Daniel Kammen

When COVID-19 shut off the music through its quarantines and many retreated in their homes, nature's menagerie of life seemed to occupy new spaces. 

The United States can achieve its goal for 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 with the help of a study that revealed a roadmap to get there.

At the start of the pandemic, as cities implemented lockdowns, there were dramatic reductions in air pollution and carbon emissions due to the closing of transportation and manufacturing, according to Alastair Iles, campus associate professor of environmental policy and societal change.

Commercial trucking is capable of undergoing major electrification, a recent study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found.

With lab spaces taking up 25% of campus buildings, mitigating the negative environmental impacts of research in labs is a necessary step to achieving some of campus's long-term sustainability goals.

Led by David Ackerly, dean of the Rausser College of Natural Resources, campus environmental experts discussed the intersection of COVID-19, climate change and challenges to global sustainability in an installment of UC Berkeley's ongoing online conversation series about the pandemic.

Nine UC Berkeley faculty members from a wide range of departments were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, or AAAS, on Thursday.

Climate and public policy experts from across the country, including UC Berkeley professor Daniel Kammen, are calling for a $2 trillion Green Stimulus to rebuild the U.S. economy following the COVID-19 pandemic.

A recent study co-authored by a UC Berkeley professor shows that the scope of possibly mitigating climate change is wider than previous models suggested.