… This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies and strategically located to offer vital services to local … is to offer insights to developers and investors interested in constructing resilient infrastructure that can provide essential community services–even during disruptions to the …
… Awareness of the environmental and societal challenges facing our world has expanded dramatically … laid bare societal strains and inequalities in access to basic healthcare. Extreme weather events have intensified all over the planet. The sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … Paris Agreement. In thissurvey of 2,035 global businessstudents, conducted in partnership with the Global Network for Advanced Management and the Yale Program on Climate Change …
… Agrivoltaics is a solar market subsegment that co-locatessolar energy production and agricultural … to choose between fuel or farming, climate or conservation, energy or rural economies. But with thoughtful planning, communities can simultaneously expand and strengthen solar infrastructure while conserving farmland, generating ecological benefits, and supporting …
… When it comes to climate change, the science is unequivocal: global temperatures will continue to rise … gases produced by human activities. This will have catastrophic effects on human health, infrastructure, energy, agriculture, fisheries, sea levels, natural ecosystems, and more. … other environmental, social, and economic disasters — have changed this. Following the US’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on November 4, it is up to corporations to take direct …
… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors in different settings to coordinate … in general and offshore wind in particular is that, acrosssettings, the issues that prevent market emergence are relatively simple and well understood; the stakeholder groups are … consists of several stages. The first entails a series of in-depth, ethnographic interviewswith actors from a diverse set of settings and stakeholder groups. These interviews were …
… Through this research opportunity, strong theoretical contributions have been made … span cognitive boundaries. The investigators have completed the qualitative data collection with Patagonia and are scheduled to conduct interviewswith our second study participant, Stone Brewery. The quantitative assessment isscheduled …
… This global study of more than 3,700 students at 29 top businessschools, conducted by Yale University in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Global Network for … recruit. 44 percent of students are willing to accept a lower salary to work for a company with better environmental practices. Conversely, about one-fifth of respondents expressed …
… Low productivity in agriculture is a significant development challenge, yet many processes used to increase land productivity … methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming households. The survey focused on the socioeconomic characteristics of the … and the type of farmer (lead, peer, or none) that the extension agent wassupposed to work with. A midline survey was conducted with all participants and focused on farmer …
… Should policymakers incentivize electric vehicle (EV) purchases first or invest in charging … and increasing investment in EV charging stations. We compare EV markets acrossstateswith a focus on New York, which falls in the middle of the 50 states in terms of EVs as a … that governments can play in facilitating the development of a more robust EV charging infrastructure. This report also explores policy options for supporting a growing EV and EV …
… Rates of mental health concerns for children and adolescents are high across the United States … a unique opportunity to help reverse these trends. Time spent in nature has been associated with improved psychological functioning, overall mental health, and connection to place for … can provide a supportive, welcoming, and safe space for children and adolescents to engage with nature and experience the mental health benefits it provides. Such engagement also …