… the pandemic, I decided to quit my job and move to Ithaca, N.Y. At the time, the city was looking for a director of sustainability to give life to the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND), which, in terms of ambition, represented the City of Ithaca’s … and energy policy had evolved through the years, combined with Prof. Esty’s lecture on “red lights, greenlights” finally helped me make sense of climate change policy in the US, both …
… Our just-released study of 2,035 global businessstudents found students increasingly believe that … complexity and nuance. However, we believe the nuance in these opinions reflects the growing maturity of sustainability as a concept in business, and of future leaders’ … complexity and nuance. However, we believe the nuance in these opinions reflects the growing maturity of sustainability as a concept in business, and of future leaders’ …
… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale lecturer … me to this program, to this place? As a lifelong city kid, I grew up knowing only a few green places - my Mom’s garden and my local nature preserve, the North Park Village Nature … my community and sanctuary for over half my life. I started as a junior camp counselor, eventually working my way up to lead my own beekeeping classes for high schoolers. When my …
… of my neck stinging after the faux pas, I turned around and noticed two young women wearing green Fridays for Future t-shirts. I went up to them and introduced myself, curious to hear … negotiations at every COP, organizations and countries from around the world host side events and talks at their pavilions. As I perused the list of events at the Nature+ … scientists from the University of Maryland, project leaders at Google and HSBC and decision makers at the NDC Partnership, African Union Development Agency (AUDA) and WRI. The Land …
… On Day 2, as I continued my foray into searching for innovation, strains of the previous day’s theme of … with Yale professor Paul Anastas, who won the 2021 Volvo Environment Prize for his work on green chemistry, That put him, me and three Yale students on the stage with Martin … from it all kinds of products including vodka, perfume and hand sanitiser, with the eventual goal of scaling up enough to produce jet fuel. These transformative innovations …
… Ambition is a word we often hear when it comes to international policy conversations on climate, from … of the world. After this conversation, I wanted to see ambition in action. Several side events were closed to an in-person audience, with only organizers and speakers allowed into the room. This meant that I had to find a good spot to stream the event I was interested in on the COP26 online platform, and I knew the perfect place, quiet …
… support. And intrapreneurship can also be an effective vehicle for innovation. In a panel event hosted at the Nature Pavilion on creating systemic change for a more regenerative … being formed and innovative mechanisms that allowed for the acceleration of clean energy. Green hydrogen featured heavily on the agenda, with speakers talking about how innovation in … the Children Investment Fund Foundation. The event ended with calls to action for policymakers to support the process to accelerate the transition to a clean and just future for …
… Decarbonization and a net zero future will require transformative leaps in clean energy investment and innovation, according to a recent report by … if net zero by 2050 is to be achieved. This mind-boggling number set the backdrop for an event on Day 5 of COP26 at the Business Pavilion. The Business Pavilion was hosted by the We … that the climate crisis is embedded within the global context of historic, systemic and growing inequality. She further talked about how the transition away from fossil fuels has to …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Sobotka … winners of this year's grants,” said Sobotka. “We look forward to tracking the progress of GreenBowl and WovX as their ideas take shape." 7888 Environmental Innovation Equity and … winners of this year's grants,” said Sobotka. “We look forward to tracking the progress of GreenBowl and WovX as their ideas take shape." Related ProgramsSobotka Seed Prize for …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students to participate in an … key subsector verticals, and summarizes its focus with the mantra of: (1) Winning the (Green) Home, (2) winning the (Green) Office, and (3) winning the (Green) Roads. These … in such spaces find themselves lacking access to capital, with a focus on later-stage growth capital required to scale and commercialize business plans and technologies that …