… this era of climate change, climate data is an increasingly important decision-making tool for individuals, governments, and corporations. For instance: a farmer whose family has grown coffee on the same property for generations might now wonder when she should plant and harvest this year's crop, given a …
… two pieces of legislation through the Idaho Statehouse: the first authorizing Pay For Success Contracting and the second awarding legal status to businesses structured as Benefit Corporations. Quoted in Forbes, Weatherley-White explains, "I find the notion that capital markets should not be … reflect our morals. The question is 'What morals do we want them to reflect.’” Join us for a lively discussion on geophysics, tsunamis, future-proofing your portfolio and how the …
… Watch the recording: Though heating and cooling in the U.S. accounted respectively for 65 percent and 24 percent of energy delivered to residential and commercial customers in … especially heat pumps paired with solar, have the potential to dramatically improve energy efficiency and reduce energy-related emissions. The Texas Energy Poverty Research … addressing energy and fuel poverty in Texas, is speeding the adoption of heat pumps in affordable housing. Their team will present their research on pathways for reducing energy …
… different aspects of green innovation. Every two weeks this group will meet on Tuesdays for lunch for an informal but collaborative peer learning session. Anastasia O’Rourke is the Managing Director …
… finally produce a workable, global scheme to reduce greenhouse gasses in the environment. Unfortunately, the conference produced little concrete action and most agreed that the final … gas emissions were contributing to global warming. Over the next 11 years, the panel - formally convened as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - issued … more climate change assessment reports, pointing to human activity as the primary reason for the increase in greenhouse gases and the rise of global temperatures. The IPCC's …
… Will corporate sustainability play a larger role for businesses seeking to emerge and grow in the post-COVID economy? After the experience of … chronic water shortages, and loss of ecosystem services, should become mainstream concerns for corporate financial planning, and the value of human capital, equality, and community … Lecturer in Sustainability, Yale School of Management; Faculty Co-Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment Panelists: Marian Chertow, Associate Professor of …
… Now in its fourth year, the Yale Center for Business and the Environment is coming together with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the US Business Council for Sustainable Development to host … to build scale in projects on the circular economy, collaborative water strategies, energy efficiency in buildings, coastal resiliency and climate smart agriculture Keynote address …
… CBEY is hosting a webinar teaching best practices for conducting sensitivity analysis in financial models or in any other Excel-based simulation or forecast. The webinar will cover: Why we need what-if analysis How to create a scenario manager to select different values for inputs How to link sensitivities into an existing model How to efficiently assess the …
… year, a pilot project in 20 buildings tested the design and implementation of four information and incentive schemes. This coming year Yale is expanding its experiment to 60 … As the first academic member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, Yale looks forward to hosting an open conversation on its carbon charge and sharing its lessons with … Leadership dialogue - featuring Ben Polak, Yale University Provost and Tim Pavlis, VP for Strategic Analysis and Institutional Research at Yale A deep-dive on implementation with …
… hail insurance, the most common policy in agriculture. In years when crops were damaged before they could be harvested and sold, crop insurance provided resources that allowed farmers to be able to plant the following season. Settlements for weather damage not only made it possible for growers to continue their livelihoods, but also helped stabilize the region's food …