… a moonshot has also entered rhetoric around climate change. Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and billionaire-politician Michael Bloomberg … billions of people too the moon all at once. It requires deep, systemic change in the ways that human society produces and uses energy, food, and consumer goods. It will require … the launch in July 1969, arguing that similar attention and funds should be directed towards solving poverty and racism. Polling shows that American public opinion was split for …
… want to advance their careers as well as the transition to a clean economy. Vero Bourg-Meyer, Program Director, Clean Energy and Conservation Finance, Brad Gentry, the newly appointed Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor in the Practice of Forest Resources Management and Policy and Ron Smith, Damon Wells Professor at Yale University Geology … Yale’s knowledge on a pressing global issue to a wider audience, as well as to explore new ways to do so.” 2380 Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Equity and Justice New Yale …
… Energy Summit in Austin on Feb. 18-19, energy professionals came together to explore the ways in which emerging technologies can and will impact the utility-customer relationship. I … of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in homes, the continued growth of distributed energy resources (DERs), and the rise of the prosumer. Excitement about new opportunities and … programs have been testing the potential grid services provided by smart appliances , solar inverters , batteries , and EV chargers , as well as by the integration of several …
… would eventually support one another in a continuous loop. Waste from the shrimp would nourish the seaweed, and the seaweed would in turn filter the water going back to the shrimp. … industry. By spring 2018, they were ready to apply for the Sabin Prize . They come a long way, but they remained modest. After getting selected as a finalist and even after being … 2621 Environmental Innovation Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Sabin Stories: Symbrosia … Mar 06, 2019 Sabin Stories: Symbrosia Ben Soltoff (MBA '19, Master of …
… Solarize is a unique community-based program that leverages peers and social networks to encourage residential solaradoption through a group pricing strategy. Solarize campaigns … and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, the SEEDS II team consists of the nationally recognized non-profit SmartPower, Duke University, Tel Aviv University, … Solar: Does Messaging Matter? Retrieved February 19, 2019, from https://cbey.yale.edu/our-stories/accelerating-residential-solar-does-messaging-matter. HUD Rent and Income Limits. …
… New technology can change the course of history. In 1769, Scottish inventor James Watt created an improved version of the … returning to one fundamental question: Now that we as a human species better understand our impact on the planet, how can we use technology to actively catalyze environmental sustainability, rather than continuing to strain the world’s limited resources? We don’t really have a choice. We need to support a growing population with an …
… The popularity of solar energy skyrocketed in South Carolina (SC) with the introduction of net metering in … passed its landmark energy bill. Act 236, also known as the Distributed Energy Resources (DER) program, which created a net-metering system permitting residential and … engage people in positive conversations regarding solar. According to SEIA , SC went from nationally ranking 8 th in solar capacity in 2017 to ranking 18 th in Q2 of 2018. The …
… Benefit Bonds, have been gaining significant traction during the past several years as a way to entice private capital to help address challenging social problems. There have been … Benefit Bonds, have been gaining significant traction during the past several years as a way to entice private capital to help address challenging social problems. There have been … Benefit Bonds, have been gaining significant traction during the past several years as a way to entice private capital to help address challenging social problems. There have been …
… on opportunities in the “new oceans economy.” While many impact investors and SOCAP have always acknowledged the environmental side of the resilience economy, there seems to be a continuous intellectual gap regarding awareness that where there is a natural resource issue, there is always a social issue. “The reality is that when you have a deep … and collaborations that start at SOCAP15. This article is the first in a series of three stories covering the conservation finance curriculum at SOCAP. It is part of an online …
… Eight million tons of plastic waste enters our oceans every year. Previous posts in this series detail how we got to this point and work underway to address the problem. Here we discuss critical further steps needed to solve the … The European Investment Bank , The World Bank , Raymond James Investors , and the International Finance Corporation are also investing in and providing services to the waste …