“Forest advocates accuse EU energy firm of Dutch biomass certification fraud” The Dutch Prosecution Service is weighing criminal action against German-based energy company RWE for claims made about its wood pellet imports. According to reporting from Sabin Center Board Member Justin […]
NY Times Op-ed highlights barriers to farming for today’s young Americans Sabin Fellow Brooks Lamb, author and Special Advisor to the American Farmland Trust, published a powerful New York Times op-ed highlighting the barriers to farming facing young Americans and underscoring the significant risks […]
Investigation Links Last Summer’s Mercury Seizure to the Cartel at the heart of recent military operations in Mexico If you’ve been following the news out of Mexico in recent weeks, you may have heard about the Mexican army’s killing of “El Mencho,” Nemesio Rubén Oseguera […]
Renowned Climate Communicator to Deliver Keynote Remarks On April 21, the Environment and Sustainability Studies Program and the Sabin Center will host renowned climate communicator Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist at The Nature Conservancy. The title of her address is inspired by Physicist and former U.S. Science […]
“Oh the Places We Can Go!” Wake Forest University will welcome Dr. Alan Townsend of University of Montana for a public lecture on Tuesday, February 17. Dr. Townsend is a Professor of Ecosystem Ecology at University of Montana’s W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. […]
Applications Due March 15, 2026 The Sabin Center is pleased to announce the Spring 2026 cycle for faculty seed grant funding, designed to advance Wake Forest Faculty’s efforts toward a more sustainable, just, and abundantly wild world. Awards typically range from $1,000 to $4,000, and […]
“Advancing Solutions to Environmental Change Through Discovery & Partnership” Wake Forest University will welcome Dr. Kevin Reed of Stony Brook University for a public lecture on Tuesday, February 10. Dr. Reed serves as the Associate Provost for Climate and Sustainability Programming and a Professor at […]
Sabin Faculty Affiliate Sarra Alqahtani on Making Agentic AI Safer Exciting news and foreboding warnings abound alongside the accelerated development of Artificial Intelligence these days. Multi-Agent AI (MAAI), which consists of networks of AI agents operating together in a dynamic environment, is no exception. Sabin […]
Sabin Fellow Farfan-Rios Shares Implications from Decades of Research In a recent explainer from our colleagues at Wake Forest News, Sabin Center Fellow William Farfan-Rios talks us through how Andes Amazon forests struggle to adapt to the challenges of climate change. With four decades of […]
Cassidy Coastal Conservation Fellowship Expands Student Funding Opportunities We are pleased to announce a new fellowship opportunity for undergraduate, professional, and graduate students: the Cassidy Coastal Conservation Fellowship. Thanks to the generosity of Lois Cassidy (‘70, BS Biology), the Sabin Center will be able to […]