PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
We share our research not only with researchers but also with practitioners, policymakers and the general public. This page surveys our public speaking, our public writing, and coverage and interviews of our work on environmental and animal protection.
“Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help will all be saved.”
– Jane Goodall
PUBLIC WRITING
Op-eds, essays, and other public writing from our team.
Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change
The Case for a Global Ban on Industrial Animal Agriculture by 2050
The Choice of Culling or Letting Avian Influenza Spread Obscures Larger US Policy Failures
Letter of Testimony in Support of Hawai’i Octopus Farming Ban
Letter in Support of HB2557 Prohibiting Octopus Farming in Oregon
Building Safer Cities Means Protecting Animals Too, Not Just Humans
The Many Faces of Science in the Animal Protection Movement
Support US OCTOPUS Act to Keep Octopuses Wild
Florida Just Picked the Wrong Kind of Meat to Ban
Animals as Agents in Their Own Conservation
Will Animal Welfare Be COP28’s Sacrificial Lamb?
Five Key Questions for Implementing UNEP’s Animal Welfare Nexus Resolution
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Talks, panels, and other public speaking from our team.
How AI Is Helping – and Harming – Animals
Lie-Flat Environmentalism in a Burning World
Towards a Global Ban on Factory Farming by 2050
Animal Ethics in a Human World (Keynote Address)
Book Launch: Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves
Animals in a Changing Climate: Science, Ethics, and Policy
COVERAGE AND INTERVIEWS
Coverage of our work and interviews with our team.
Food Impact Program at NYU Arts & Science Holds Inaugural Event
‘A Perfect Storm’: Global Food Issues Take Center Stage at New Program
Climate anxiety turns to rage in the aftermath of the 2025 LA County urban wildfires
Faculty Discuss the Future of Food Issues
Whales Speak. What Would It Mean to Listen?
Ambitious Goals for Reducing Animal Suffering
Winter Recap: What You Missed Over Break
Researchers Want to Include Animal Welfare in Sustainable Development
Animal Health Gap Undermines Global SDG Progress
Integrating Animal Health and Welfare into the 2030 Agenda and Beyond
Animal Welfare Experts Urge UNEA-7 to Embed It in Global Sustainability Goals
Missing Piece at UNEA: Animal Welfare in Addressing Triple Planetary Crisis
