… school bucket list and I was ecstatic when I received the opportunity to attend the climate conference: I spent four fantastic days at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. The 2021 United Nations ClimateChange Conference gathered world leaders and countless nonprofits/NGOs, with many believing … or gender policy measures” but unfortunately this was not prioritized. This piece from UN news further highlights the issue on gender and climate. The private sector was highly …
… Warner and Darya Watnick worked with dozens of practitioners and other experts in farming, climate adaptation, policymaking, sustainable investment, coalition-building, and related … decision-makers take up questions about sustaining viable societies amid drought, wildfire, climate migration and persistent inequality. Leaders in communities can’t wait for ideal conditions, though, so the guidebook articulates how to change conditions where readers live. The lessons, and the conversational voice that carries …
… Six student teams were recently awarded Climate Innovation Grants by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). CBEY awarded almost $15,000 this year to help further innovative ideas to address climatechange and its environmental and social impacts. The Center has awarded these grants for the …
… Pouch Brigade. TerraCycle also partnered with Target to run an advertising campaign in Newsweek magazine, where readers were encouraged to remove the cover and fill it with Target … “incremental improvements” and “pushing the envelope” in ways that “will keep [creating change].” Marian Chertow and Alex Payne both view TerraCycle as a company creating impact … Pouch Brigade. TerraCycle also partnered with Target to run an advertising campaign in Newsweek magazine, where readers were encouraged to remove the cover and fill it with Target …
… across Yale’s clean energy initiatives. This shared forum will seek to facilitate the exchange of ideas and connections through a collaboratively governed and decentralized … across Yale’s clean energy initiatives. This shared forum will seek to facilitate the exchange of ideas and connections through a collaboratively governed and decentralized … across Yale’s clean energy initiatives. This shared forum will seek to facilitate the exchange of ideas and connections through a collaboratively governed and decentralized …
… SPACs, a group of twelve Yale graduate students participated in an independent study with Climate Real Impact Solutions (“ CRIS ”), a serial-issuer of SPACs founded in 2020. CRIS has … sustainable due to their high use of water resources and contribution to climatechange. Agriculture consumes 70% of global water supply and produces 12% of global … Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF) The Decarbonization Accelerator Related News Five Questions about SPACs and Clean Energy with Professor Dan Gross For a Path to a …
… ( curated by Dr. Anastasia O’Rourke , Managing Director of Yale’s Carbon Containment Lab ) Climate Tech ( curated by Ben Soltoff , Environmental Innovation Manager at CBEY and … ( curated by Dr. Anastasia O’Rourke , Managing Director of Yale’s Carbon Containment Lab ) Climate Tech ( curated by Ben Soltoff , Environmental Innovation Manager at CBEY and … ( curated by Dr. Anastasia O’Rourke , Managing Director of Yale’s Carbon Containment Lab ) Climate Tech ( curated by Ben Soltoff , Environmental Innovation Manager at CBEY and …
… there was no way that ponchos were going to be seen as the equivalent to the next solar panel,” said Dharia. Without much confidence, the co-founders eventually decided it would … the atmosphere in material production than it releases during manufacturing and shipping.” ClimateChange & COVID-19 These days, Dharia and Heller have been working diligently to scale the …
… recycled plastics--but the domestic market is struggling to keep up with supply. The good news: groups like the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment … in the quest for circularity. ...and they’re connecting the dots between circularity and climate goals. Soukeyna Gueye, a Project Manager for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation , … a career in plastic waste reduction, they ask me what happened to my interest in climatechange. The inseparable relationship between waste--especially plastic--and climatechange …
… midst of a global pandemic when they applied to the FDCE program in early 2020, the good news is that the program was always designed to be flexible and virtual. This format not … by yourself.” - Peter Gerson , FDCE ‘20 Participants also tell us how good it feels to be investing time in themselves and furthering their education, even when their lives feel … stimulated me like nothing else in recent years. It's also helped me engage with my job, climatenews and my regular slate of energy podcasts armed with new knowledge.” FDCE ‘20 As …