Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability professor Rob Jackson is a recipient of the international award, which recognizes significant work advancing solutions to pressing environmental problems.

While many Americans misjudge the relative climate impact of dozens of behaviors, they readily commit to higher-impact choices when they get more information, a new study finds. However, willingness to engage in collective actions with big impact, like voting and joining demonstrations, declines if interventions focus solely on individual behavior.

Many U.S. utilities lag in implementing fundamental mitigation steps despite facing considerable wildfire risk, according to a new Stanford white paper. Failing to prepare endangers communities as well as future development of the energy system, according to the researchers.