… 2018 A New Collaboration Promotes Healthy Solar Growth in Connecticut Lucy Shim (Master of Environmental Science '20) Shortly after concluding their most recent campaign, researchers …
… Bank recently joined the webinar series Carbon Pricing: Gaining a Competitive Edge in a Climate-Constrained World to discuss its experience as one of the country’s first banks with … signal: their stakeholders now approach Garanti for advice on the latest developments in sustainability. During the webinar, Garanti’s Sustainability Supervisor Ceren Solak Yılmaz … projects. In addition to the reputational risks posed by public backlash, some environmental and social risks have turned into explicit financial risks. Garanti …
… is available to students thinking about creative solutions to help mitigate the effects of climatechange? As part of the ClimateChange Innovation Seed Funding program, students can … apply from the graduate schools as well as from Yale College,” says Sophie Janaskie, Environmental Innovation Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). … Another recipient, Firoz Academy , is an education platform that offers math, English, leadership, computer literacy and programming courses in Afghanistan to empower girls with …
… and transformative donation from the Emmett Foundation to support its mission of developing leaders who are uniquely capable of addressing social and environmental challenges. The Gift The gift will help CBEY expand its rapidly growing focus … the past decade, CBEY has offered students a forum to pursue and refine novel solutions to sustainability challenges, from new ventures with a triple bottom line Peter Boyd, one of …
… Easily accessible and comparable information on features such as costs, performance, environmental impacts, and co-benefits of these technologies would present valuable metrics … can help map gaps in data availability and metric quality. In June 2017, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TFCD) [1] published a report categorizing … disclosures the capital market needs to effectively evaluate financial impacts of climatechange. As such, it presents a context within which renewable thermal metrics can be …
… data. [2] , [3] The screening was based on the value of shipments [4] per U.S. employee for 2015, the number of employees in various sectors in Connecticut in 2016, and energy … this sector suggests that a deeper analysis of facilities could be useful for Connecticut’s climate mitigation efforts. Challenges and Opportunities Our field study across the … all, had no desire to make energy investments a significant part of their balance sheets; innovative financing and business models can accommodate this wish. One particularly useful …
… Laura Hammett, a co-author of the report and recent graduate of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES). “We wanted to explore new ways that private entities can … experience that can push the capabilities of the organization, spurring new internal innovation.” For a full draft of the report, visit: http://cbey.yale.edu/adaptive-finance … Laura Hammett, a co-author of the report and recent graduate of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES). “We wanted to explore new ways that private entities can …
… Yale Center for Business and the Environment, The Yale University Office of Sustainability and Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies are pleased to announce the winners … are made up of students from across Yale University, including the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, School of Management, Law School, School of Public Health and Yale … Sheila Qasemi, and Yasamin Sharifi (all Yale College). Firoz Academy offers math, English, leadership, computer literacy and programming courses in Afghanistan to empower girls with …
… hopeful and troubling aspects of our current societal response to climatechange: immense leadership, clarity and bravery alongside persisting denial from political leaders , lack of … side of hope and leadership. Developed in partnership with The Yale University Office of Sustainability and the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies , the new grant program … grant ensures that climate-mitigation is addressed as a priority amidst various social and environmental impacts, and signals that innovators have a unique role in that process. …
… who are interested in reducing their electricity bills and mitigating their impacts on climatechange. However, many constraints prevent low- and moderate-income (LMI) households … solar market is inclusive for all communities. [1] https://emp.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/tracking_the_sun_ix_report.pdf based on p10 table at an 85% factor [2] This analysis … Barriers and Solutions to Low and Moderate-Income Solar Adoption Ben Bovarnick (Master of Environmental Management '18) Lucas Johnson (MBA '18, Master of Environmental Management …