Diana is a geographer who currently directs of the Institute of the Environment at The University of Arizona. She is known internationally for her research on climate change and society especially vulnerability and adaptation, food security, and the social drivers of global environmental change. She has worked with the planetary boundaries and Future Earth scientific teams and has advised the US government through leading advisory committees on informing America’s Climate Choices, the Human Dimensions of Global Change, and global change in the Americas. Her current projects focus on how to successfully achieve an effective and just triple win on poverty alleviation, climate mitigation, and climate adaptation; how social science can provide solutions to environmental change; and how we can more effectively communicate the risks of mega-drought, climate extremes, and climate variability in the Americas.
The Soneva Sustainability Report 2014-15 publishes the results of Soneva’s first Total Impact Assessment. [caption id="attachment_3317" align="alignleft" width="780"] Photo: Cat Vinton[/caption] In an effort to measure the total impact the company has on the natural world and on the…... more
Soneva was announced as the winner of the prestigious Word Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Tourism for Tomorrow Award 2015 in the Environment category at the WTTC…... more
Participants at the 2014 SLOW LIFE Symposium. Successful initiatives such as WHOLE WORLD Water and Learn to Swim were born out of the SLOW LIFE Symposium. Following…... more
