Institute for Global Sustainability
Climate Disinformation in Native Ads
As native advertisements from the fossil fuel industry mislead readers on climate change, BU experts identify interventions
Racial Disparities of EV Adoption and Infrastructure
First-time nationwide EV study led by NREL with IGS co-authors quantifies income and race inequality
BU Professor Awarded $3.2M Grant to Expand Urban Heat Research
Led by the School of Public Health's Patricia Fabian and her team, including IGS researchers
Major Research Projects
At IGS, we're focused on equity and justice — from protecting the health of people and the planet to building sustainable energy systems. Explore our ever-evolving portfolio of major sponsored projects and collaborations with BU faculty and partners.
Latest Updates
What Happens to Low Level Nuclear Waste in the United States?
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Now Hiring: Clean Energy & Environment Legacy Transition (CELT) Municipal Fellows
Recruiting students for statewide opportunity to support sustainability projects in Massachusetts. Passionate about clean energy? The Clean Energy & Environment Legacy Transition (CELT) Initiative is hiring student Municipal Fellows to work with local governments across Massachusetts on sustainability projects, especially in environmental justice communities. Boston University, UMass Lowell, and the state of Massachusetts launched the […]
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COM Set to Open New Center on Media Innovation for Social Impact
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B-COOL Heat Temperature Sensor Project Releases Key Takeaways from 2024 Pilot Study
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Now Hiring: ENERGIZE Project Coordinator
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Research on Tap: Climate Change and Clean Energy
Check out lightning talks on climate change and clean energy topics (December 6, 2024).
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IGS Partners with Healey-Driscoll Administration and UMass Lowell to Advance Equitable Clean Energy in Massachusetts
The Healey-Driscoll Administration, UMass Lowell, and Boston University have launched the Clean Energy and Environment Legacy Transition (CELT) Initiative, a new international partnership to advance an equitable energy transition in Massachusetts, empower communities, and train the next generation of climate leaders. The effort is backed by $5.7 million in funding from the Department of Energy […]
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“20 Climate Science Academics to Know in 2024” Featuring IGS Director Benjamin Sovacool
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Powering Massachusetts Forward Interactive Workshop
1:30PMVirtual
A Deadly Secret, a Cover-Up, and the Women Who Forged the Modern Environmental Movement: A Conversation with Bestselling Author Keith O'Brien
4:00PMIGS Office, 111 Cummington Mall Suite 149 Boston, MA 02215Spotlight on Faculty Research
The latest journal articles authored by IGSfaculty leadership andcore faculty.
A High Resolution Multipollutant Assessment of Health Damages due to the Onroad Sector in Boston, Massachusetts
Science of the Total Environment
Mining as Environmentalism: Green/Grey Extractivism and the Production of Extractive Subjectivities Around the Rio Tinto Kennecott Mine in the United States
Globalizations
Estimating Air Exchange Rates in Thousands of Elementary School Classrooms Using Commercial CO2 Sensors and Machine Learning
Indoor Environments
The “Future of Energy”? Building Resilience to ExxonMobil’s Disinformation through Disclosures and Inoculation
npj Climate Action
Foliar Resorption of Beech and Maple Along an Elevation Gradient in a Northern Hardwood Forest
Forest Ecosystems
Distributed Economic Dispatch in Power Networks Incorporating Data Center Flexibility
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing
Conflicted Climate Futures: Climate Justice Imaginaries as Tools for Policy Evaluation in Cities
Energy Research & Social Science
Expert Insights in the News
Media Outlets Still Make Fossil Fuel Companies’ Ads for Them: Here’s How They Could Make Them Less Misleading
Drilled
A Milk Brand Wanted to Tout Its Sustainability Push. Then It Got Swept Up in a Conspiracy Theory.
The Wall Street Journal
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