By Fernanda Leite and Adam Rabinowitz As we bid adieu to the 2020–21 academic school year, we want to thank Fernanda Leite, associate professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, for her tremendous service as chair of the Planet Texas 2050. Fernanda helmed our grand challenge through…

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Planet Texas 2050 and The Drag collaborate on new environmental podcast Everyone on the planet is affected by climate change in some way. Now, a student duo will set out across Texas to tell their stories. University of Texas at Austin journalism students Aurora Berry and Will Brooks are working…

By: Deidre Zoll I originally wrote this blog aiming to publish it in mid-March of 2020. I was traveling back to Austin at the time and suggested that we hold off until we saw how COVID unfolded. It is a year later, and I’m still not sure if now is…

By Mary Huber As part of the Institute for Historical Studies’ “Climate in Context” events, Planet Texas 2050 has teamed up with the digital magazine “Not Even Past” to release a series of articles highlighting how history and archaeology are key to our understanding and mitigation of the devastating effects…

By Adam Rabinowitz As part of the Institute for Historical Studies’ “Climate in Context” events, Planet Texas 2050 has teamed up with the digital magazine “Not Even Past” to release a series of articles highlighting how history and archaeology are key to our understanding and mitigation of the devastating effects…

By Mary Huber As part of the Institute for Historical Studies’ “Climate in Context” events, Planet Texas 2050 has teamed up with the digital magazine “Not Even Past” to release a series of articles highlighting how history and archaeology are key to our understanding and mitigation of the devastating effects…

By Adam Rabinowitz In October, Planet Texas 2050 unveiled six new flagship projects, which will guide our work in the coming years as we tackle the dual problems of demographic and climate change. Each quarter, we will highlight one of the six projects, continuing with one titled “Stories of Ancient…

By Patrick Bixler and Paola Passalacqua This month, Planet Texas 2050 unveiled six new flagship projects, which will guide our work in the coming years as we tackle the dual problems of demographic and climate change. Each quarter, we will highlight one of the six projects, starting with one titled…