… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits of wind farm investment. This research model offers the following advantages: a) the ability to evaluate the benefit of expenditure on maintenance activities not only in a given year, but also into the future; b) allowance for maintenance costs to vary over time; and c) a flexible design that allows …
… The panel will be from 4:30-6:00 p.m. A dinner with speakers will follow. For those who cannot attend in person, we will be streaming this online. Register for … Zoom option here . We are currently in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to address climate change using federal resources, particularly due to new resources allocated …
… Featured speaker Laurie Wayburn will discuss how her organization, The Pacific Forest Trust, is currently exploring ecosystem services markets and payments as a tool to promote forest conservation in the West. She will review how private forest landowners are currently engaging in these markets, and project current and … opportunity to both protect these assets and bring their worth onto the market. Public and private mechanisms exist to use payments to encourage responsible land management in order …
… about their summer internships at the intersection of business and the environment! Interesting, informative, and often humorous, these talks give personal accounts of experiences … , MEM 2019 Responsible Business Alliance, Washington, DC Alli Chlapaty , MEM-MBA 2020 Bigelow Tea, Fairfield, CT Internship descriptions: Shannon worked for the MTA's … we’re curious what you were up to! Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice Sustainable Finance and ESG Clean Energy Environmental Innovation …
… The CBEY Skills for Sustainable Innovation Workshop series welcomes Max Elder, Research Director for the Food Futures Lab at the Institute for the Future, for a hands-on workshop on futures thinking and forecasting methodologies. This workshop will teach signals-based …
… on Social Entrepreneurship and Urban Resilience . Participate in highly interactive panel discussions followed by a networking reception with a stunning view from Google's San Francisco office. … 6:00pm to 7:00pm - Reception Alumni Event Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice CBEY goes to San Francisco! … Alumni Event CBEY goes to San Francisco! …
… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors in different settings to coordinate and create the … in Social Enterprise and renewable energy. Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr Equity and Justice Clean Energy Environmental Innovation Institutional Entrepreneurship and …
… Over the course of the webinar, Leigh Madeira (Blue Forest Conservation) and Nathalie Woolworth (U.S. Forest Service) will provide invaluable … the Forest Resilience Bond (FRB), an innovative financing mechanism that serves as a public-private partnership to enhance forest restoration. She will also discuss the exciting recent … contexts, and more generally, what the future of financing forest health may look like. Equity and Justice Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Building Forest Health …
… behind the innovative clean energy finance concept of Green Banks. Green Banks provide low-cost financing for clean energy projects in partnership with private investors. They reduce the cost of capital to lower the price of clean energy and … Want more information on Green Banks? Watch a recording of this April 9th panel held at Yale featuring Daniel Esty, Richard Kauffman and Catherine Smith: Yale School …
… writ large. This capital challenge also coincides with strong institutional investor interest in understanding how climate related risks and opportunities can be incorporated in … performance of green or climate-sensitive investments across all asset classes including equity, fixed income and alternatives. Second, the current set of metrics is predominantly … on transparency and metrics, which will provide the foundation critical for capital to flow into high-priority climate sensitive sectors. Our proposed research is a step in this …