diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 629317eb..f507f28b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 ### Added (workflow)
 
+* **ADD** IPython debugger to all conda environments to ease debugging (#254).
 * **ADD** a default Snakemake profile to run on local machines in addition to the existing profile for Euler (#211).
 * **ADD** a Snakemake profile to run using conda instead of mamba (#211).
 * **ADD** configuration option to build model timeseries data over multiple years, using `first-year` and `final-year` temporal scopes. Available years are 2010-2016 at time of implementing functionality (#152).
diff --git a/envs/default.yaml b/envs/default.yaml
index bc9b1a39..d74f6f58 100644
--- a/envs/default.yaml
+++ b/envs/default.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
     - python=3.9
     - ipython=7.21.0
+    - ipdb=0.13.13
     - numpy=1.20.2
     - pandas=1.2.3
     - xlrd=2.0.1
diff --git a/envs/geo.yaml b/envs/geo.yaml
index 16549fec..bc8967f9 100644
--- a/envs/geo.yaml
+++ b/envs/geo.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ channels:
     - conda-forge
 dependencies:
     - python=3.9
+    - ipdb=0.13.13
     - numpy=1.20.2
     - scipy=1.6.2
     - pandas=1.2.3
diff --git a/envs/hydro.yaml b/envs/hydro.yaml
index 65f6c79a..927f09ae 100644
--- a/envs/hydro.yaml
+++ b/envs/hydro.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ channels:
     - conda-forge
 dependencies:
     - python=3.9
+    - ipdb=0.13.13
     - numpy=1.20.2
     - pandas=1.2.3
     - gdal=3.3.1
diff --git a/envs/test.yaml b/envs/test.yaml
index d380397a..531c7708 100644
--- a/envs/test.yaml
+++ b/envs/test.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ channels:
     - gurobi
 dependencies:
     - python=3.9
+    - ipdb=0.13.13
     - numpy=1.23
     - pandas=1.5
     - xarray=2022.3
diff --git a/envs/vis.yaml b/envs/vis.yaml
index 5cf8bc77..e876f582 100644
--- a/envs/vis.yaml
+++ b/envs/vis.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
     - python=3.9
     - ipython=7.21.0
+    - ipdb=0.13.13
     - numpy=1.20.2
     - pandas=1.2.3
     - pycountry=18.12.8