Op-Ed | The price we must all pay: carbon pricing
Woods Institute for the Environment hosted a “virtual celebration” on Monday to acknowledge the progress Stanford and the world has made in the 50 years since the first Earth Day in 1970. (Photo: JAWED KARIM/Wikimedia Commons)
on April 20, 2021
“Among the most urgent issues of our time are climate change and the challenge of creating a sustainable future for people and our planet,” affirmed Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne as he announced the new School of Sustainability in May 2020.
Overwhelming evidence has shown the accelerating impacts of climate change. In the past year, we have experienced more frequent and more extreme weather events than ever, such as the record-breaking 4.2 million acres burned in Californian wildfires and the devastating electricity blackouts in Texas. In response to the growing threats of climate change, Stanford students and faculty have demonstrated a willingness to take action. Various initiatives include the Fossil Free divestment movement, Faculty Senate resolution on climate change and, more recently, a carbon pricing petition and resolution.