Cory Booker – P&P at 6th & I ($)

– Tues., March 24 @ 07:00 PM – Good Writing: Improving Sentences w Anne Lamont – P&P-Sidwell ($)  

– Wed., March 25 @ 08:30 AM – Next Steps for US-Japan Shipbuilding, Repair & Maintenance – Stimson

– Wed., March 25 @ 11:00 AM – Uprooted: Rediscovering American History: Series Launch – Brookings

– Wed., March 25 @ 11:00 AM – How Critical Are Critical Minerals in Brazil-US Econ. Rltnsip? – PIIE

– Wed., March 25 @ 12:00 PM – The Mattering Instinct, with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein – Cato Inst.

– Wed., March 25 @ 12:00 PM – Updating US Trade Policy: Econ. Importance of Central Asia – Hudson

– Wed., March 25 @ 12:00 PM – Extreme Weather Research Showcase – GW MISPH/REACH/GMU-ISE

– Wed., March 25 @ 06:00 PM – Launch of Funding the Future, Zine on Surface Transport. Reauth. – UCS

– Wed., March 25 @ 07:00 PM – An Instrument Nature Can Play: Sound & Imagination in Science – NASEM 

– Wed., March 25 @ 07:00 PM – Meat: How the Next Ag Revolution … with Bruce Friedrich – P&P Wharf

– Wed., March 25 @ 07:00 PM – The Beginning Comes After the End with Rebecca Solnit – P&P-6th & I ($)

– Thrs., March 25 @ 08:00 AM – Webinar on Energy Procurement Opportunities – World Bank

– Thrs., March 26 @ 09:00 AM – Feeding the World in the 21st Century – American Enterprise Institute

– Thrs., March 26 @ 09:00 AM – US-China Update: Imports, Exports. Fentanyl Flows & Beyond – PIIE

– Thrs., March 26 @ 09:30 AM – AI & the Future of Open-Source Intelligence – Stimson Center

– Thrs., March 26 @ 11:00 AM – Attempts to Undermine Black Internationalism: UN Case Study – HU

– Thrs., March 26 @ 11:00 AM – China’s Economic Slowdown: Risks, Realties, Implications – Hudson

– Thrs., March 26 @ 12:00 PM – PFAS Briefing: PFAS & Environmental Due Diligence – Env. Law Inst.

– Thrs., March 26 @ 01:00 PM – The State & the Soldier: A Hist. of Civil-Military Rltns in US – Quincy

– Thrs., March 26 @ 02:00 PM – The Flip Side of Affordability: Raising Wages – Center for Amer. Prog.

– Thrs., March 26 @ 02:00 PM – Technology and the Bomb: Risks in Rapidly Evolving World – CEIP

– Thrs., March 26 @ 02:00 PM – Drinking Water for the Nation: Version 1.0 Webinar – New America

– Thrs., March 26 @ 02:00 PM – Building Local Capacity for Clean-Energy Siting – World Res. Inst.

– Thrs., March 26 @ 03:00 PM – Congress, the Balance of Payments, and Tariff Reform – Cato Institute

– Thrs., March 26 @ 03:00 PM – Our Environment: What AI Means for the Planet – GU GREEN & MDI

– Thrs., March 26 @ 03:00 PM – HBCUs and Advancement of Black Communities in Americas – HU

– Thrs., March 26 @ 07:00 PM – From Battle for Obamacare to War on Science w Sen. Blumenthal – P&P

– Frid.,  March 27 @ 09:00 AM – All Day – Virginia Crossroads: Flood Resilience in Cmnwlth – NASEM

– Frid.,  March 27 @ 10:30 AM – 2026 Environmental Law & Policy Annual Review Conference – ELI

– Frid.,  March 27 @ 11:00 AM – Product-Level Emissions Standards for Ind. Decarb. Policy – WRI

– Frid.,  March 27 @ 12:00 PM – How Immigrants Affect the Budget – Cato Institute at Rayburn Bldng

– Frid.,  March 27 @ 01:00 PM – Tour of West Campus Solar Array – Catholic University

– Frid.,  March 27 @ 03:00 PM – Monthly Climate Change Briefing: March 2026 – Env. Law Institute

– Frid.,  March 27 @ 06:00 PM – The Price of Mercy: A Public Defender’s Search for Justice – P&P

– Frid.,  March 27 @ 03:00 PM – Periodical Cicadas, Trophic Dynamics & Avian Foraging – GU ECoTalk

– Frid.,  March 27 @ 06:30 PM – Ecological Equity: Human Rights in Env. Justice Movement – GU

– Satr., March 28 @ 08:30 AM & on – “No Kings” Actions—at American, GW, Third Act – Indivisible

– Satr.,  March 28 @ 06:00 PM – The Battle Over Segregated Education in Nation’s Capital – 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

 

Toxic Accounts: From Greenwashing to Gaslighting by (Clean Creatives 2026, full report only offered in html)

 

 

 

Mapping Support for LGBTQ Rights Across the 50 States: Insights from PRRI’s 2025 American Values Atlas by M. Deckman et al (Public Religion Research Institute 2026, 52 pages, free download)

 

Democracy Report 2026: Unraveling The Democratic Era by S. Lindberg et al (V-Dem Institute 2026, 52 pages, free download)

 

Peer-Reviewed Studies

 

Popular Commentary, News and Analysis

 

Podcasts & Radio Stories

Carbon Copy – The Big Story (03.01) – “After the Flood: India’s Silent Mental Health Toll”

Climate One – The Podcast (03.20) – “Hawaii Gov. Green Says Ahoha to Decarbonization”  

Global Optimism – Outrade & Optimism (03.19) – “Iran and the Price of Oil Independence”

Heated – The Podcast – “How FF Ads Deceive Us” (03.20) / Condom Ad or FF Ad? (03.20)

Heatmap – Shift Key (03.20) – “The Big Reveal in China’s New Five Year Plan”

Inside Climate News – Sunday Morning (03.22) – “Interior Department in Turmoil”

Planet Critical – Podcast (03.18) – “How Mexico City Unleased Its Political Imagation”

PRX – Living on Earth (03.20) – “Vanguard Retreats from ESG” / “Wind-Powered Venezuela”

RFF – Resources Radio (03.17) – “Recent Changes to Fed Cost-Benefit Analysis w B. Hubbell”

Volts – Podcast – “Mastering the VPP Market” (03.18) / “Energy Affordability in NY” (03.20)

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