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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is hosting a webinar on the challenges and opportunities in equitable solar workforce development, efforts to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the solar industry, and potential ways for solar employers and labor unions to work together to ensure quality jobs and a stable workforce. SETO will share insights from its stakeholder engagement efforts and provide an update on workforce activities and funding, including the newly announced $10 million Advancing Equity Through Workforce Partnerships funding opportunity. The webinar will also feature presentations from speakers across DOE.",

Farms are ecosystems, and it all comes down to the soil. These delicate ecosystems have so far demonstrated some resilience against growing commercial agricultural pressures, but the impact of climate change, bringing its increasingly severe weather, is testing that resilience. During this session we’ll hear about why biodiversity is such an essential part of our food system, and discuss how all of us, not only the agricultural community policymakers, can work to preserve it.",

Join Andy Revkin of the The Earth Institute and Columbia Climate School in a one-on-one conversation with U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, exploring lessons learned through this longtime lawmaker’s decade-plus push for climate action and his ideas for breaking legislative impasses built by Republican supporters of former President Donald J. Trump.

Whitehouse is best known outside of his home state (also, incidentally, Revkin's) for a nine-year unbroken string of weekly climate speeches - 279 in all - between 2012 and January of this year. (After he "dropped the mic," political veteran and commentator Paul Begala called Whitehouse the “Cal Ripken of climate.")

We’ll dig in on paths to real-world progress on clean energy and climate resilience as the planetary and political climates overheat.

Watch here, or join live via Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn or Twitter (links here: http://j.mp/sustainwhatlive) or send questions in advance through this link: http://j.mp/revkinfeedback. No registration required.

Read Andrew Revkin's related coverage: http://revkin.bulletin.com

Explore Sen. Whitehouse's positions, bills and speeches on climate change:
https://j.mp/senwhitehouseclimate

We are excited to announce the next few webinars featuring lectures from Our Warming Planet: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, published by World Scientific.

August 17, 2022

Adaptation to Climate Change

Thea Dickinson and Ian Burton, University of Toronto, Canada

https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudOGqpzktHtFk3RcJabclIypjlmPgxmLJ

Access recordings from previous sessions here: http://www.ccrun.org/resources/lectures-in-climate-change-volume-2/

Purchase book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12312

Get 30% off by using the discount code: WSWARMING30

Learn about solar energy and its benefits for your home or small business. We’ll take you through technology, economics, financing, and more. You’ll also learn about the solar co-op we launched. The co-op is free to join and members are *not* obligated to buy solar panels. Co-op members get: a free review of your roof to see if solar panels will work for you; one-on-one support for all your questions about going solar; an individualized proposal for solar at a bulk rate. Find out more with no obligations and from the comfort of home. This will be a live presentation so bring your questions about solar and we’ll answer them!",

Many local governments have set ambitious clean energy and climate goals. Distributed energy resources (DERs) - small-scale resources typically located on the distribution system, such as electric vehicles, energy storage, demand response, generators and more - will be a crucial part of meeting these goals. In 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order No. 2222, which requires regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs) to open their markets to DER aggregations. While FERC and regional grid operators are currently in the process of finalizing region-specific market rules to comply with the order (which will determine the extent of the market opportunities for DERs), this development can remove barriers to DER participation in wholesale electricity markets and accentuate the benefits of DERs for local governments - ultimately allowing them to increase revenue and bring more clean power to their residents."

The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) presents its climate forecast briefing. The IRI's seasonal, sub-seasonal and ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) forecasts are discussed in this monthly briefing by IRI climate scientists Azhar Ehsan and Bohar Singh. For more information, please see: https://iri.columbia.edu/our-expertise/climate/

The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (part of the Earth Institute) presents its monthly climate forecast briefing. The IRI's seasonal climate forecasts and ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) forecasts are discussed in this briefing by IRI's chief forecaster, Tony Barnston. In addition, the IRI climate group will present results of its experimental sub seasonal forecasts.

As pressure mounts for corporations to see both financial return and greenhouse gas emissions reductions with their transition to EV fleets, charging management software could be the answer. AMPLY Power and WattTime have partnered to help fleets to automatically charge when electricity generated GHG emissions and costs are lowest. Research from WattTime has shown that emissions-optimized charging can further reduce associated emissions nearly 20% annually and up to 90% on individual days. Webcast speakers will discuss: how to plan for peak renewable energy timeframes on the grid to reduce emissions, while charging at the lowest cost energy windows; a real-world customer success story who reduced costs and GHG emissions with managed charging; the top metro areas that benefit from energy and GHG co-optimized charging. ",

We are excited to announce the next few webinars featuring lectures from Our Warming Planet: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, published by World Scientific.

September 7, 2022

Cross-sectoral Climate Change Impacts in Europe

Paula Harrison, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK

https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudOGqpzktHtFk3RcJabclIypjlmPgxmLJ

Access recordings from previous sessions here: http://www.ccrun.org/resources/lectures-in-climate-change-volume-2/

Purchase book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12312

Get 30% off by using the discount code: WSWARMING30

Experts in health and disaster preparedness will discuss the increased frequency and severity of exptreme storms, like Hurricane Ida, and how communities and governments can build resilience toward future events.

SPEAKERS:

Dr. Irwin Redlenner, Founding Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP)

Dr. Mona Safarty, Director, Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University

Dr. Adam Sobel, Professor, Columbia University Engineering

Dr. Klaus H. Jacob, Geophysicist, Columbia Climate School, Earth Institute

African Perspectives on Climate and Climate Politics -- Africa and Global Climate Diplomacy: Priorities, Lessons Learned, Pathways Forward

Africa is the continent that historically and contemporarily has contributed least to human-induced climatic changes yet it is in many ways already suffering some of global warming’s most devastating consequences. Despite this stark reality, African ideas about climate and perspectives on the political economy of mitigation and adaptation are rarely highlighted in global forums.

Through a new webinar series, the Center on Global Energy Policy seeks to foreground the heterogeneity of perspectives found around the continent on what climate means in different African contexts and how more than one billion Africans are already living with extraordinary climatological variability and constraints on the use of natural resources.

The first session of the series will bring together prominent voices from different parts of the continent to explore African priorities in global and regional climate diplomacy; to analyze the historical role played by African states in global discussions, from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement; and to identify ways in which African bureaucratic, economic and political realities will intersect with international negotiations in the future.

This webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event.

This event is open to press, and registration is required to attend.

For media inquiries or requests for interviews, please contact Kyu Lee ([email protected]) or Genna Morton ([email protected]).

For more information about the event, please contact [email protected]

Sustain What? From Climate Despair to Defiance: Discourse Among Generation Youth

This is a "friendly takeover" of the Columbia Climate School "Sustain What" platform by students from Columbia and Cooper Union. For more on such events, explore this post:
http://j.mp/sustainwhatfriendlytakeover

While politicians and older generations have caused the deterioration of our climate, the younger generation must come to terms with and shape their future.

In this session, three students in their early twenties speak candidly about the environmental crises that their generation is forced to grapple with, and the generational divide in the field of sustainability.

Organizers and discussants:

Sofia Assa Devon Tietjen
Mia Winther-Tamaki

Host: Andrew Revkin, founding director of the Initiative on Communication and Sustainability, Columbia Climate School and The Earth Institute, Columbia University

ICSD is the top academic international conference for discussing sustainable development issues. The parallel sessions include over 300 oral and poster presentations from researchers and development practitioners from across the world, presenting their work on topics ranging from gender equity to climate change to economic development, all focused on solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In addition, ICSD’s plenaries allow participants to hear thought provoking speeches and conversations from leaders in the field of sustainable development. Speakers and panelists include heads of state, UN officials, CEOs, economists, and university professors.

ICSD is a truly global event with programming that spans across all time zones and welcomes participants from all across the world – 149 countries in 2020 to be exact! Side events offer participants additional opportunities to meet with fellow participants, explore specific topics with more detail, and learn something new.

This year’s theme celebrates our 10 year anniversary: A Decade of ICSD.

Registration is officially open and free for all!

To stay updated on the conference, you can also follow ICSD on Twitter, on Instagram, connect with ICSD on Facebook, or subscribe to our newsletter.

China, the US and Climate Diplomacy: A Conversation with Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

The Climate Group has selected the Columbia Climate School as its university partner for this year’s Climate Week NYC. Running Sept. 20-26, Climate Week NYC convenes key climate leaders to accelerate climate action and discuss ambitious commitments ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, or COP26, later this fall in Glasgow.

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Kevin Rudd’s distinguished career includes serving as the 26th Prime Minister of Australia. He is a former diplomat, fluent in Mandarin, and a keen observer of US-China relations. A veteran of the 2009 Copenhagen climate conference, Rudd has long been active on climate change in Australia and around the world. He currently serves as President and CEO of the Asia Society.

Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a dialogue between former Prime Minister Rudd and CGEP Inaugural Fellow David Sandalow, a former senior official at the White House, State Department, and U.S. Department of Energy. Rudd and Sandalow will discuss the current tensions between the US and China, their impact on global efforts to combat climate change, expectations for COP26 in Glasgow, and climate politics around the globe.

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This event is open to press, and registration is required to attend.

For media inquiries or requests for interviews, please contact Kyu Lee ([email protected]) or Genna Morton ([email protected]).

For more information about the event, please contact [email protected].

ClimateShot: The agricultural innovation race to save our planet

Find out how to connect research & innovation with the global partnerships that transform food systems for a climate-smart future!

15:00-16:15 CET

This is a make-or-break year to secure meaningful commitments in addressing the climate crisis and putting our food systems on a sustainable path before it's too late...and we need YOU to transform our food systems and save our planet.

A key part of such a transformation will be a step change in agricultural innovation to support ambitious action. But how can stakeholders across the food system join forces to ensure agricultural innovation contributes to climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience?

Join us to debate the emerging 'Action Agenda for Innovation’ that's going to be launched at the UN COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this November.

Welcome:

Alex Halliday, Founding Dean, Columbia Climate School

Speakers:

Walter E. Baethgen, Senior Research Scientist, IRI, and Co-Director, Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems Network Patrick O. Brown, CEO and Founder, Impossible Foods Sean de Cleene, Head of Food Systems Initiative, World Economic Forum and Chair of the Innovation Lever, UN Food Systems Summit Victoria Prentis, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Ishmael Sunga, Chief Executive Officer, Southern-African Confederation of Agricultural Unions Leselle Karen Vincent, MPA in Development Practice, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Organized by CCAFS, FCDO, and the Columbia Climate School

Updated information and registration here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climateshot-the-agricultural-innovation-race-to-save-our-planet-tickets-168073910591

Imagine 2200: Climate fiction for future ancestors

When: Monday, September 20, 2pm ET (11am PT)

Where: Online via Grist social media channels

Fix, Grist’s solutions lab, invites you to join a conversation about decolonizing and diversifying climate storytelling, as explored in its inaugural climate-fiction contest, Imagine 2200. Authors and Imagine 2200 judges Adrienne Maree Brown, Morgan Jerkins, Kiese Laymon, and Sheree Renée Thomas will join Fix’s Tory Stephens and Columbia University's Brian Kahn to discuss how to build deeply intersectional worlds, systems, and solutions, and create visions for a planet grounded in justice and abundance. This event is presented in partnership with Columbia Climate School's MA in Climate and Society, Orion Magazine and with support from NRDC.

Sheree Renée Thomas is a fiction writer, poet, and editor in Memphis. Her works include Nine Bar Blues, Sleeping Under the Tree of Life, and Shotgun Lullabies. Thomas was recently named editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

Adrienne Maree Brown is a scholar and activist in Detroit. She is the author of Emergent Strategy and Pleasure Activism, and co-edited the anthology Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements.

Morgan Jerkins is an author and editor in New York City. She wrote This Will Be My Undoing and Wandering in Strange Lands. Her debut novel, Caul Baby, was released in April.

Kiese Laymon is a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of Heavy and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. His debut novel, Long Division, will be reissued later this year.

Read more about them here.

[ClimateWeekNYC] Andrew Revkin in Conversation with Kate Raworth and Roman Krznaric

What decisions can we make today as individuals and societies to create a better tomorrow?

Join Andrew Revkin of the Columbia Climate School, economist Kate Raworth, and philosopher Roman Krznaric for a conversation on how reinventing economics and incorporating long-term thinking into our current policies and practices can help us meet the challenges of climate breakdown and global inequality and transform our world for future generations.

SPEAKERS:

Roman Krznaric is a public philosopher who writes about the power of ideas to change society. His latest book is The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World. His previous international bestsellers, including Empathy, The Wonderbox and Carpe Diem Regained, have been published in more than 20 languages.

Kate Raworth is a renegade economist focused on making economics fit for 21st century realities. She is the creator of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries, and co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab. Her internationally best-selling book Doughnut Economics: seven ways to think like a 21st century economist has been translated into over 20 languages and has been widely influential with diverse audiences, from the UN General Assembly to Pope Francis to Extinction Rebellion.

Andrew Revkin has written on climate change and other environmental challenges for nearly 40 years, mostly for The New York Times and now at revkin.bulletin.com. He founded the Columbia Climate School's Initiative on Communication and Sustainability in 2019 and runs a popular webcast series, Sustain What, clarifying paths to progress on urgent challenges where complexity and consequence collide. He has won most of the top awards in science journalism as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship.

This conversation is part of the 'Entre Nous' conversation series organized in partnership with the American Library in Paris and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. We are also pleased to partner with the Columbia Climate School on this event for Climate Week NYC 2021.

DOE - Implementing Renewable Energy in Industrial Facilities
August 2 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
From solar to wind and geothermal to hydro, the world of renewable energy options can be hard to navigate. Through Better Plants, DOE has developed a guidance document on renewable energy for industry. Learn the basics of different renewable technologies, find out how you can obtain renewable power for your organization, and discover tools and resources that can help you evaluate renewable energy systems."
Organization: U.S. Department of Energy
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

GWRCCC - Benefits of Electric School Buses
August 2 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition to learn about the Clean School Bus Program the EPA is funding and the overall advantages and challenges of implementing electric school buses district-wide. Representatives from notable electric bus companies and dealers have been invited to speak on the benefits of electric school buses. These invited guests include Lion Electric, Green Power Motors, and K. Neal Truck and Bus Center. DC Council Member Michael Porcello from the Committee on Transportation and the Environment will also be speaking at this event, as well as Alison Riley from the EPA. This panel will be moderated by Antoine Thompson, GWRCCC Executive Director."
Organization: Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Monthly Hub Meeting - Arlington
August 2 | 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM

Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions
Source: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions

WRI - Chilling Effects: Cooling Solutions in Building Decarbonization
August 2 | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
In a warming world, cooling is both a necessity and a threat. Nearly 12,000 people die annually due to heat-related complications and roughly 30% of people live in areas that are exposed to extended periods of life-threatening heat. These numbers will only increase as the effects of climate change continue. Cooling is also needed in our everyday lives to keep our food healthy, our medicines safe, and our economies productive. All of which makes access to cooling critical for an equitable future. At the same time, inefficient cooling is energy-intensive and polluting, leading to a cycle that only increases the need for more cooling and contributes to global temperature rise. Already accounting for 7% of carbon emissions and driving electricity demand as one of the top consumers, the cooling sector’s impact on emissions and power grids is set to at least double by 2050. Managing cooling in the building sector will play a key role in mitigating cooling impacts in the future. In this webinar, organized by WRI's Buildings Initiative as part of the Zero Carbon Building Accelerator project supported by GEF and UNEP, experts will share insights from super-efficient industrial and commercial space cooling. They will discuss designing cooling techniques for residential homes, nature-based solutions to keep our cities cooler overall, and tools for government planning for heat impacts."
Organization: World Resources Institute
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

A Risk Management Approach to Climate Change
August 3 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

We are excited to announce the next few webinars featuring lectures from Our Warming Planet: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, published by World Scientific.

August 3, 2022

A Risk Management Approach to Climate Change - Examples from IPCC Assessments

Gary Yohe, Richard Richels and Henry Jacoby, Wesleyan University, EPRI and MIT, USA

Register:

https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudOGqpzktHtFk3RcJabclIypjlmPgxmLJ

Access recordings from previous sessions here: http://www.ccrun.org/resources/lectures-in-climate-change-volume-2/

Purchase book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12312

Get 30% off by using the discount code: WSWARMING30

Organization: Like '*cop*'
Source: Like '*cop*'

EPA Environmental Justice Outreach Session: General Issues
August 3 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Virtual Public Outreach Session on EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management’s Environmental Justice (EJ) Action Plan focused on General Environmental Justice topics (To Be Determined).

Registration for Virtual Public Outreach Session on EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management’s Environmental Justice (EJ) Action Plan focused on General Environmental Justice topics (To Be Determined).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Land and Emergency Management has developed and is seeking stakeholder input on a draft EJ Action Plan. This public outreach session will focus on general Environmental Justice topics (To Be Determined).

The EPA will be hosting five virtual public outreach sessions, each on a different aspect of the draft plan, to provide the public with an opportunity to submit input before the plan is finalized.

If you cannot attend the webinar session that is specific to your timezone, EPA encourages you to register for another session that works for you. Interpretation and disability access support will also be provided.

If you are unable to attend any of the outreach sessions, you will be able to submit written input by email to [email protected] until August 1, 2022.

EPA will use your registration information solely for this event. We will not share your information with any third party.

Note: Do not submit any information considered confidential business information or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

Organization: Like '*cop*'
Source: Like '*cop*'

Monthly Hub Meeting - Arlington
August 3 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions
Source: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions

DOE - SLOPE: The Toolbox for Planning Your Clean Energy Future
August 4 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Dispersed, unintegrated, and sometimes inaccessible data can make quantitative energy planning too expensive or time-intensive for many state and local governments to pursue. To confront this issue, DOE and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed the State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) Platform to provide a free, easy-to-use 'one-stop shop’ for clean energy planning data. Learn about the new features added to SLOPE in 2022, including: 1) Scenario planning capabilities that allow jurisdictions to explore the potential impacts of strategies like grid decarbonization, energy efficiency, and electrification on energy consumption, emissions, and costs; and 2) Energy and environmental justice data to help state and local governments understand inequities within their jurisdiction and ensure disadvantaged communities benefit from clean energy projects. Join this webinar for a demonstration of these new features and learn how SLOPE can support your jurisdiction’s energy planning."
Organization: U.S. Department of Energy
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Can Climate Tech Fulfill its Promise?
August 8 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Climate change is simultaneously an existential threat and an unprecedented opportunity to create a more ecologically regenerative, socially just world. Can technology solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges by averting the former and unlocking the latter? What else, beyond technology, is most needed now? Climate tech solutions enabling the transformation of energy, transportation, food and carbon removal markets are already demonstrating enormous potential to confront the climate crisis and improve peoples’ lives. But between the real-world impacts of climate change making these solutions more urgent and the headwinds of political pushback and an economic downturn, how are these technologies likely to fare in fulfilling that promise? Join the GreenBiz analysts covering four of the most dynamic climate tech markets to share what they’re tracking and projecting."
Organization: GreenBiz
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Accelerating to Net Zero: The Business Imperative
August 9 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us for the first in our 4-part webcast series on Accelerating to Net Zero: The Business Imperative. Many companies are making net zero pledges, but few have developed comprehensive implementation plans, and even fewer have made meaningful progress on delivering results. In this first webcast, we will explore the actions companies must take - and the common obstacles they may face - to achieve authentic climate leadership in the net zero transition. The panel will discuss both internal and external challenges, and how to drive solutions through direct capacity building, partnerships for scale, and more. In this one-hour webcast, GreenBiz Senior Analyst John Davies, Managing Director of EDF+Business Elizabeth Sturcken, Microsoft’s Sustainability Chief of Staff Michelle Lancaster, and Director of the SustainAbility Institute at ERM Mark Lee will provide critical insights and perspectives on the current state of play for net zero, including gaps, needs, and successes."
Organization: GreenBiz
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Enabling Low-Cost Clean Energy and Reliable Service Through Better Transmission Benefits Analysis: A Case Study of MISO’s Long Range Transmission Planning
August 9 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s (MISO) Board of Directors recently approved 18 new transmission lines, representing the largest transmission expansion to enable low-cost clean energy in U.S. history. Join ACORE and Grid Strategies for the release of their latest report, which examines how MISO’s evaluation of the benefits of transmission was critical in enabling that expansion. The report also compares the benefits MISO used with those suggested in the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) on transmission planning. Comments to FERC on the NOPR are due August 18th."
Organization: American Council on Renewable Energy
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

EV Charging at Apartments and Condos
August 9 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join us as we bring together expert speakers who talk about the future of EV charging stations in condo, senior living, public and private apartment dwelling residential housing."
Organization: Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Monthly Hub Meeting - Alexandria
August 9 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions
Source: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions

Moving Mountains: Energy, Climate, and National Security in West Virginia
August 9 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Climate change is impacting every sector of American society, and energy security has emerged at the forefront of the national discussion. In 2019, West Virginia was ranked fifth nationwide in total energy production, but with coal responsible for 84% of WV’s energy production, what’s the future of clean energy in the Mountain State, and what role does WV have in enhancing climate security and national security? Join ASP and the University of Charleston for our virtual roundtable on the critical role WV plays in the national energy discussion and how it can help enhance U.S. national security."
Organization: American Security Project
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

New Federal Funding for Energy Storage: What’s Available and How To Qualify
August 9 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
The US Department of Energy has several new, large funding budgets for energy storage projects, research and development. Within the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, there is $500 million for long duration energy storage prototypes, pilot projects and market creation. There are also other large funds for which energy storage projects may qualify: for example, the newly created Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has $1 billion for large-scale demonstration projects. This webinar will feature speakers from the national laboratories and US DOE, who will explain how and when these federal dollars will become available, who can qualify, and how to apply."
Organization: Clean Energy States Alliance
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

The First Principle of Sustainability: Use Less!
August 9 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The recent IPCC report warns that all sectors need to accelerate permanent greenhouse gas reductions within decades - not half a century. Many institutions and enterprises have made net-zero commitments, although “net” usually means procurement of emissions RECs and offsets, at best an interim solution. This webinar will walk through a deep energy-efficiency program that is far more impactful, permanent, and affordable than emissions offsets. “Deep” efficiency sets the bar high at 50% reduction in energy use-intensity for both new and retrofitted buildings. This is not a theoretical model, but a program that has proven successful at the University of California, Irvine for more than two decades."
Organization: U.S. Department of Energy
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Celebrating International Biodiesel Day
August 10 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join GWRCCC in celebrating International Biodiesel Day where we discuss the benefits of retrofitting vehicles. For this event, we have invited representatives from Optimus Tech, Clean Fuels America, DC Water, and Sustainable Energy Strategies, Inc. who will also be speaking on the benefits of biodiesel as an alternative fuel source."
Organization: Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

COVID: The Next Wave
August 10 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Please join this online event co-sponsored with the Columbia Alumni Association DC and the Penn Club of DC to listen to a discussion between Jeffrey Shaman, the Director of the Climate and Health Program Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and Michael Caruso, the Editorial Director at Changing America, exploring the parameters of a potential next COVID wave.
Organization: MIT Club of Wash. DC
Source: MIT Club of Wash. DC

Energy Futures Webinar 2022: Trends in Customer Experience for LMI Community Solar
August 10 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
On Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at Noon, join Groundswell’s Rashad Williams and LIFT Partners Vito Greco and Jake Archbell from Elevate for a lively discussion of the key findings from Customer Experience for Low- and Moderate- Income Community Solar Subscribers. Topics will include new findings on participants' motivations to subscribe to community solar, how participant savings affects satisfaction, the relationship between project financial performance and subscriber satisfaction, and the practical application and implications of these findings."
Organization: Groundswell
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Energy Security Outlook and Japan-U.S. Cooperation
August 10 | 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exposed the vulnerabilities of the current global energy market, and increased the urgency for countries to develop policies that would ensure access to stable supplies in the longer term. At the same time, the need to further efforts for environmental sustainability and meet decarbonization goals have become all too apparent. Join us for a discussion on how to reconcile the needs of energy security with that of environmental resilience, and the role that both Japan and the United States can play in promoting bilateral and multilateral cooperation to develop the technology and infrastructure to meet the future energy needs of the Indo-Pacific."
Organization: Wilson Center
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

MA in Climate and Society Online Information Session
August 10 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Please RSVP here

The Columbia Climate School presents an online information session on the MA in Climate and Society.

The MA in Climate and Society is a 12-month interdisciplinary graduate program that trains professionals and academics to understand and address the impacts of climate variability and climate change on society and the environment. Through classes and research, students gain knowledge in both climate and social sciences as they relate to climate. During the online information session, prospective students will have the opportunity to learn about the program and ask questions.

Organization: Like '*cop*'
Source: Like '*cop*'

Using the Green Buildings Career Map to Attract Ambitious Candidates
August 10 | 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Green Buildings Career Map is an interactive tool that illustrates how today’s green jobs boom can create long-term career growth for workers entering this exciting field. Users can explore 55 different jobs in the green buildings and energy efficiency industry, and see how an entry-level installer with a high school education can progress over time to become a commercial building maintenance worker or building performance diagnostician. During a National Community Action Partnership informational webinar, Weatherization Workforce Development Spotlight: Using the Green Buildings Career Map to Attract Ambitious Candidates, IREC’s Joe Sarubbi will demonstrate how to navigate the Green Buildings Career Map and put it to use in your recruitment and retention efforts!"
Organization: Interstate Renewable Energy Council
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

DOE - People Matter: Latest Insights on How to Design Effective Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction Programs
August 11 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Understanding human behavior and decision-making is essential to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future, whether in program design, diversity, equity and inclusion, or marketing. Hear from leaders in the field about what’s been done before, and what would be helpful to consider in your specific context.",
Organization: U.S. Department of Energy
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

EESN and MIT Club of Chicago: ?Small Wind at the Price of Solar
August 11 | 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Small wind turbine technology can compete with solar at larger properties. And the two types of renewables generally complement each other. EESN and MIT Club of Chicago invite you to hear Alice Hoffman '82, SM '83 discuss how both provide power to her off-grid farm in Chile. Mike Bergey of Bergey Windpower will also speak, with the session moderated by Dr. Angeliki Diane Rigos, PhD '85.
Organization: MIT EESN
Source: MIT EESN

Monthly Hub Meeting - Fairfax
August 11 | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions
Source: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions

Overcoming Barriers to Deploying Direct Air Capture
August 11 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Direct Air Capture (DAC) has been identified as one of the few technologies that can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at climate-relevant scales. To have a meaningful impact on climate goals, DAC must be scaled quickly from the handful of small-scale pilots currently in operation to megaton-scale deployments. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and United States Energy Association (USEA) are hosting a workshop to address several of the key issues associated with scaling DAC technologies. The workshop will be open to all and is intended to provide a discussion of some of the most relevant issues for those advancing DAC as a climate solution. Keynote addresses will feature Dr. Jen Wilcox, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management and Prof. Klaus Lackner, an early DAC pioneer. Other speakers will include representatives from leading DAC organizations including Carbon Engineering, Climeworks, Oxy Low-Carbon Ventures, and Stripe. Three major themes will be addressed: Energy, Technology, and Project Execution. The energy session will focus on the source and impact of the energy required to power DAC installations. The technology session will compare different technology options with inherent advantages and challenges for each DAC approach and their ability to reduce costs for deployment. The Project Execution session will focus on the requirements for large scale projects including hearing from project developers, investors, regulators, and lessons learned from carbon capture projects."
Organization: United States Energy Association
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

State Efforts to Advance a Clean Hydrogen Economy
August 11 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
As states look for innovative ways to advance long-term energy storage and decarbonize their transportation and industrial sectors, clean hydrogen is one key opportunity. There are a variety of new funding options available for hydrogen production through the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act (IIJA) and states are developing their own resources to streamline hydrogen production regionally - looking at permitting, land-use, energy justice, workforce, use-cases, and other key considerations. Oregon and New York are among the states that have started developing or have already developed hydrogen roadmaps to outline the key stakeholders, strategic vision, and potential challenges for advancing a robust hydrogen economy. This webinar will be an opportunity to hear from these states about how they plan to advance clean hydrogen production through different policy and regulatory structures"
Organization: National Association of State Energy Officials
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Communicating the Climate Crisis - Effective Messaging & Dispelling Disinformation
August 12 | 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Please join us on Friday, August 12, for a discussion on effectively communicating the climate crisis, the history of misinformation about climate change, and how to inoculate against climate disinformation. We will be joined by Dr. Edward Maibach, a distinguished Professor and Director of George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication, Dr. David Benac, an associate professor of environmental history at Western Michigan University, and Dr. Anne Armstrong, co-author of Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators."
Organization: American Security Project
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Friday Columbia Climate News Review - Forever Chemicals
August 12 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sustain What? Friday Columbia Climate News Review - Forever Chemicals

On Fridays, join Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School’s Initiative on Communication & Sustainability for a brisk review of the week’s hot climate and sustainability news and a look at brewing issues that hide behind sound bites and tweets.

This week one focus will be how to make sense of the risks posed by the group of persistent synthetic PFAS compounds. A much-covered new paper by European researchers has found that they exist in rainwater around the world in levels exceeding the U.S. EPA's new health advisory for drinking water.

Explore the paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c02765

You'll meet an author of the paper, Martin Scheringer, a professor of environmental chemistry in ETH Zürich’s Safety and Environmental Technology Group, and Garret Ellison, who covers the environment for Michigan Live and has written extensively on the community end of the PFAS issue. https://www.mlive.com/user/gellison/posts.html

Here's the playlist of this Friday series:
https://bit.ly/columbiaclimatefridays

Sign up for Andy's related Sustain What dispatch and alerts about these shows:
http://j.mp/revkinbulletin

Please click here for more information and viewing options; https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/friday-columbia-climate-news-review-and-closer-look

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Summer of Action Bootcamp: Power Communicating - Online Training
August 15 | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions
Source: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions

Advancing an Equitable Solar Workforce
August 16 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is hosting a webinar on the challenges and opportunities in equitable solar workforce development, efforts to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the solar industry, and potential ways for solar employers and labor unions to work together to ensure quality jobs and a stable workforce. SETO will share insights from its stakeholder engagement efforts and provide an update on workforce activities and funding, including the newly announced $10 million Advancing Equity Through Workforce Partnerships funding opportunity. The webinar will also feature presentations from speakers across DOE.",
Organization: U.S. Department of Energy
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Reduced Biodiversity and its Impact on our Food
August 16 | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Farms are ecosystems, and it all comes down to the soil. These delicate ecosystems have so far demonstrated some resilience against growing commercial agricultural pressures, but the impact of climate change, bringing its increasingly severe weather, is testing that resilience. During this session we’ll hear about why biodiversity is such an essential part of our food system, and discuss how all of us, not only the agricultural community policymakers, can work to preserve it.",
Organization: Bethesda Green
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

A Climate Chat with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
August 17 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Adaptation to Climate Change
August 17 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

We are excited to announce the next few webinars featuring lectures from Our Warming Planet: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, published by World Scientific.

August 17, 2022

Adaptation to Climate Change

Thea Dickinson and Ian Burton, University of Toronto, Canada

Register:

https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudOGqpzktHtFk3RcJabclIypjlmPgxmLJ

Access recordings from previous sessions here: http://www.ccrun.org/resources/lectures-in-climate-change-volume-2/

Purchase book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12312

Get 30% off by using the discount code: WSWARMING30

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DC Solar & EV Co-op Info Session #3
August 17 | 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Learn about solar energy and its benefits for your home or small business. We’ll take you through technology, economics, financing, and more. You’ll also learn about the solar co-op we launched. The co-op is free to join and members are *not* obligated to buy solar panels. Co-op members get: a free review of your roof to see if solar panels will work for you; one-on-one support for all your questions about going solar; an individualized proposal for solar at a bulk rate. Find out more with no obligations and from the comfort of home. This will be a live presentation so bring your questions about solar and we’ll answer them!",
Organization: Solar United Neighbors
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

How Local Governments Can Benefit from FERC Order No. 2222
August 18 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Many local governments have set ambitious clean energy and climate goals. Distributed energy resources (DERs) - small-scale resources typically located on the distribution system, such as electric vehicles, energy storage, demand response, generators and more - will be a crucial part of meeting these goals. In 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order No. 2222, which requires regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs) to open their markets to DER aggregations. While FERC and regional grid operators are currently in the process of finalizing region-specific market rules to comply with the order (which will determine the extent of the market opportunities for DERs), this development can remove barriers to DER participation in wholesale electricity markets and accentuate the benefits of DERs for local governments - ultimately allowing them to increase revenue and bring more clean power to their residents."
Organization: World Resources Institute
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast.
August 18 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) presents its climate forecast briefing. The IRI's seasonal, sub-seasonal and ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) forecasts are discussed in this monthly briefing by IRI climate scientists Azhar Ehsan and Bohar Singh. For more information, please see: https://iri.columbia.edu/our-expertise/climate/
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Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast.
August 19 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (part of the Earth Institute) presents its monthly climate forecast briefing. The IRI's seasonal climate forecasts and ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) forecasts are discussed in this briefing by IRI's chief forecaster, Tony Barnston. In addition, the IRI climate group will present results of its experimental sub seasonal forecasts.
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Monthly Hub Meeting - Prince William County
August 24 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions
Source: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions

Meet GHG Goals and Reduce Energy Costs with Managed Charging
August 30 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
As pressure mounts for corporations to see both financial return and greenhouse gas emissions reductions with their transition to EV fleets, charging management software could be the answer. AMPLY Power and WattTime have partnered to help fleets to automatically charge when electricity generated GHG emissions and costs are lowest. Research from WattTime has shown that emissions-optimized charging can further reduce associated emissions nearly 20% annually and up to 90% on individual days. Webcast speakers will discuss: how to plan for peak renewable energy timeframes on the grid to reduce emissions, while charging at the lowest cost energy windows; a real-world customer success story who reduced costs and GHG emissions with managed charging; the top metro areas that benefit from energy and GHG co-optimized charging. ",
Organization: GreenBiz
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

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August 15 \| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Summer of Action Bootcamp: Power Communicating - Online Training Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions	August 16 \| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Advancing an Equitable Solar Workforce The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is hosting a webinar on the challenges and opportunities in equitable solar workforce development, efforts to improve divers ... Organization: U.S. Department of Energy Source: OurEnergyPolicy	August 16 \| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Reduced Biodiversity and its Impact on our Food Farms are ecosystems, and it all comes down to the soil. These delicate ecosystems have so far demonstrated some resilience against growing commercial agricultural pressures, but the impact of climate ... Organization: Bethesda Green Source: OurEnergyPolicy
August 17 \| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM A Climate Chat with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Join Andy Revkin of the The Earth Institute and Columbia Climate School in a one-on-one conversation with U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, exploring lessons learned through this longti ... Organization: Like 'cop'	August 17 \| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Adaptation to Climate Change We are excited to announce the next few webinars featuring lectures from Our Warming Planet: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, published by World Scientific. August 17, 2022 Adaptation t ... Organization: Like 'cop'	August 17 \| 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM DC Solar & EV Co-op Info Session #3 Learn about solar energy and its benefits for your home or small business. We’ll take you through technology, economics, financing, and more. You’ll also learn about the solar co-op we launched. The c ... Organization: Solar United Neighbors Source: OurEnergyPolicy
August 18 \| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM How Local Governments Can Benefit from FERC Order No. 2222 Many local governments have set ambitious clean energy and climate goals. Distributed energy resources (DERs) - small-scale resources typically located on the distribution system, such as electric veh ... Organization: World Resources Institute Source: OurEnergyPolicy	August 18 \| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast. The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) presents its climate forecast briefing. The IRI's seasonal, sub-seasonal and ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) forecasts are discus ... Organization: Like 'cop'	August 19 \| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast. The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (part of the Earth Institute) presents its monthly climate forecast briefing. The IRI's seasonal climate forecasts and ENSO (El Niño Southe ... Organization: Like 'cop'
August 24 \| 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Monthly Hub Meeting - Prince William County Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions	August 30 \| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Meet GHG Goals and Reduce Energy Costs with Managed Charging As pressure mounts for corporations to see both financial return and greenhouse gas emissions reductions with their transition to EV fleets, charging management software could be the answer. AMPLY Pow ... Organization: GreenBiz Source: OurEnergyPolicy	September 6 \| 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM Monthly Hub Meeting - Arlington Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions
September 7 \| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cross-sectoral Climate Change Impacts in Europe We are excited to announce the next few webinars featuring lectures from Our Warming Planet: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, published by World Scientific. September 7, 2022 Cross-sect ... Organization: Like 'cop'	September 7 \| 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM MIT Conference on Mining, Environment, and Society MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) will host an online conference on September 7-9, 2022 on “Mining, Environment, and Society”. In the face of... Organization: MIT	September 7 \| 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Monthly Hub Meeting - Arlington Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions
September 8 \| 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM MIT Conference on Mining, Environment, and Society MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) will host an online conference on September 7-9, 2022 on “Mining, Environment, and Society”. In the face of... Organization: MIT	September 8 \| 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Monthly Hub Meeting - Fairfax Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions	September 9 \| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Climate and Health Rapid Response: Hurricane Ida Experts in health and disaster preparedness will discuss the increased frequency and severity of exptreme storms, like Hurricane Ida, and how communities and governments can build resilience toward fu ... Organization: Like 'cop'
September 9 \| 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM MIT Conference on Mining, Environment, and Society MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) will host an online conference on September 7-9, 2022 on “Mining, Environment, and Society”. In the face of... Organization: MIT	September 12 \| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Summer of Action Bootcamp: En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator - Online Training Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions	September 13 \| 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Monthly Hub Meeting - Alexandria Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions
September 14 \| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM African Perspectives on Climate and Climate Politics African Perspectives on Climate and Climate Politics -- Africa and Global Climate Diplomacy: Priorities, Lessons Learned, Pathways Forward Africa is the continent that historically and contemporar ... Organization: Like 'cop'	September 15 \| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast. The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) presents its climate forecast briefing. The IRI's seasonal, sub-seasonal and ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) forecasts are discus ... Organization: Like 'cop'	September 16 \| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast. The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (part of the Earth Institute) presents its monthly climate forecast briefing. The IRI's seasonal climate forecasts and ENSO (El Niño Southe ... Organization: Like 'cop'
September 17 \| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM From Climate Despair to Defiance: Discourse Among Generation Youth Sustain What? From Climate Despair to Defiance: Discourse Among Generation Youth This is a "friendly takeover" of the Columbia Climate School "Sustain What" platform by students from Columbia and ... Organization: Like 'cop'	September 19 International Conference on Sustainable Development ICSD is the top academic international conference for discussing sustainable development issues. The parallel sessions include over 300 oral and poster presentations from researchers and development p ... Organization: Like 'cop'	September 20 \| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM [ClimateWeekNYC] China, the US and Climate Diplomacy: A Conversation China, the US and Climate Diplomacy: A Conversation with Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd The Climate Group has selected the Columbia Climate School as its university partner for this year’s Clima ... Organization: Like 'cop'
September 20 \| 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM [ClimateWeekNYC] ClimateShot: The agricultural innovation race to... ClimateShot: The agricultural innovation race to save our planet Find out how to connect research & innovation with the global partnerships that transform food systems for a climate-smart fut ... Organization: Like 'cop'	September 20 \| 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM [ClimateWeekNYC] Imagine 2200: Climate fiction for future ancestors Imagine 2200: Climate fiction for future ancestors When: Monday, September 20, 2pm ET (11am PT) Where: Online via Grist social media channels Fix, Grist’s solutions lab, invites you to joi ... Organization: Like 'cop'	September 20 \| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM [ClimateWeekNYC]: Andrew Revkin, Kate Raworth, and Roman Krznaric... [ClimateWeekNYC] Andrew Revkin in Conversation with Kate Raworth and Roman Krznaric What decisions can we make today as individuals and societies to create a better tomorrow? Join Andrew Revki ... Organization: Like 'cop'

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