… The conference also left in doubt the future of current mechanisms such as the European Carbon Market. The conference in Copenhagen came after 20 years of international conferences … Responding to the Kyoto framework, the European Union launched a cap-and-trade system for carbon credits in 2005, which led to an explosion of climate-related investment opportunities in Europe, Latin America and Asia. A new industry around carbon finance emerged, with firms like Climate Change Capital (CCC) of London taking the …
… us for our next installment of this insightful speakerseries with Lisa Price, Founder of Carol's Daughter. From humble beginnings in her Brooklyn kitchen, Founder of Carol’s Daughter, Inc., Lisa Price transformed her beloved hobby of mixing up fragrances and … that would become a beauty revolution. In August of 1994, Price officially established Carol's Daughter (the company lovingly named after her mother). Almost overnight, …
… Wilson, Environmental Policy Manager at Xcel Energy, will discuss Xcel’s recently announced carbon reduction goals to achieve 80% reductions by 2030 and 100% carbon –free electricity by 2050. 2870 Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy Creating an Electric Utility Pathway for Aggressive Carbon Reductions: A Conversation with Xcel Energy … Creating an Electric Utility Pathway …
… Join us for a conversation with Jon Carson, Senior Director of the Solar Ambassador program at SolarCity. Solar City is an … of achieving sustainability, and to provide them with necessary skills to prepare for careers in this emerging sector. This is also an installment of the Yale F&ES course … 2478 Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy A Conversation with Jon Carson, Solar City … A Conversation with Jon Carson, Solar City Tuesday, October 20th, 2015, …
… in our fight against climate change and yet they cumulatively represent a significant carbon sink. More than that, they provide a wide array of co-benefits to our urban … for the urban tree canopy crisis. City Forest Credits has demonstrated the viability of carbon credits and impact certification as financing mechanisms for urban tree canopy -- and … and ESG Equity and Justice New financing for our declining city forests: bringing to market carbon credits and impact certification at a national scale … New financing for our …
… Program at the Environmental Defense Fund. Josh will talk about his current work, career journey and what the current landscape looks like for those considering working in this space. Josh Margolis leads EDF’s efforts to develop and deploy CarbonSim , a carbon market simulation tool. Over his 35+ year career, he has provided policy analysis, …
… Archana Gulgulia will be presenting Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Wetlands Edition! If you are interested in mechanisms of carbon capture and storage, wetlands classification and recent legislature, history of wetlands degradation, conservation efforts, or blue carbon credits in developing markets, you will not want to miss this event! Lunch is …
… public goods. Nature, 563(7730), 245-248. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0647-4 Carattini, S., Peclat, M., Baranzini, A. (2018) Social Interactions and the Adoption of … Spencer, G., Carattini, S., & Howarth, R. B. (2019). Short-term interventions for long-term change: … residential solar adoption through a ... Blog Sleeping Giant: The State of Solar in South Carolina The popularity of solar energy skyrocketed in South Carolina (SC) with the …
… Pepsi has a new challenge. In 2007, PepsiCo became the first consumer company to use the Carbon Reduction Label (CRL) on packets of its Walkers Crisps potato chips in the United Kingdom. Developed by the U.K.-based Carbon Trust, the CRL is meant to communicate to consumers not only the individual product's carbon footprint but also the company's overall pledge to reduce that footprint over a …
… university clients were either actively engaged in discussions about their exposure to carbon in their portfolio or had just framed a policy concerning carbon investing. Commonfund had been helping their clients think through these new … dilemmas. The basic question was how should they frame their investment policies regarding carbon and what should be the objective of such a policy? There were many possibilities - …