… and statements from world leaders. With the plenary rooms cordoned off today to accommodate the World Leaders Summit and the heads of state in attendance, I decided to visit … collaboration. As a general narrative, innovation is often associated with notions of competitive advantage and secrecy. And often, innovation is limited to a certain industry or … goals is to encourage users of @landcarbonlab data to share map products with the communities who are laboring in the ground to restore their lands. @restoreforward This …
… that support - harnessing the power of business. For example, in the carbon removal space, companies like Stripe and Shopify are investing in new startups to bring down the cost of … and create a market for it. Of course, not all the solutions they fund might work, but as companies with seemingly little connection to carbon removal, it was an interesting case of large businesses supporting emerging ones. As a company that makes vehicles and which awards a respected environmental prize since 1990, I …
… Ambition is a word we often hear when it comes to international policy conversations on climate, from the US’ 2030 GHG emission … COP21 in 2015, when the Paris Agreement was adopted, which not only required countries to come up with their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) but also tasked with enhancing … pavilion, I met a YSE alum who is the CEO of Blue Sky Analytics – with the ambition of becoming the Bloomberg of environmental data. I was excited to meet Abhilasha in person. I’d …
… 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 … increasingly adopted in sectors deemed as those with hard to abate carbon emissions. The common thread across these conversations talked about how strong policy needs to support any innovative technology, to be able to convert its potential into actual benefits for communities. I was particularly excited to hear from Andrea Meza Murillo, the Minister of …
… Ceres, CDP and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). With a board comprising leaders drawn from these partners and staffed by a secretariat, the Coalition’s … of National Grid Partners, the venture investment and innovation division of energy company National Grid that invests in seed-stage and mature startups in the energy and IT space. However, they have also gone a step further and created an alliance of utility companies - called the NextGrid Alliance. According to John Pettigrew, CEO of National Grid, …
… agriculture and land use Energy use, efficiency and access Materials and waste After a competitive and selective process, the two winners of this year's Sobotka Prize include a … CBEY advisory board member and offers mentorship to students as they build their ideas into companies. "The entrepreneurial ecosystem that is developing solutions for specific … agriculture and land use Energy use, efficiency and access Materials and waste After a competitive and selective process, the two winners of this year's Sobotka Prize include a …
… Real Impact Solutions I Acquisition Corporation (“CRIS”), a Special-purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”). Overview SPACs have found favor amongst climate-focused companies as they (a) give companies the opportunity to provide public investors with forward projections on innovative …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment is delighted to welcome three new members to its Advisory Board . With these additions, CBEY will add keen … products to increase the deployment of renewable energy, including the Connecticut C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) program she helped launch in 2013 while at the … a Black-owned financial advisory and consulting firm focusing on connecting capital to communities in support of inclusive sustainable infrastructure projects. Over the course of …
… last chance to get climate change under control. I did not expect ambitious climate change commitments from COP26, given the lackluster G20 meeting held in Rome immediately preceding … was massive and had three key sections. The core of the summit consisted of delegates coming together to negotiate on emissions commitments and targets. Many of these negotiations were (unsurprisingly) closed to …
… of Environmental Management students recently authored Soil Health Policy: Developing Community-Driven State Soil Health Policy and Programs as the newest fruit of The Yale … and related fields to provide practical advice for people interested in developing community-driven, state-level soil health policy and programs. Soil Health Policy steers potential community leaders from concept to ongoing commitment. It reports on and distills practical …