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Infographic showing Central and West Asia greenhouse gas budget (2010–2019), listing CO₂, CH₄, N₂O fluxes and emissions sources like industry, transport, agriculture, and sinks like forests and wetlands.

Beyond Oil: The Climate Costs of Fossil Wealth in the Middle East and Central Asia

Hanqin Tian, director of the Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability (CES3), is the corresponding author of the recently published article titled “Greenhouse Gas Budgets of Central and West Asia (2000–2020): A Significant Net Source to the Atmosphere." The study produced the first comprehensive greenhouse gas assessment of 24 countries across the region.
ESC 2025 group photo with winning check.

Third annual Eagles Sustainability Competition

Interdisciplinary groups of students proposed ways to fill the gaps in BC’s sustainability culture, through the third annual Eagles Sustainability Competition. This year’s teams tailored their suggestions to the Office of Sustainability.
COP29 Degelate Panel

COP 29 Symposium spreads word from Baku to BC community

On February 21, representatives from the BC COP29 delegation offered their impressions and lessons learned from the Baku, Azerbaijan event. The symposium featured a panel, a poster session, and a keynote speech by Esquire Henry, an internationally respected youth advocate.
Moungi Bawendi, Laura Steinberg, Jier Huang

Nobel Prize Winner Moungi Bawendi Draws Record Crowd

Nobel Prize winner Moungi Bawendi spoke to a record crowd in February as part of the ‘24-25 Schiller Institute Distinguished Lecture Series. Philip Ciais, an influential climate change scientist, and V Balaji, a climate modeling pioneer formerly with NOAA, also spoke.
delegates in front of a COP29 sign

Schiller Institute hosts COP symposium

Participants will share their climate summit experiences and takeaways.
Edson Severnini

Schiller Institute welcomes environmental economist

Edson Severnini is new Institute Professor and core faculty member.
Photo-illustration of Jier Huang with multiple molecular structures around her

Chemistry Solutions Fueled by the Sun

How BC researcher Jier Huang is using tiny molecules to help solve one of the world’s biggest problems—climate change.
KaleyUNCOP29

Delegates from Boston College to Attend COP 29

An interdisciplinary delegation from Boston College is attending COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Supported by the Schiller Institute, these students, faculty, and staff have prepared for the global climate conference throughout the fall semester, and will share their experiences with the greater BC community through live dispatches from Baku and post-event panels and poster sessions. Read more.
Jier Huang at ACS Spring 2024

Schiller Core faculty member leads multidisciplinary idea exchange at American Chemical Society meeting

Professor Jier Huang led a three-day symposium on how a technology known as quantum dot assemblies could improve the energy storage and generation landscape.

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