Alix Peterson Zwane, Ph.D., the first executive in residence with the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project at Duke University, discusses what brought her to Duke and how international aid and development can be better targeted to improve people’s lives while minimizing environmental impact.

Investments aimed at building the resilience of climate-vulnerable communities are falling woefully short—and the private sector is almost entirely absent, write Rania A. Al-Mashat (Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation), Jyotsna Puri (International Fund for Agricultural Development) and Jonathan Phillips (James E. Rogers Energy Access Project at Duke) in a blog post for NextBillion. To help enable this investment, the trio discuss an initiative to measure and monetize climate resilience in an effort to establish a "resilience credit."

The 2023 Energy Data Analytics Symposium brought together more than 100 participants from academia, industry, government and nongovernmental organizations at Duke University in October 2023 to explore how artificial intelligence and other data science tools can help make energy systems more accessible, affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable.

Extreme heat is not a single-season issue, says Ashley Ward, director of the Heat Policy Innovation Hub. In this video op-ed, Ward calls for heat to be treated like other natural disasters, with local leaders and policymakers prioritizing year-round planning and preparation for this growing public health challenge.

Brian Murray, interim director of the Nicholas Institute, spoke with Business North Carolina about Duke Energy's transition away from coal-fired electricity generation and toward natural gas, and its eventual goals for solar and renewable capacity.

Senior fellow Tim Profeta spoke with Inside Climate News about the legacy and impact of the late Sen. Joseph Lieberman. Profeta, Lieberman’s top aide on environmental issues during his Senate tenure, said the bipartisan Lieberman-McCain Climate Stewardship Act “changed the dynamic on climate, politically,” even thought it didn't pass. “It put climate actually into the realm of the possible, and not in the realm of a bridge too far.”

Federal officials and business leaders at a Duke University summit on Feb. 28 identified critical steps toward a low-carbon future. The full day of conversations drew nearly 500 people from the Duke community, the public and private sectors, nonprofit organizations and other academic institutions.

Director of Energy and Climate Policy Jackson Ewing was one of the expert panelists at the Asia Society Seattle's webinar discussion on the state of global climate change efforts in Asia. The panel highlighted Asia’s crucial role as one of the regions most vulnerable to natural disasters and global warming as well as one of the biggest contributors to climate risks and home to five of the largest greenhouse gas-emitting countries and half of the world’s CO₂ emissions.

Transitioning away from an energy system dependent on fossil fuels, such as coal and natural gas, is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Watch this webinar recording from Duke Alumni Lifelong Learning to learn from Duke experts, including moderator and Nicholas Institute executive-in-residence Eric Rohlfing, what needs to change to adopt a workable clean energy plan for all and reduce our over-reliance on fossil fuels. See the other videos in the playlist here.

As 90+ degree days become more common, more accurate measures of extreme heat, such as wet bulb globe temperature, can help protect outdoor workers, Ashley Ward, director of the Duke University Heat Policy Innovation Hub, explained to North Carolina Health News.