… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale lecturer Peter Boyd posed the seemingly simple question “Why are you here?” This got me … the North Park Village Nature Center. The Nature Center has been 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 …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students (2-3) to participate in an independent study (equivalent to a … experts across the manufacturing and supply chain landscape and other staff and faculty at Yale to understand what barriers exist to scaling up this idea, its environmental impact and …
… My name is Urvi Talaty and I work as the Environmental Innovation Fellow at Yale. I’m always on the lookout for new models of innovation within existing organizations or emerging startups that are … 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+ …
… On Day 2, as I continued my foray into searching for innovation, strains of the previous day’s theme of collaboration … me out. And today, one of the collaborators on stage was...me! I’ve worked in the past with Yale professor Paul Anastas, who won the 2021 Volvo Environment Prize for his work on green … 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 …
… and has a moratorium on fossil fuel extraction. Costa Rica has also implemented a Payments for Environmental Services Program , the first of its kind in the region, which has already … 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 … that connect with other parts of the system, a flurry of sudden WhatsApp messages on the Yale COP26 group chat caught my attention. Greta was at an event at one of the pavilions! I …
… It’s all good to talk about finding new ways to innovate and new models for putting ideas into action, but existing organizations also need 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 … next. The next event there promised to showcase initiatives and innovations driving the energy transition, and I was curious to see if I might discover another model of innovation …
… 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 … inclusive and urgent. I am always inspired by the community of innovators we have here at Yale and beyond who are taking action, now. After the conversations I’ve had in Glasgow and …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 … action: Protecting and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity Food, agriculture and land use Energy use, efficiency and access Materials and waste After a competitive and selective process, the two …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students to participate in … an investment thesis to leadership at CRIS, whilst learning about the arcane world of clean energy SPAC investing from industry veterans. The projects This year, there are three unique … statement of interest no longer than half a page to Heather Fitzgerald (heather.fitzgerald@yale.edu) with a CC to Amir Chireh Mehr (ac.mehr@climaterealimpactsolutions.com). Please …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment is delighted to welcome three new members to its Advisory … will add keen expertise and new perspectives in corporate sustainability, forest products, energy justice, entrepreneurship, and clean energy finance—key areas of interest among the … Connecticut C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) program she helped launch in 2013 while at the Connecticut Green Bank. To expand C-PACE’s reach, Ali co-founded …