Latest student activities

As education is central to the mission of the Chair, our team has launched several efforts to encourage students’ involvement in sustainable development and climate outside of their courses.

The Chair’s Team offers the following student activities:

Student blog
Student challenges and essay competitions
Student-led podcasts

More information on our activities will be shared here regularly.

26 November 2021

A social project for the European Union

By Marin Pitavy This essay is one of the winners of the Fall 2021 Chair’s Essay Competition on the topic […]

26 November 2021

Reconciling climate policy and justice through domestic tradable carbon quotas

By Antoine Richet This essay is one of the winners of the Fall 2021 Chair’s Essay Competition on the topic […]

26 November 2021

Resilience for Peace

By Damien Turlay This essay is one of the winners of the Fall 2021 Chair’s Essay Competition on the topic […]

24 November 2021

Discussion highlights: Chair and Students Roundtable #2

One needs to ask: “Is it just economic productivity you are measuring, or did you look also at the human […]

18 October 2021

Discussion Highlights: Chair and Students’ Roundtable #1

“Biodiversity and climate are two sides of the same coin! We have been saying that for many years now and […]

4 October 2021

No More “Torn Trousers”: Public-Private Cooperation, an Approachable Way for Financial Inclusion in the Pacific

By Chen Jinyu “Jinyu, if we can source more funding from public and private financiers, we can facilitate more small […]

4 October 2021

Public – Private Cooperation, the Solution, or the Cause?

By Damien Turlay We cannot solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. […]

14 June 2021

Native American Youth Fight for a Greener, Cleaner Future

By Morgan Peterson “The relationship between Native nations and their environment is sacred. It is the foundation of their cultures […]

14 June 2021

It's a planet not an empire. Save Earth, save home.me

14 June 2021

Youth Climate Action and Political Transformations in India

By Aishwarya Dhar Environmental activism is a practice rooted in youth participation. Time and again, youth have used multiple ways […]

14 June 2021

14 June 2021

Say it loud, say it clear – Youth climate action through collective action and empathy

By Mareike Peschau “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – […]