“The Climate Conference’s focus on climate justice, just transition, community leadership in driving solutions and the leadership role of young people, reinforces the value of The Environmental Collaboratory. “The challenges of today – as recently highlighted at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, require all of us to work together in fusing our collective expertise, networks and intergenerational insights to create implementable equitable solutions that work on the ground,” Stanislaus said. Stanislaus’ scholarship focuses on climate mitigation and adaptation, the scale-up of clean energy and electric mobility, environmentally just transitions and the power of multi-stakeholder designed solutions. Vice Provost and Executive Director Mathy Vathanaraj Stanislaus, formerly of the World Economic Forum and a senior official in the Obama administration, will lead The Environmental Collaboratory.

The Environmental Collaboratory will support integrated approaches between the often-disparate fields of finance, entrepreneurship, engineering, business, law, policy, public health, medicine, data and information technology, history, infrastructure design and management and civil and human rights.

Building on its comprehensive research expertise, longstanding relationship with external partners and deep commitment to civic engagement, Drexel and the Academy will bring together faculty, staff, students, industry partners and the public sector to pursue transdisciplinary, community-based solutions to environmental problems.

Drexel University, in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, has launched a new platform, The Environmental Collaboratory, focused on climate change, environmental justice and human wellbeing.

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