New Global Institute for the Future of Energy at ASU
News from ASU: $50M gift creates Global Institute for the Future of Energy at Arizona State University.
News from ASU: $50M gift creates Global Institute for the Future of Energy at Arizona State University.
Leading minds in the decarbonization and humanities space gathered at the Walton Center for Planetary Health, Arizona State University, on November 8 and 9, 2024, to begin a statewide dialogue on how to strengthen communities and clean energy standards utilizing the Justice40 Initiative, attended by Joni Adamson, Sreya Ann Oommen, and Liron Arieli of the BRIDGES ASU Flagship Hub.
Students in the Energy, Justice, and Action Humanities Lab —a Lab in the UNESCO BRIDGES series of Humanities Labs— partnered with co-faculty Joni Adamson, President's Professor of Environmental Humanities in the Department of English as well as founding director of the Flagship Hub UNESCO BRIDGES Sustainability Science Coalition and Gary Dirks a senior director from Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory™ and director of Lightworks.
How might we expand definitions of human and citizenship rights to ensure access within and across nations to clean water, nutritious food, safe homes, and functioning ecosystems?
The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory™ is the base of the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Flagship Hub, adopting the ‘urgent belief that we can and must make a meaningful contribution to ensuring a habitable planet and a future in which well-being is attainable.’