Poverty, Disparity & Injustice

JEDSI at the Yale School of the Environment examines the relationship between social inequalities, lived experiences, and environmental outcomes.

Learn about exciting opportunities for the 2026-27 YPS Grant Program, and hear from current YPS grantees through lightning talks and posters.

The benefits of Yale’s research on people and the environment in New Haven are not equally shared between Yale and the New Haven community.

There is an urgent need to identify strategies to overcome barriers to low-income rental housing energy efficiency…

Air conditioning (AC) is highly effective in preventing heat-related mortality, but also conveys appreciable harms.

Climate change is intensifying the frequency and severity of natural disasters, amplifying the need for resilient housing and increasing repair costs.

This project will pilot a distributed and scalable multi-modal generative AI that builds power for disadvantaged communities.

The REEC Initiative aims to amplify cross-disciplinary and integrative work at the intersection of religion, ecology, and expressive culture. 

Food insecurity, meanwhile, affects 47 million Americans, particularly those from marginalized communities.

As the planet heats up, plant scientists are racing to find drought-tolerant crop varieties in order to protect global food security.