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McDonald’s CEO and Duke alumnus Chris Kempczinski (AB’91) spoke with Toddi Steelman (PhD ’96), Stanback Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment, about ways the corporation is working to drive climate action, create circular solutions to reduce waste and further its commitment to our planet.

The Duke Aquafarm is Duke’s other “campus farm,” where students grow oysters instead of produce and learn how the tasty bivalves could help take a bite out of coastal pollution.

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When Deborah Gallagher and her students began working on a study for the UN Global Compact about business leadership for planetary health two years ago, she never dreamed she’d end up sharing the stage at one of the biggest climate events in recent history.

This Nicholas School multimedia feature focuses on the important ongoing research of Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza, associate professor of the practice of environmental policy and management, with a small nonprofit organization in Oaxaca that works to protect threatened ecosystems by empowering local rural communities to find new ways to benefit from and be compensated for their traditional environmental management practices.