… Years ago at an intellectual property law conference in Washington, D.C., then-Senator Orrin Hatch began his keynote remarks with … 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 all students are required to attend), the rat-a-tat comments and questions in …
… 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 … 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 class I began to panic. It’s been a … I was always the type of student that needed to put forth a tad more effort. As we started our Orientation Session, Coral Bielecki lead the new cohort in a breathing exercise and …
… I was purely interested in the second half of the program: the 16 weeks of applicable coursework on energy project financing. And I just wanted to know: is the financing half of … goals for this certificate program, so definitely useful. Then we began the energy policy coursework. For 8 weeks we covered a multitude of historical and present-day aspects of … insightful, and skilled at portraying a complicated topic. But in my opinion, the policy course content made me doubt the program’s ability to follow through on the promise of …
… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale … whole new world just a few blocks from their home. When I watch them, I think of my own hours spent laying across the bridge of the wetlands, amazed by the ease with which the water … to discover and play in community with each other and with the world around us. Cleaning up our energy system means preserving moments like these for future generations. I understand …
… team of students (2-3) to participate in an independent study (equivalent to a full-credit course: 3 credits YSE/4 units SOM) on scaling up a circular solution for used and returned bags in partnership with Lo & Sons . Over the course of the semester, the students will participate in interviews with key stakeholders … that’s on a mission to inspire and empower people to go places, while leaving a positive impact on people's lives and the planet. They create thoughtfully and sustainably designed …
… of the official negotiation plenaries and the pavilions of each party, here’s what I found. Reflections from Day 1 I got off my train from Edinburgh to Glasgow with a sense of … the list of events at the Nature+ Pavilion, one immediately caught my eye. The World Resources Institute’s Land & Carbon Lab was developing a first-of-its-kind monitoring system … WRI planning on training members of civil society to use the data? Were there any negative impacts of this work? How would the sharing of data play out as more partners and countries …
… words, “What we have done very well is investing in products that have revolutionized our lives. What we haven’t done very well is ensure that those products don’t cause harm. We … in new startups to bring down the cost of carbon removal and create a market for it. Of course, not all the solutions they fund might work, but as companies with seemingly little … cartoon in particular, hit the nail on the head for me. Innovation and accelerating its impact requires one to harness the power of business and finance, but without critically …
… Climate Target Plan and especially in the run up to COP26. After all, COP26 is the fifth Conference of the Parties after the historic COP21 in 2015, when the Paris Agreement was … linked to climate change, and how women and girls are often the most vulnerable to climate impacts. An interesting project that was highlighted as a response to the priority areas in … inspiration she was to a generation of folks committed to fighting the climate crisis. Of course, news spreads fast, and on my fairly long sprint to the pavilions, several others had …
… to a system. Within regenerative innovation, the focus is on how we think of and understand ourselves as part of a complex system. In a series of slides, Ms. Milan talked about the need for effective action and making an intervention that has real impact by identifying the right leverage points. I was pleasantly surprised to see something … done things, even when they don’t always add value. When innovating, hence, we must ask ourselves where we add value to a system. My biggest takeaway from the presentation was that …
… for policy changes, including aat COP26. The event drew me in with its title – “Innovating Our Way to Net-Zero: How Startups Can Solve the Climate Crisis.” Being the Environmental … Exemplifying collaboration to accelerate innovation, Mr. Mansoor highlighted Energy Impact Partners, a collaborative energy investment firm that brings the expertise of energy … and doesn’t add value, doesn’t mean anything. For me, action means that as I continue my journey as the Environmental Innovation Fellow, I look at the work we are doing with a …