… The CBEY Skills for Sustainable Innovation Workshop series welcomes Max Elder, Research Director for the Food Futures Lab at the Institute for the Future, for a hands-on … a building block for larger forecasts, watch the first fifteen minutes of this talk by IFTF Research Director Sarah Smith.) As an attendee, you will have the opportunity to: ● … futures thinking ● DISCOVER powerful tools for identifying and analyzing signals of change ● DETERMINE how to filter through lots of information to get at what’s important …
… Elder from Food Futures Lab, Institute for the Future (IFTF) for a conversation on climate change and the future of food. In 2018, IFTF partnered with the World Bank Climate Investment Fund on a body of research related to the Future of Climate Action. The report identified opportunity zones … can be a highly-impactful medium for taking action on climate change Max Elder is a Research Director for the Food Futures Lab at the Institute for the Future, a 50-year-old …
… – join us as we discuss the major drivers that are compelling businesses to act on climate change and sustainability now. Just two years ago, when a nearly identical panel convened at … Hall, the conversation was narrower and mainstream businesses were not yet leading climate change solutions. Today, the Pope’s Encyclical on climate change has brought a moral dimension to the conversation. The UN’s new global sustainable …
… of "Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services". In this upcoming webinar, Kai Chan, Canada Research Chair (tier 2) and associate professor at the University of British Columbia, will … Services: the Keys to Sustainability. During this webinar, Chan will present his research on building frameworks to conceptualize ecosystem services. With an emphasis on …
… Leave your mark! We invite students across Yale to share new ideas for shaping our future research, programs, and events at our: 8th Annual Future Directions in Business and the … Competition (aka, The CBEY Pitch Competition) This pitch competition gives students the chance to share their ideas for shaping our future research, programs, and events. Previous winning pitches that have been implemented include: …
… Understanding your audience—a simple task, no? But great research can help you design great solutions. Join Becky Slogeris, human-centered designer … College of Art, for a hands-on workshop on how to do thoughtful, effective customer research. For the workshop, you’ll work on a research challenge posed by the leaders of a Yale-based social enterprise. Join us to learn …
… Climate change poses an unprecedented challenge, demanding innovative solutions worldwide – and … to mobilize adequate resources for sustainable finance, hindering efforts to combat climate change and its detrimental effects on communities. With the imperative to achieve net-zero … finance Panel discussion Clean Energy Environmental Innovation Sustainable Finance and ESG Changing the Flight Against Climate Change: Innovating our financial systems in the face of …
… pm: Cocktail Reception Now in its fifth year, through the generous support of the Sobotka Research Fund and the F.K. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Fund, the Yale Center for Business and the Environment is pleased to support student and faculty research activities in the field of business and the environment. The goals of these research grant programs are to enable students and faculty to work together and develop …
… Join us for a conversation with Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder and Executive Director at the Environmental Voter Project. We’ll … science to nudge them into being more consistent voters. In short, we don't try to change people's minds; we just change their habits. Tsai CITY is also hosting a workshop with Nathaniel on Behavior Change Strategies for Societal Problems. Learn more and register here …
… via this RSVP link . This will be a webinar-style conversation. In this era of climate change, climate data is an increasingly important decision-making tool for individuals, … Climate models, coupled with localized weather information, can be a decision-making gamechanger for small-scale agriculture. Similarly, multinational corporations and investors are rapidly awakening to the fact that they have to pay attention to climate change - not just to bolster their sustainability efforts, but to make fundamentally better …