Explainers

Explainers are written to provide you with a quick introduction to timely topics in sustainability using interviews from Yale’s very own staff, faculty, and alumni experts. Browse through our library of articles to learn what these topics are, how they work, and why they should matter to you.

Yale Experts Explain Environmental Justice

October 1, 2020

Environmental justice scholars Dr. Dorceta Taylor and Dr. Gerald Torres talk about the link between...

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Yale Experts Explain The Paris Climate Agreement

September 21, 2020

Global environmental legal expert Sue Biniaz and global environmental governance professor Maria...

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Yale Experts Explain Sustainable Food Systems

September 2, 2020

Experts Kristin Reynolds and Mark Bomford discuss important concepts and controversies in advancing...

Yale Experts Explain Biodiversity

August 17, 2020

Renowned biology and ecology experts Tom Lovejoy and Os Schmitz talk about one of planet Earth’s...

Yale Experts Explain a Plant-Forward Diet

April 18, 2020

Associate Vice President of Yale Hospitality Rafi Taherian breaks down a chef’s terminology for...

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Yale Experts Explain Carbon Neutrality

April 18, 2020

Climate scholars Ken Gillingham, Peter Boyd, and Brad Gentry offer their insight into what carbon...

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Yale Experts Explain Recycling

April 18, 2020

Reid Lifset, Research Scholar, Resident Fellow in Industrial Ecology, Associate Director of the...