The Future of the Planet

Global warming. Exhausted natural resources. Species extinctions. Overwhelming pollution. These and other predictions of looming environmental disaster are all too familiar.

Time is running out. Some consequences of inaction—a warming planet, species loss, poor air quality—are already upon us. Others, from rising sea levels to shifting patterns of infectious disease, threaten to fundamentally change how humans live. The risks to human life, social order, and the global economy have never been more tangible.

Solutions are within reach—but only if the best information, most innovative ideas, and most passionate minds can be marshaled toward our common goals.

At UC Berkeley, we have assembled a powerful model for creating solutions: the Berkeley Institute of the Environment (BIE). Because what’s at stake is nothing less than the future of the planet.