… Attending a sustainability conference was at the top of my businessschool bucket list and I was … Nations Climate Change Conference gathered world leaders and countless nonprofits/NGOs, with many believing this to be the world’s last chance to get climate change under control. … open pavilions throughout the conference Each country had its own pavilion where daily events were organized around specific topics. Then there were the side events which were …
… Six student teams were recently awarded Climate Innovation Grants by the Yale Center for … related to the current climate crisis. " We had a very strong set of submissions this year, with innovation not just in the approach but also in the model and the way the entities were … geographies and sectors. The sense of urgency and a desire to take action and work withcommunities were unmissable in the solutions proposed. We had everything from education and …
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… Have you ever felt that cool concepts get mired in complex vocabulary? It’s a problem for many students, staff, and faculty at … their background to explore interdisciplinary projects. This week, CBEY has joined forceswith the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) to create a new multimedia … explanatory resources, carefully curated by Yale-connected experts. The site is launching with the following seven buzzwords, with a common theme of sustainability: Blockchain ( …
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… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students to conduct an … entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers. The process will be student-driven, with advice and guidance from CBEY staff. The research will lead to a series of blog posts … at scale. For many climate technologies, traversing this road is near impossible without government support. The Silicon Valley attitude of “move fast and break things” …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for 2-3 students to conduct an independent … landscape by analyzing a wide variety of technologies. The process will be student-driven, with advice and guidance from CBEY staff. The research will lead to a framework that can help shape and inform the growing conversation around climate tech. Issue Summary The route to mitigation goes through …