… The energy transition is coming close to home. Clean, distributed energy resources such as electric vehicles (EVs) and rooftop solar are gaining market share across the world. Besides the global impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation, these technologies also bring local benefits to the … EV and Solar Adoption Over Time Where Are People Adopting EVs and Solar? Zooming into the zip code level, we see that most solar and EV adoption occurs around the major …
… to get in the “sandbox” and create new ideas and possible ventures that can help mitigate impacts of the climate change crisis. This year, seven teams of students spent six weeks … of Management) Allyson Beach (Yale School of the Environment) How can we reduce non-foodwaste in the global value chain? How can companies be incentivized to reintegrate … double the national average. RE-Flower wants to change that. While food banks and other resources can help, they face limitations such as staffing to provide continued access and …
… racial & economic equity through clean energy? Challenge the energy status quo – secure your seat at the first-ever Yale Clean Energy Conference , Friday, April 1st, and Saturday, … Jeremiah Baumann, Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Energy, examining Renewables Integration and Grid Modernization for a Clean Energy Future. “We want to form … equitable energy transitions. Many of our speakers are Yale alumni, which demonstrates the impact that people from the Yale community are having in the clean energy sector,” said …
… It’s two weeks before our finance module launches, and I’m working my way through YouTube videos trying to remain … curiosity and knowledge-sharing and have been able to build relationships that directly impact my work. I look forward to our weekly Sunday evening calls to discuss assignments, … – Why I wanted to join the FDCE Program Answers to the Questions of My Younger Self Leaning into Change - How I Came to the FDCE program On the FDCE Community … Val Stori … It’s two …
… About a year into the pandemic, I decided to quit my job and move to Ithaca, N.Y. At the time, the city was looking for a director of sustainability to give life to the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND), which, in terms of ambition, represented the City of Ithaca’s commitment to … the development of the City’s strategy to mitigate GHG: we had an idea of the amount and source of emissions that needed to be mitigated. I was then in the process of designing a …
… that the arcane issues they grapple with are the only truly relevant ones. I certainly fell into this trap: with clean energy, what could be as important as the underlying technology … Shortly after starting the FDCE program, it became clear that tech and IP are part of the renewables universe, but not the center of it—and that I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course, the …
… at coloring in the narrative and helping me understand how all these disparate pieces plug into one another. Also, while I have access to a world of information online and connections … change, and with it a shift in clean energy policy that wasn’t subtle. There are newer programs, technology and data than in the course materials. But even with moments of specifics feeling dated, the narrative and …
… Our just-released study of 2,035 global business students found students increasingly … further. Though business schools that have taken strides to integrate sustainability topics into the curriculum – likely contributing to the increase in perceived knowledge around … of future leaders’ understanding of it. “Our students will soon be at the helms of such impactful organizations, and it is incumbent on us to equip them with the knowledge, the …
… that the arcane issues they grapple with are the only truly relevant ones. I certainly fell into this trap: with clean energy, what could be as important as the underlying technology … Shortly after starting the FDCE program, it became clear that tech and IP are part of the renewables universe, but not the center of it—and that I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course (which …
… the great people I worked with but didn’t feel like I was exactly where I needed to be. I knew I wanted to do more with my career and through my interactions with the new peer group, … that piqued my interest. I knew that I had substantial knowledge gaps in the mechanics of our business, and they were a hurdle that I couldn’t research or network my way over. With some solid support at work and from home I decided to apply. After being accepted into this year’s cohort I was of course ecstatic but as the days crept closer to the first …