{"id":376,"date":"2024-11-12T16:50:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T21:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/programs\/environmental-science-and-policy-ms\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:44:36","slug":"environmental-science-and-policy-ms","status":"publish","type":"clarku_program","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/masters\/environmental-science-and-policy-ms\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Science and Policy, M.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element hero-program has-warm-gray-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;grid-template-columns:auto 60%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-05278918 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<p class=\"intro has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ae47aba24828321d645ecf61970154f1\" style=\"font-size:1.4rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">The future of the planet is at stake: we&nbsp;must&nbsp;challenge convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"xintro has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-67a9c7b469b56a7f02faaa6f5a2c6c24\">Right now, communities across the globe are facing existential threats to their ecosystems, with dire consequences for their health and wellbeing. The convergent challenges of toxic pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change undermine our food, water, health, and energy systems, deepening social and economic inequities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sustainability-social-justice\/academics\/graduate-programs\/environmental-science-policy-m-s\/\">program details<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-degree_type wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/?degree_type=masters\" rel=\"tag\">Master&#8217;s<\/a><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Graduate-Program-IDCE-ESP-Banner-880x550-2.jpg\" 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