… About a year into the pandemic, I decided to quit my job and move to Ithaca, N.Y. Atthe time, … climate-tech companies. All that was useful but, soon I realized, notsufficientto take on this challenge. Around the same time, I applied to Yale’s FDCE program. I had learned about … of emissionsthat needed to be mitigated. I wasthen in the process of designing a green building and electrification policy framework while assessing differenttechnologies and …
… One year ago, I was considering whether I should apply to Yale’s Finance and Deployment of Clean Energy program. As an energy … 1: Will the program be helpful to someone already working in the energy field? Hard yes. I don’t have technical expertise, and much of my understanding of energy is contextual. This program does an excellent job of walking through the building blocks acrossthe energy …
… Years ago at an intellectual property law conference in Washington, D.C., then-Senator Orrin Hatch began his keynote remarks with something like this: Patent lawyers, huh? I’ve met a lot of them over the years, and I can tell you this: … government, automotive, public utilities, NGOs, or the dozens of other backgroundsthat I don’t have space to mention. To paraphrase Harry Truman, optimists are the only ones who get …
… A little over a year ago I was introduced to a few co-workers outside my department who I never … 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 asthe days crept closer to the first class … then... Working, Studying and Trying to Make a Difference On the FDCE Community Building Professional Networks in the Pandemic Era Answersto the Questions of My Younger …
… I’m a current (2021-2022) FDCE cohortstudent, and I wantto be completely honest with you aboutthe … groups and competed in a game to solve the most linguistic riddles. Atthe time I thought, “This is fun. My grandpa loved working these puzzles with me. But, how isthis going to help … like a big deal. And in the industry, it is. But if that were the course conclusion, I don’tthink an Excel document would make me even conversant on project finance, let alone …
… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale lecturer Peter Boyd posed the seemingly simple question “Why are you here?” This got me to thinking, what had gotten me to this program, to this place? As a lifelong … my community and sanctuary for over half my life. I started as a junior camp counselor, eventually working my way up to lead my own beekeeping classes for high schoolers. When my …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students (2-3) to participate in … thoughtfully and sustainably designed travel productssold direct-to-consumer. Earlier thissummer, Lo & Sons created a prototype for upcycling one of their most popular designs - … for upcycling thissolution, and creating a supply of components like zippers from other brands, especially within the US. The students will engage with Lo and Sons leadership and …
… My name is Urvi Talaty and I work asthe Environmental Innovation Fellow at Yale. I’m always on the lookout … the larger policy discussions and statements from world leaders. With the plenary rooms cordoned off today to accommodate the World LeadersSummit and the heads of state in … negotiations at every COP, organizations and countries from around the world hostside events and talks attheir pavilions. As I perused the list of events atthe Nature+ …
… On Day 2, as I continued my foray into searching for innovation, strains of the previous day’stheme of … of systemsthinking and transformative innovation. In Prof. Anastas’ words, “What we have done very well is investing in productsthat have revolutionized our lives. What we haven’t … from it all kinds of products including vodka, perfume and hand sanitiser, with the eventual goal of scaling up enough to produce jet fuel. These transformative innovations …
… Ambition is a word we often hear when it comesto international policy conversations on climate, … of the world. After this conversation, I wanted to see ambition in action. Several side events were closed to an in-person audience, with only organizers and speakers allowed into … there. My mind went back to my earlier thoughts on ambition. Young climate activists had done what others with far more power had taken so long to do. With their relentless drive …