… to address the question of how an organization should design and implement an internal carbon charge. Internal carbon pricing is a powerful tool the private sector can employ to reduce carbon emissions. While policy tools and guidance exist for carbon pricing at the national …
… impact. Students across Yale are eager to join this movement, as they seek to launch careers in the private sector that focus on doing good for communities, ecosystems, and the … professionals to discuss the work they do and the journeys they have taken in their careers. By sharing their stories, speakers provide a set of possible roadmaps for students … to navigate. Events in the series are engaging interactive, with a focus on practical career guidance. In addition to bringing professionals to engage in discussion, the …
… Pepsi has a new challenge. In 2007, PepsiCo became the first consumer company to use the Carbon Reduction Label (CRL) on packets of its Walkers Crisps potato chips in the United Kingdom. Developed by the U.K.-based Carbon Trust, the CRL is meant to communicate to consumers not only the individual product's carbon footprint but also the company's overall pledge to reduce that footprint over a …
… university clients were either actively engaged in discussions about their exposure to carbon in their portfolio or had just framed a policy concerning carbon investing. Commonfund had been helping their clients think through these new … dilemmas. The basic question was how should they frame their investment policies regarding carbon and what should be the objective of such a policy? There were many possibilities - …
… to students at Yale who are committed to advancing energy equity and pursuing a career in the clean energy field. Selected interns and research fellows will each receive: … and Environmental Protection. These opportunities will focus on energy justice, scalable decarbonization innovations, municipalities, and sub-national actors moving on climate change … to students at Yale who are committed to advancing energy equity and pursuing a career in the clean energy field. Selected interns and research fellows will each receive: …
… The conference also left in doubt the future of current mechanisms such as the European Carbon Market. The conference in Copenhagen came after 20 years of international conferences … Responding to the Kyoto framework, the European Union launched a cap-and-trade system for carbon credits in 2005, which led to an explosion of climate-related investment opportunities in Europe, Latin America and Asia. A new industry around carbon finance emerged, with firms like Climate Change Capital (CCC) of London taking the …
… Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI) analyzed the residential energy consumption and carbon emission by end-use and fuel type. From there, we investigated how much air-source … and ground-source heat pumps could lower both electricity and natural gas consumption and carbon emissions. Then, we investigated how much solar will be needed to completely decarbonize electricity under the current paradigm versus how much would be required under the …
… Clean Energy Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG The Decarbonization Accelerator … Program The Decarbonization Accelerator Looking for Real U.S. Progress on Climate Change? Look to the … to showcase state-based innovations that can be leveraged on a national level to help decarbonize the US economy. Klee is former Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of …
… public goods. Nature, 563(7730), 245-248. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0647-4 Carattini, S., Peclat, M., Baranzini, A. (2018) Social Interactions and the Adoption of … Spencer, G., Carattini, S., & Howarth, R. B. (2019). Short-term interventions for long-term change: … residential solar adoption through a ... Blog Sleeping Giant: The State of Solar in South Carolina The popularity of solar energy skyrocketed in South Carolina (SC) with the …
… global pandemic has laid bare societal strains and inequalities in access to basic healthcare. Extreme weather events have intensified all over the planet. The sixth … are integrating sustainability topics, but students are calling on them to go further. The ‘carbon tax on talent’ continues to rise: Now, the majority of business students state that … including organizations, vulnerable communities, and the environment. -Ingrid C. Burke, Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean; Professor of Ecosystem Ecology at Yale School of the Environment …