… Our just-released study of 2,035 global business students found students increasingly … for Advanced Management, located in 30 countries across six continents. This follow-up to our 2015 inaugural report, Rising Leaders on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change … to 21% in 2015. In addition to this increase in perceived understanding, we identified four key findings: FINDING #1: Business students believe corporate leaders should be solving …
… Shortly after starting the FDCE program, it became clear that tech and IP are part of the renewables universe, but not the center of it—and that I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course (which all students are required to attend), the rat-a-tat comments and questions in …
… that piqued my interest. I knew that I had substantial knowledge gaps in the mechanics of our business, and they were a hurdle that I couldn’t research or network my way over. With … and from home I decided to apply. After being accepted into this year’s cohort I was of course ecstatic but as the days crept closer to the first class I began to panic. It’s been a … I was always the type of student that needed to put forth a tad more effort. As we started our Orientation Session, Coral Bielecki lead the new cohort in a breathing exercise and …
… I was purely interested in the second half of the program: the 16 weeks of applicable coursework on energy project financing. And I just wanted to know: is the financing half of … goals for this certificate program, so definitely useful. Then we began the energy policy coursework. For 8 weeks we covered a multitude of historical and present-day aspects of … this coursework would culminate in students creating a financial balance spreadsheet for a renewable energy project. It sounded like a big deal. And in the industry, it is. But if …
… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale … whole new world just a few blocks from their home. When I watch them, I think of my own hours spent laying across the bridge of the wetlands, amazed by the ease with which the water … to discover and play in community with each other and with the world around us. Cleaning up our energy system means preserving moments like these for future generations. I understand …
… 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 bags in partnership with Lo & Sons . Over the course of the semester, the students will participate in interviews with key stakeholders … faculty at SOM and/or YSE How to apply To apply for this independent study, please send your resume and a statement of interest no longer than one page to Urvi Talaty …
… 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 … in advance. MCed by Craig Hanson, VP for Food, Forest, Water and the Ocean at the World Resources Institute (WRI), the event brought together scientists from the University of … The high-resolution spatial data will be made available to the public for free via the Resource Watch and the Global Forest Watch platforms online. Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO at …
… 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 … in new startups to bring down the cost of carbon removal and create a market for it. Of course, not all the solutions they fund might work, but as companies with seemingly little … and connectivity the opportunity to access the network and accelerate their solution. Of course, academia plays an important role as the cradle for innovation. Prof. Anastas …
… latest NDC with enhanced ambition in December 2020. The country has achieved almost 100% renewable energy and has a moratorium on fossil fuel extraction. Costa Rica has also … 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 …
… to a system. Within regenerative innovation, the focus is on how we think of and understand ourselves as part of a complex system. In a series of slides, Ms. Milan talked about the … done things, even when they don’t always add value. When innovating, hence, we must ask ourselves where we add value to a system. My biggest takeaway from the presentation was that … model of innovation on the same day. What I didn’t know was that the next couple of hours would also include the opportunity to hear from several high-profile ministers and …