… Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as he presents the Moore Foundation’s new market-based conservation initiatives. Guillermo Castilleja leads and oversees strategy for the Foundation’s Environmental Conservation Program, which seeks to protect critical ecosystems and balance long-term conservation with sustainable use. The program includes an interlinked trio of …
… Are you a utility looking for ways to increase customer participation in efficiency and conservation programs? Do you want a better understanding of how water and energy systems … the concept of the nexus to integrated solutions. Motivated by the severe drought in the West and the observation that water use accounts for 20% of energy consumption in … She will share her current work studying the effect of behavioral and incentive-based conservation programs on residential water and natural gas savings. Her research partnership …
… that they ultimately pursued. This talk will feature: Spenser Shadle (MF/MBA '13) manages conservation-oriented timberland and organic farmland investments at New Island Capital--an impact investment firm based in San Francisco Patrick … National Forest Foundation’s Business Concept Challenge for a proposal focused on financing restoration-based forest products businesses in rural Oregon. 2417 2427 Equity and …
… Jr ., a board member at the Trust for Public Land. Roy will present his work with Terra Conservation Capital, a five-year-old company conceived to exploit niche opportunities in rural land conservation in the American Southeast. It uses easements, conservation finance, and mitigation to protect about …
… as we continue our three part webinar mini-series, titled Capital Flows: Catalyzing Investments in Water Resources. The mini series explores the development of water finance markets in the United States and is organized in partnership with the Conservation Finance Network (CFN) at Island Press. Joe Whitworth, President of The … Programs Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services Related Events Water in the West: How Impact Investing Can Help Tue, September 22nd, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT — 9:00 AM EDT …
… using ecological, regenerative farming systems that offer superior risk-adjusted returns on investments. The webinar will focus on the investment mechanisms that can help scale up ecological farming systems in degraded … Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Sustainable Finance and ESG Large scale landscape restoration: the investment case for ecological and regenerative farming … Online Large …
… Dr. Lovejoy will discuss the evolution of conservation in the Amazon since he first stepped foot in the region over 50 years ago, and describe strategies to finance and execute large-scale conservation. Dr. Thomas Lovejoy, “the Godfather of Biodiversity," is unquestionably among the world's most prominent figures in environmental conservation. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation, a University …
… a webinar series that addresses the growing importance of ecosystem service valuation and investment. Ricardo Bayon, Tom Melton, and Peter Culp will kickstart our mini series on Capital Flows: Catalyzing Investments in Water Resources with a review of findings from the new report, "Liquid … the globe. 2475 2479 2480 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Water in the West: How Impact Investing Can Help … Online Water in the West: How Impact Investing Can …
… for a three-part webinar series. This first webinar is entitled “Catalyzing Energy Investment with Development Finance Programs”. It will focus on the impact that tested development finance tools can have on clean energy investment. Speakers will discuss the role leveraged bond financing structures, non-energy tax credits and direct foreign investment can play in catalyzing energy projects. Additional webinars in the series will be …
… will engage in a critical dialogue about a water crisis that is currently gripping the western U.S. A record-breaking drought continues to devastate Western states for the fourth consecutive year; Historically dry conditions in California, … and significant agricultural losses. This water crisis presents incredible challenges for western states, especially as climate models project reduced rainfall and hotter …