… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale … 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 … we take care of our shared home. I am here because I know that we need community if we are going to face the global climate emergency. I am here because I want others to experience …
… The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students (2-3) to participate in an independent study (equivalent to a full-credit course: 3 credits YSE/4 units SOM) on scaling up a circular solution for used and returned …
… 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 … wanted to investigate what was happening there with this lens, and see what insight I could bring back to Yale. Between the halls of the official negotiation plenaries and the … the list of events at the Nature+ Pavilion, one immediately caught my eye. The World Resources Institute’s Land & Carbon Lab was developing a first-of-its-kind monitoring system …
… On Day 2, as I continued my foray into searching for innovation, strains of the previous day’s theme of collaboration … won the 2021 Volvo Environment Prize for his work on green chemistry, That put him, me andthree Yale students on the stage with Martin Lundstedt, CEO of Volvo Group during a panel on … words, “What we have done very well is investing in products that have revolutionized our lives. What we haven’t done very well is ensure that those products don’t cause harm. We …
… 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 … innovative action driven by ambition. And throughout Day 3 of my time at COP26, I heard stories that made me ponder the role of ambition in innovation. At the Japanese pavilion, I … inspiration she was to a generation of folks committed to fighting the climate crisis. Of course, news spreads fast, and on my fairly long sprint to the pavilions, several others had …
… 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 … cities, boards to project teams. Ms. Milan talked about regenerative ecological design as goingbeyond the ‘neutral’ sustainable, to actually adding value to a system. Within regenerative innovation, the focus is on how we think of and understandourselves as part of a complex system. In a series of slides, Ms. Milan talked about the …
… Decarbonization and a net zero future will require transformative leaps in clean energy investment and innovation, according to a recent report by … transition to a global net-zero economy by 2050.” They’ve done this through publishing guidesforbusinesses and advocating for policy changes, including aat COP26. The event drew me in with its title – “Innovating Our Way to Net-Zero: How Startups Can Solve the Climate Crisis.” Being the Environmental …
… The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment (CBEY) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Sobotka … This year, the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures focused on solutions in four key areas of urgent action: Protecting and restoring ecosystems andbiodiversity Food, …
… The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students to participate in an independent study (equivalent to a full-credit course: 3 credits YSE/4 units SOM) in partnership with Climate Real Impact Solutions I … trillions of dollars over the coming decades. In particular, CRIS, targets investment in three key subsector verticals, and summarizes its focus with the mantra of: (1) Winning the …
… The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment is delighted to welcome three new members to its Advisory … to communities in support of inclusive sustainable infrastructure projects. Over the course of her career, Nicole has worked to advance energy justice, grid modernization, and …