… attention to greenhouse gas mitigation and resilience. Globally, health care is responsible for nearly 5% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. Nationally, US health care is … unaddressed. As mandatory carbon reduction looms on the horizon for all sectors, this three-part symposium provides an overview of the current state of health care sustainability accounting, and seeks global lessons that can be adopted by the US health care delivery sector to guide mitigation and …
… Watch the full recording here! Urban trees and forests are often overlooked in our fight against climate change and yet they cumulatively … rapidly bringing these mechanisms to scale across the U.S. We will explore why the urban landscape has posed such a financing challenge, Mark's experience building a new non-profit … solutions, several example projects, and the outlook for expanding this critical branch of conservation finance. [Note: this webinar was originally scheduled for Friday, May 1st, but …
… energy cost reduction targets, establish credentials as a “green manufacturer,” or prepare for future regulations on carbon emissions—or all of the above—industrial players are seeking internationally recognized plans for improving their energy efficiency. The Department of Energy’s Superior Energy Performance program is a market-based, globally accepted certification program that provides …
… products and solutions that address urgent environmental and social challenges? Join us for a student-initiated "Blockchain for Sustainable Solutions" conference that brings together students and blockchain … from energy and water trading, food and fashion supply chain transparency to voting and conservation finance. Learn more about this event at the official website. AGENDA 8:00 - …
… Governments and conservation organizations invest billions of dollars each year in habitat conservation in efforts to slow ongoing losses of terrestrial biodiversity. Dr. Armsworth will examine the three most commonly used conservation investment strategies, and will present case studies …
… (General Manager, Serious Capital) will discuss how Serious Capital provides solutions for energy efficiency that reduce energy bills by 5 to 15 percent or more without upfront costs from the owner or tenant. Please join Blueprint for Efficiency as we feature Claire Broido Johnson, General Manager of SeriousCapital at Serious Energy. Serious Capital provides a solution for energy efficiency that reduces energy bills by 5 to 15 percent or more without upfront …
… Watch the full recording on YouTube here! Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs) are private, legally independent institutions that provide sustainable grant funding forconservation, usually in countries with developing economies where national budgets are … Equity and Justice Catalyzing Finance Through Conservation Trust Funds: Trends and Lessonsfor the Future … Online Catalyzing Finance Through Conservation Trust Funds: Trends …
… Over the past century, the public sector was the predominant funder of landconservation projects, creating national parks, national forests and wildlife refuges in countries around the world. More recently, inventive …
… Watch the full recording here! Please join the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) for the next webinar of the 2016-2017 season of Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services . Allison White (Research … and the economic model they’ve developed for analyzing the total welfare impacts of land use decisions (e.g. development vs. conservation). Using an illustrative case study …
… The Business Case for Protecting US Wetlands Featured speaker George Kelly , Founder of the Environmental Banc and Exchange (EBX), … domestic wetland regulations, and explore how mitigation banking works as a tool to balance conservation and development on multiple scales. The Yale Center for Business and the …