University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Five Strategic Focus Areas

The Guardian: Quitting coal: a health benefit equivalent to quitting tobacco, alcohol and fast-food

Quitting coal: a health benefit equivalent to quitting tobacco, alcohol and fast-food: Jonathan Patz

Healio: Climate crisis expected to contribute to global disease burden

Global climate crisis involves temperatures, sea levels, melting glaciers, extreme weather that will impact children's health, Patz says.

World of Water: Opportunities & Engineering Challenges in the 21st Century

UW faculty and professional practitioners discuss water issues that affect your future in the first in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Discovery Series.

AAP News & Journals: Action Needed on ‘Climate Crisis’ to Protect Children’s Health

GHI Director Jonathan Patz tells pediatricians that action is needed on climate crisis to protect children's health.

Importance of solar energy underestimated three-fold

Importance of solar energy underestimated three-fold, GHI Advisory Committee member finds

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Patz — Tax on hybrids and electric vehicles is poor economic policy

Tax on electric hybrids is poor economic policy, GHI Director Jonathan Patz says.

Zombies, Sports, and Cola: What Do They Mean For Communicating Weather and Climate?

Director Jonathan Patz Interviewed in Vice Article on Climate Change

Director Jonathan Patz Interviewed in Vice Article on Climate Change

PHYS.ORG: Study suggests investment pays off in safety for walkers, bikers

GHI's Jason Vargo contributes to a new study of walking and bicycling that suggests investing in infrastructure to encourage both correlates with fewer pedestrian and bicyclist deaths.

Dane County Board passes UniverCity Alliance to collaborate with students

Dane County Board passes UniverCity Alliance to collaborate with students