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Zoom & Emerson 104, 25 Quincy St., Cambridge

Erum Sattar, Former Program Director, MS in Sustainable Water Management and Water Diplomacy Track Leader, Tufts University, will speak as part of the Series on Climate Change and Muslim Societies.

The consequences of our changing climate are exacting devastating and expensive damage to societies around the world. Decarbonizing our society is necessary and urgent. To get there will demand ingenuity but also investment. What are practical and actionable plans for investors to follow to alter the course of climate change? What are the potential risks and rewards?

Join us on Monday March 27, 2023 at 6 pm ET for our next Earth Series, Financing the Future: Investors and the Climate Crisis. Alex Halliday, Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School will be in conversation with two of Columbia’s most influential investment policy strategists, Caroline Flammer, Professor of International and Public Affairs and of Climate at Columbia University and Bruce Usher, Professor of Professional Practice and the Elizabeth B. Strickler '86 and Mark T. Gallogly '86 Faculty Director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise. They will present the latest information on the financial implications and opportunities of decarbonizing our world.

Sustain What? Teaching Climate Change Education in Schools of Education

One path to boosting students’ capacity to understand climate change and climate choices emerges through improving climate change education in schools of education.

Join Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School in a brainstorm with two professors testing fresh approaches, along with some of their students. His guests are Jing Lin, Harold R. W. Benjamin Professor of International Education, University of Maryland College of Education, and Oren Pizmony-Levy, Associate Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, director of the Teachers College Initiative for Sustainable Futures, and Co-Director of the New York City Partnership for Sustainability Education.

Oren Pizmony-Levy
https://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/op2183/
Jing Lin
https://education.umd.edu/directory/jing-lin

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http://j.mp/revkinbulletin

To view event, please click https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/teaching-climate-change-education-in-schools-of-education

Join fellow MIT alumni for a virtual discussion of the book, The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan. Billions of people have been fed and educated as the American-led trade system spread across the globe. But now, America has lost interest in keeping it going. Geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan maps out the next world: a world where countries or regions will have no choice but to make their own goods, grow their own food, secure their own energy, fight their own battles, and do it all with populations that are both shrinking and aging. Zeihan brings readers along for an illuminating (and a bit terrifying) ride.

LEAP Spring'23 Lecture in Climate Data Science: ROSE YU (UCSD)

Title: "Physics-Guided Deep Learning for Climate Dynamics"

Thursday, Mar. 30, 2023

3:30 - 5:00 pm (EST)

In-person @ The Innovation Hub + via Zoom

Registration

Zoom & Harvard Forest Fisher Museum, 324 N. Main St., Petersham

The Harvard Forest and the Harvard University Center for the Environment present the second of two Inaugural Charles Bullard Lectures featuring Susan Trumbore, Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry & Professor of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine.... Read more about What Controls the Transit Time of Carbon in Ecosystems?

It has been more than six years since COP 21 was held in Paris in December 2015. We’re now able to take a step back, take stock, and ask some important questions about the Paris process: How can very ambitious emissions reduction goals be met by voluntary national commitments? Do commitments translate into transformative policies? What are the most promising mechanisms, initiatives, and developments that could enable developing countries to deliver on ambitious emissions reduction targets? How does the formal regime (post-Paris process) interact with initiatives, actions and commitments from the industrial and financial sectors? How will the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine impact international climate policy? The Center on Global Energy Policy and the Columbia Global Centers | Paris will host a panel of experts to address these questions, and more.

Moderator:

Pierre Noël, Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA

Panelists:

Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, Columbia University; Alliance (Visiting) Professor, Sciences Po; and Centennial (Visiting) Professor, London School of Economics Amy Dahan, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS (Paris, France) Paul Watkinson, Counsellor to Director for European and International Action, Ministry for Ecological Transition, France – former chief negotiator, former chair of Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice of UNFCCC

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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 Natalie Volk ([email protected]).

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

Visions of The Future: Using Art and Storytelling to Confront Climate Anxiety [formerly "Climate Doom and Eco-Anxiety"]

This will be a Q&A panel event with four panelists working on climate change and the way it shapes mental health, media, art, and activism. Climate anxiety is the feelings of grief, despair, angst, and doom surrounding the deterioration of the climate. Climate anxiety is on the rise, 2/3rds of young Americans and over half of all Americans are anxious about its effect on their mental health. As young people witness slow action to address climate change, this feeling of anxiety continues to grow. The panelists will delve into how various forms of art and activism can foster hope and engagement as we work through climate anxiety. The audience will learn more about resources and opportunities to address mental health while staying active in pushing for change. This conversation will be hosted over Zoom and will be moderated by Columbia undergraduate student and Columbia Climate Conversations creator, Lauren Ritchie. The event will be open to anyone who RSVPs, not limited to only Columbia students.

Climate LIVE K12: Everything You Wanted to Know About Climate Mobility But Were Afraid to Ask

Climate LIVE K12 (formerly EI LIVE K12) is dedicated to bringing the science of sustainability to K12 students, educators, and parents.

About this Event

Presenter: Alex de Sherbinin, Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director for Science Applications, Center for International Earth Science Information Network

Target Audience: Grades 9-12, Undergraduate, Educators, the Public

Climate change is slowly reshaping settlement patterns as humans respond to increasing variability and extremes. People may move voluntarily, they may be forced or encouraged to move through incentives, or they may be displaced and either stay in their new location or return. We will explore these topics as they related to climate mobility in both high and low income settings throughout the world, including the implications for climate justice.

A link to join the session will be provided to all registered participants 24 hours in advance.

If you would like to submit any questions before the event, please send them to Laurel Zaima-Sheehy ([email protected])

Registration is free but required. Please register here. (You will automatically receive a Zoom link to join the event upon registration).

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in line with the Paris Agreement, requires significant reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2030 and net-zero GHG emissions by mid-century, and ultimately depends on a rapid shift away from fossil fuels.

As we take measures to decarbonize the global energy system, we also need to consider the distributional equity impacts of the energy transition on workers, communities, states, and foreign and domestic investors, and to reflect on the role that international and domestic legal frameworks play and should play in addressing those impacts.

The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law - joint centers of the Earth Institute / Columbia Climate School and Columbia Law School at Columbia University - will co-host a 90-minute webinar on April 14 at 9am EST / 3pm CEST, focusing on legal approaches to compensation for a just energy transition.

Webinar discussions will cover, among others, the following topics:

A critique of the issue of compensation under investment treaties, including the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), from a climate change perspective A review of arbitral tribunals’ approaches to the valuation of fossil fuel assets in selected investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) cases A case study of Germany's compensation scheme for lignite producers, as an example of a compensation scheme under domestic law A discussion of possible principles or criteria on compensation for a just energy transition under domestic and international law, taking into account the impact of the transition on workers, communities, states, and companies

Moderator:

Michael Burger, Executive Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Panelists:

Martin Dietrich Brauch, Senior Legal and Economics Researcher, CCSI Kyla Tienhaara, Canada Research Chair in Economy and Environment, School of Environmental Studies and the Department of Global Development Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Blanca Gómez de la Torre, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration, ECIJA GPA; former National Director for International Affairs and Arbitration at the Office of the Attorney-General Office of Ecuador Sarah Brown, Senior Energy & Climate Analyst, Ember

Sustain What? Can Congress Get Beyond Posturing as Energy and Climate Crises Collide?

Join host Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School and Bulletin journalists Antonio Mora and Nina Ignaczak (Michigan Climate News) in a live look at paths to congressional action on climate-safe energy policy after years of partisan paralysis.

Our special guest is Representative Sean Casten of the 6th District of Illinois - a member of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis - and we’re still working on getting a member of the Republican House Conservative Climate Caucus.

Mora's "A View from the Center" column: https://aviewfromthecenter.bulletin.com/
Ignaczak's Michigan Climate News: https://planetmichigan.bulletin.com/

Subscribe to Revkin's Sustain What webcasts and column:
http://j.mp/revkinbulletin

House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
https://climatecrisis.house.gov/

House Conservative Climate Caucus:
https://curtis.house.gov/conservative-climate-caucus/

Please click here for more information and viewing options. https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/can-congress-get-beyond-posturing-as-energy-and-climate-crises-collidequestion

Building upon the past 12 Columbia Climate Conversations focused on climate and social justice, the Environmental Justice Summit event invites individuals to learn more about representation and inclusivity from keynote Leah Thomas, founder of Intersectional Environmentalist.

This registration is for virtual viewing of the keynote address. If you would like to attend the Summit in-person, please register here: https://events.columbia.edu/go/enviro_justice_summit

Leah Thomas is an eco-communicator, aka an environmentalist with a love for writing and creativity, based in Ventura, CA. She’s passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism. She is the founder of the eco-lifestyle blog @greengirlleah and The Intersectional Environmentalist Platform, which is a resource and media hub that aims to advocate for environmental justice + inclusivity within environmental education + movements. Her articles have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Good Trade, and Youth to the People and she has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP and numerous podcasts. She has a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Chapman University and worked for the National Park Service and Patagonia HQ before pursuing environmentalism full time. Learn more about Leah and her mission.

Please join us in celebration of Earth Day with a presentation by Prof. Susan Solomon of MIT, the chemist who established chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as the cause of ozone depletion and the 'ozone hole' over the Antarctic, first reported in 1985. ??This event is open to all interested persons.

Arnold Arboretum Research Talk
February 27
Weld Hill Lecture Hall, 1300 Centre St., Boston & YouTube Livestream

"Root Exudates as Hidden Mediators of Soil Carbon Storage" with Nikhil Chari, PhD Candidate, Taylor Lab, Harvard University and Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum.... Read more about Arnold Arboretum Research Talk
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

CESA - Advancing Equity through 100% Clean Energy
February 27 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Twenty-one states plus DC and Puerto Rico have set goals through legislation or executive orders to achieve 100% clean energy. In an encouraging trend, states are giving increasing attention to equity and environmental justice in their 100% clean energy plans. A new CESA report, "Advancing Equity through 100% Clean Energy: A Review of the Plans of 12 States" (https://www.cesa.org/resource-library/resource/advancing-equity-through-100-percent-clean-energy), documents this trend by reviewing the 100% clean energy plans of the 12 US states with published plans. The report analyzes them through an equity and environmental justice lens, outlining how the different states view the equity implications of climate impacts, and what they are proposing for mitigation solutions, planning processes, and implementation processes. It identifies common themes and best practices, and it presents a selection of relevant case studies and examples. In this CESA webinar, Dr. Tony Reames of the US Department of Energy will place the states’ energy equity activities into the context of federal environmental justice initiatives, including the Justice40 Initiative. Report author Charlies Hua, a CESA Research Fellow, will present the report’s findings. "
Organization: Clean Energy States Alliance
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Designing for a Planet in Peril: How Design is Addressing Climate Change
February 28 | 2:00 PM
You’re invited to join Dean Sarah M. Whiting, Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture, for a panel discussion and Q&A on climate-conscious design in this GSD Virtual Town Hall. The conversation will explore how the GSD Option Studios are investigating the relationship between climate change and the built environment on a global scale.
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

How AI & VIRTUAL Inspections Changed Operations at Xcel Energy
February 28 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Today’s leading utilities are beginning to embrace AI and virtual technology - such as unmanned drones and algorithms - to identify and inspect field assets more quickly than ever before. Join industry experts for a live webinar on the ins and outs of a cutting-edge virtual inspection program contracted by Xcel Energy. Designed for utility experts, this informative webinar will:

- Explain the technology and processes used in the program, which captured and analyzed nearly 3.5 million digital images (Printed, they would have made a stack as high as the Empire State Building)!
- Outline the benefits and requirements of using a virtual inspection program - and what AI is and isn’t capable of doing
- Review the goals and results of the program and how virtual inspections compare to traditional foot patrols. Share lessons learned from making virtual inspections part of the ongoing work of an operations and maintenance team

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Organization: eSmart
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

MIPS Seminar
February 28 | 9:30 AM
Zoom & Room 1302, Building 1, HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston

"Mechanisms of Air Pollution Exposure" with Dr. Kari C. Nadeau, John Rock Professor of Climate and Population Studies and Chair, Department of Environmental Health at HSPH.... Read more about MIPS Seminar
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

The Next Frontier Of Environmental Justice: Place-Making For Black History
February 28 | 3:00 PM
Join the Harvard University Division of Continuing Education and the Trust for Public Land for a Fireside Park Bench Chat about the growing movement to preserve Black history and culture sites across the United States, featuring Lindi von Mutius, Director of Sustainability and Global Development Practice Graduate Programs at HES, and Jocelyn Imani, Director of Black History and Culture at the Trust for Public Land.
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

US DOE - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Climate Planning
February 28 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Climate change disproportionately impacts certain communities, that is why diversity, equity, and inclusion are crucial to consider when creating a climate action plan. Learn how Better Buildings partners ensure their actions respond to the needs of those most impacted by climate change and policy.",
Organization: U.S. Department of Energy
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Economic Dispatch Hub Discussion & Demo
March 1 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join RMI for a live demo and presentation of our new Economic Dispatch Hub. A new feature of RMI's Utility Transition Hub, this dashboard displays monthly operational economics for every active coal plant. It compares the cost for each power plant to generate electricity versus the market price of electricity to determine when a coal plant is (or isn't) economic to run. This type of analysis has been done for the ISO/RTO regions of the country but this is the first publicly available analysis of non-ISO/RTO regions like the Southeast and West. Our data illuminates massive opportunities for reduced reliance on coal and increased customer savings over time. During the webinar, we will demo the tool and discuss key findings around self-commitment practices, with a focus on the need for accountability and modernization in non-ISO/RTO states."
Organization: RMI
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

High Performance Power Electronics with Applications in Electric Aircraft, Space Exploration and Renewable Energy
March 1 | 10:00 AM
Zoom & Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), LL2.224, 150 Western Ave., Allston

Join Harvard SEAS for a presentation by Samantha Coday, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley.... Read more about High Performance Power Electronics with Applications in Electric Aircraft, Space Exploration and Renewable Energy
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

Monthly Hub Meeting - Arlington
March 1 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

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

Reliability and Resilience within Competitive Power Markets
March 1 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
A discussion on competition in energy markets and issues of cost, reliability and resiliency. Featuring: Robert Dillon, Executive Director at Energy Choice Coalition Emily Sanford Fisher, Executive Vice President of Clean Energy at Edison Electric Institute Nick Loris, Vice President of Public Policy at C3 Solutions In conversation with Todd Snitchler, President and CEO at Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) With opening remarks from Liam Baker, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Eastern Generation"
Organization: OurEnergyPolicy
Source: OurEnergyPolicy

Climate Change and Muslim Societies: Examples from Africa and Asia
March 2 | 4:00 PM
Zoom & Sackler Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge

The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program invites you for a talk by Elfatih Eltahir, Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering and H.M. King Bhumibol Professor of Hydrology and Climate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.... Read more about Climate Change and Muslim Societies: Examples from Africa and Asia
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

Energy Policy Seminar
March 6 | 12:00 PM
Zoom & David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab (414AB), Rubenstein Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

"Measuring Air Pollution Co-Benefits of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technology" with Andrew Waxman, Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Austin and Visiting Scholar at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

EPS Colloquium
March 6 | 12:00 PM
Zoom & Geological Museum 102, Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Ruby Leun, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/Department of Energy, will present "Modeling Extreme Events and Their Future Changes."... Read more about EPS Colloquium
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development
March 7-8 | 11:30 PM
The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world’s religious and secular traditions offer in support of these objectives? Which principles do these traditions hold in common, and how can these shared values help advance global goals? Join this online panel discussion jointly sponsored with the Columbia Alumni Assn of DC! ??This event is for MIT alums and guests.
Organization: Club of Washington D.C.
Source: MIT Alumni Forum

Planetary Lunch Seminar (PLS) - Gaia Stucky de...
March 7 | 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
A Guide to Detecting the Youngest Exoplanets (Rich Teague) and Climate-landscape links from Earth to Mars (Gaia Stucky de Quay) Abstract: Rich Teague -...
Organization: MIT
Source: MIT

Can Nuclear Power Be On Time and On Budget: A Discussion of Nuclear
March 8 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Historically construction of nuclear power plants has been over budget and over schedule, some materially so, leading to significant financial implications for the companies building them. This challenging nuclear construction history can provide a significant disincentive to companies and countries looking to build new nuclear power plants.

The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs will host a discussion on how the historical challenges of nuclear power plant construction might be overcome. In particular, we will focus on a recently-completed series of large nuclear industry projects at a wide number of Department of Energy sites across the U.S., including several which were completed ahead of schedule and under budget. The panel includes two leaders of major recent successes, and we will discuss how lessons learned from these projects might provide blueprints for next generation nuclear power construction.

Moderators:

Honorable Paul Dabbar, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA, and former Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy Dr. Matt Bowen, Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA
Panelists:
Valerie McCain, Senior Vice President, Bechtel, and Project Director, Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, Hanford, WA. Former Project Manager Director of the Oak Ridge Uranium Processing Facility. Jim Blackenhorn, Senior Vice President, Head of Technical Services, Amentum, and responsible for the Oak Ridge gaseous diffusion plant nuclear project
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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 Natalie Volk ([email protected]).

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

Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

Climate LIVE K12: The Climate Symphony
March 8 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Climate LIVE K12: The Climate Symphony: How Climate Variability Impacts Global Rainfall Patterns

Climate LIVE K12 (formerly EI LIVE K12) is dedicated to bringing the science of sustainability to K12 students, educators, and parents.

About this Event
Presenter: Laurel Disera, PhD Student of International Research Institute for Climate and Society

Target Audience: Grades 8-12, Undergraduate, Educators, the Public

Climate variability plays an important role in the earth system and impacts rainfall differently from year to year and from decade to decade. This presentation will focus on different modes of climate variability and their impacts on rainfall, the difference between climate variability and climate change, and what happens when different modes of climate variability impact each other. The goal is to think of the climate system as an orchestra playing a symphony!

A link to join the session will be provided to all registered participants 24 hours in advance.

If you would like to submit any questions before the event, please send them to Laurel Zaima-Sheehy ([email protected])

Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

Education Now: How We Talk About Climate Change with Kids
March 8 | 3:00 PM
Anya Kamenetz, Senior Advisor, Aspen Institute, and Laura Schifter, Lecturer on Education, HGSE and Senior Fellow, Aspen Institute, will offer strategies for how adults can be thinking and talking about climate and how children's media landscape is reflecting climate issues and what we can learn from young people and their mobilization on this issue.... Read more about Education Now: How We Talk About Climate Change with Kids
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

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

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

What is Different About Climate Justice in South Asia? Caste, the Adivasi Question, and Climate Change in India
March 8 | 5:00 PM
CGIS South S153, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge & Zoom

The Mittal Institute invites you for a presentation by Ajmal Khan A.T, an interdisciplinary scholar of the environment, economic development, and climate change.... Read more about What is Different About Climate Justice in South Asia? Caste, the Adivasi Question, and Climate Change in India
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

[EI LIVE K-12] What was the Little Ice Age Climate Period
March 9 | 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
K-12 Education What was the Little Ice Age Climate Period from the 14th to 19th Centuries and Why Do We Care?

Before the 20th century, from about 1400 AD to 1900 AD, glaciers were larger and climate was much colder than present. This period is known as the Little Ice Age in Europe and North America, and studying it might help us learn about present climate changes.

Presenter: Mike Kaplan, Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Target Audience: Grades 9-12

This event is free but registration is required.

Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

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

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

New Climate Warming Findings from James Hansen - a Review
March 9 | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
James Hansen's current research finds compelling evidence that atmospheric carbon removal is absolutely essential - the newest climate models predict up to two times more global warming than currently estimated. Bruce Parker '69, SM '70, will overview Hansen's new paper and open a discussion for attendees.
Organization: MIT EESN
Source: MIT EESN

New Climate Warming Findings from James Hansen - a Review
March 10
James Hansen's current research finds compelling evidence that atmospheric carbon removal is absolutely essential - the newest climate models predict up to two times more global warming than currently estimated. Bruce Parker '69, SM '70, will overview Hansen's new paper and open a discussion for attendees.
Organization: MIT Energy, Environment and Sustainability Alumni
Source: MIT Alumni Forum

Nuclear and Particle Physics Colloquium (NPPC)
March 13 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Joaquin Drut From dilute to dense, one particle at a time: Calculating and re-summing the virial expansion of quantum gases. Abstract: Strongly...
Organization: MIT
Source: MIT

Monthly Hub Meeting - Alexandria
March 14 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

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

Webinar - The Demography of Sustainable Human Wellbeing
March 14 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

PERN’s cyberseminar on “The Demography of Sustainable Human Wellbeing” is taking place from 14-21 March 2022. In collaboration with the Wittgenstein Center of Demography and Human wellbeing, the seminar aims to vet a newly proposed indicator of human wellbeing “Years of Good Life” (counting only years of life above minimum levels of physical and mental health, income, and subjective life satisfaction) by Lutz and others (see PNAS article). This indicator has been designed to have the potential to serve as a widely accepted criterion for sustainable development once feed-backs form environmental change and other possible trends are factored in.

On the first day of the cyberseminar, Monday 14 March at 14:00 UTC (10 am Eastern Time / 15:00 CET), a 1.5 hour webinar will take place with various expert contributions to the topic of human well-being. Some of the panelists will include:

Partha Dasgupta, University of Cambridge Wolfgang Lutz, Wittgenstein Center of Demography and Human Capital Jeff Sachs, Columbia University David Smith, The University of the West Indies
We look forward to welcoming you and having a fruitful discussion.

Click here to access the Zoom meeting at the time of the webinar.

For more information on how to participate, please visit https://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/cyberseminars#instructions

Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

How Biohydrogen Can Help Fight Climate Change
March 15 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Hydrogen, particularly green hydrogen produced from water electrolysis using renewable electricity, has received the lion’s share of attention due to its essential role in helping the world reach net-zero emissions by 2050. By comparison, little attention has been paid to biohydrogen (Bio-H2), a type of hydrogen produced from organic waste streams (e.g., agricultural waste) that can potentially yield a carbon-removing (or climate-positive) fuel when coupled with efficient carbon capture and storage. This carbon-negative hydrogen can offer a solution for decarbonizing energy-intensive industrial processes such as iron and steel production. At present, however, the wide deployment of carbon-negative Bio-H2 still faces considerable obstacles.

Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs to discuss key findings from its latest report on hydrogen, The Potential Role of Biohydrogen in the Net-Zero World: The Production and Applications of Carbon-Negative Hydrogen. The report explores the current state of play for Bio-H2 and its potential contribution to decarbonization efforts by examining its production options, carbon footprint, cost, potential applications, and policy options.

Moderator:
Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA

Panelists:
Emanuele Bianco, Programme Officer, International Renewable Energy Agency Zhiyuan Fan, Ph.D. student and Research Associate, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA Doris Fujii, Head of Hydrogen and CCUS Analysis, bp Yushan Lou, Research Associate, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA
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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 Natalie Volk ([email protected]).

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

Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

Member event: Future Energy Systems Center VIRTUAL project updates
March 15

Organization: MIT Energy Initiative
Source: MIT Energy Initiative

EAPS Deeper Dive Talk - Abigail Bodner (NYU)
March 16 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Improving climate models while making the most of them This talk presents technical aspects of my work to improve the representation of unresolved...
Organization: MIT
Source: MIT

Monthly Hub Meeting - Fairfax
March 16 | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

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

Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast.
March 16 | 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/
Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast.
March 17 | 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.
Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

PSFC Seminar: C. Galloway
March 17 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Changing the Game for Inertial Fusion Energy. Conner Galloway, Xcimer Energy Corporation. T he National Ignition Facility achieved scientific breakeven in...
Organization: MIT
Source: MIT

MLK Scholars Presentation "Charged Times:...
March 21 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Synopsis: Batteries and similar electrochemical energy systems represent critical technologies in the fight against climate change by potentially...
Organization: MIT
Source: MIT

Online Seminar On Undergraduate Mathematics...
March 21 | 12:00 PM
Speaker: Marie MacDonald (Cornell University) Title: Establishing Sustainable Active Learning in Linear Algebra Abstract: The department of mathematics...
Organization: MIT
Source: MIT

Harvard-China Project Research Seminar
March 22 | 4:00 PM
Zoom & Pierce Hall Room 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Ernani Choma, Research Fellow in the Dept of Environmental Health, HSPH, will present "Source-Specific Mortality Attributable to PM2.5 - Implications for Emission Control in the US and the World."... Read more about Harvard-China Project Research Seminar
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

SEAS Seminar
March 22 | 12:00 PM
Zoom & Haller Hall (102), 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

"Toward Reliable Projections of Ocean Warming and Climate Change" with Laure Zanna, Courant Institute, NYU.... Read more about SEAS Seminar
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

Decarbonization Transformation in Chinese...
March 23 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Urban Science (11-6) and Sustainable Urbanization Lab (SUL) at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning are hosting a talk by Daizong Liu (???), China...
Organization: MIT
Source: MIT

MIT X TAU Series: Africa’s New Narratives
March 23 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The first webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa. Zoom webinar :: 12:00PM-1:00PM | Register at...
Organization: MIT
Source: MIT

Sustainable Finance CPA Information Session
March 23 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

The Earth Institute and the School of Professional Studies present an online information session on the CPA in Sustainable Finance. The Certification in Sustainable Finance is a 12-credit program that prepares students to meet the growing demand for professionals who understand and can integrate the fundamentals of both corporate sustainability and financial analysis. During the online information session, prospective students will have the opportunity to learn about the program and ask questions. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants the day before the event.

Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

Climate School Justice Talk: Practical Environmental Justice Policy
March 24 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Climate School Justice Talk: Practical Environmental Justice Policy: How New York State Pioneered 'Justice40'” with Rachel Patterson, Policy Lead at Evergreen Action

In partnership with the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES), the Climate School is pleased to organize talks featuring leaders and experts in environmental and climate justice, with the goal to cover a broad range of topics and perspectives. Join us on Thursday, March 24, 11am-12pm via Zoom to hear from Rachel Patterson, Policy Lead at Evergreen Action. Patterson's talk, “Practical Environmental Justice Policy: How New York State Pioneered 'Justice40', will dive into New York's role in developing the Biden Administration's Justice40 Initiative. These talks are targeted at Climate School students, but are open to all Columbia affiliates.

Rachel Patterson is a policy lead at Evergreen Action and has experience working on policy in the areas of climate, energy, clean transportation and environmental justice. Prior to joining Evergreen, she was the Legislative and Climate Associate at Environmental Advocates NY, where she supported policy development, analysis and research and engaged with state legislators and coalitions. Rachel also served as an Excelsior Fellow for NYSERDA and briefly as the Senior Briefer for the Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Rachel holds an MPA from Columbia University, and B.A.s in Public Policy and Environmental Science from Mills College. Rachel is currently pursuing a J.D. at Albany Law. She is also active in her community, currently serving on the Albany Community Policing Accountability Committee and is a member of the Albany Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Rachel also serves as an alumni member of Columbia's Environmental Science and Policy Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee.

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Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

FISH: Lizhi Xiao (China U. of Petroleum)
March 24 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Title: AI Applications to Geoenergy Discovery and CO2 SequestrationAbstract: Wellbores are critical for geoenergy exploration and production, and for making...
Organization: MIT
Source: MIT

Sustain What? Building a Fire-Safe America in a Changing Climate
March 24 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sustain What? Building a Fire-Safe America in a Changing Climate

Even as the United States grapples with the challenge of slowing global warming, Americans must also address the urgent need to shape more fire-safe communities across regions where human settlements have spread into fire-prone ecosystems and intensifying fires have increasingly, and devastatingly, been jumping from forests and grasslands into urban zones.

In this special Sustain What event, longtime climate journalist Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School explores solutions with Deanne Criswell, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Dr. Lori Moore Merrell, the U.S. Fire Administrator.

More:

Wildfire info: https://www.ready.gov/wildfires
U.S. Fire Administration: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/

One of Revkin's many articles on living with wildfire:

When Wildfire Comes to Town – Amid the Marshall Fire’s Urban Ashes, Hints of a Less Combustible Future: https://j.mp/urbanwildfirerisk

To view event please click https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/building-a-fire-safe-america-in-a-changing-climate#

Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

Between Drought and Drowning: Lessons from the Maldives, Pakistan, and Sudan
March 27 | 4:00 PM
Zoom & Emerson 104, 25 Quincy St., Cambridge

Erum Sattar, Former Program Director, MS in Sustainable Water Management and Water Diplomacy Track Leader, Tufts University, will speak as part of the Series on Climate Change and Muslim Societies.
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

Financing the Future: Investors and the Climate Crisis
March 27 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

Teaching Climate Change Education in Schools of Education
March 28 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sustain What? Teaching Climate Change Education in Schools of Education

To view event, please click https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/teaching-climate-change-education-in-schools-of-education

Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

Sack Lunch Seminar (SLS) - Gianluca Meneghello...
March 29 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Abstract: The Arctic Ocean is one of the fastest changing and least understood environments on the planet. It is also a crucial element of the global climate...
Organization: MIT
Source: MIT

Book Club: The End of the World Is Just the Beginning
March 30-31 | 11:00 PM
Join fellow MIT alumni for a virtual discussion of the book, The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan. Billions of people have been fed and educated as the American-led trade system spread across the globe. But now, America has lost interest in keeping it going. Geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan maps out the next world: a world where countries or regions will have no choice but to make their own goods, grow their own food, secure their own energy, fight their own battles, and do it all with populations that are both shrinking and aging. Zeihan brings readers along for an illuminating (and a bit terrifying) ride.
Organization: Club of Boston
Source: MIT Alumni Forum

Key Building Blocks for a Sustainable AI Solution
March 30-31 | 11:30 PM
Club of Rhode Island pmeyrial@gmail.com
Organization: MIT Alumni Forum
Source: MIT Alumni Forum

LEAP Spring'23 Lecture in Climate Data Science: ROSE YU (UCSD)
March 30 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

LEAP Spring'23 Lecture in Climate Data Science: ROSE YU (UCSD)

Title: "Physics-Guided Deep Learning for Climate Dynamics"

Thursday, Mar. 30, 2023

3:30 - 5:00 pm (EST)

In-person @ The Innovation Hub + via Zoom

Registration

Organization: Columbia
Source: Columbia

Member event: Future Energy Systems Center VIRTUAL project updates
March 30

Organization: MIT Energy Initiative
Source: MIT Energy Initiative

Key Building Blocks for a Sustainable AI Solution
March 30-31 | 11:30 PM
Club of Rhode Island pmeyrial@gmail.com
Organization: MIT Alumni Forum
Source: MIT Alumni Forum

What Controls the Transit Time of Carbon in Ecosystems?
March 31 | 11:00 AM
Zoom & Harvard Forest Fisher Museum, 324 N. Main St., Petersham

The Harvard Forest and the Harvard University Center for the Environment present the second of two Inaugural Charles Bullard Lectures featuring Susan Trumbore, Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry & Professor of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine.... Read more about What Controls the Transit Time of Carbon in Ecosystems?
Organization: Harvard
Source: Harvard

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March 27 \| 4:00 PM Between Drought and Drowning: Lessons from the Maldives, Pakistan, and Sudan Zoom & Emerson 104, 25 Quincy St., Cambridge Erum Sattar, Former Program Director, MS in Sustainable Water Management and Water Diplomacy Track Leader, Tufts University, will speak as part of the S ... Organization: Harvard	March 27 \| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Financing the Future: Investors and the Climate Crisis Register here The consequences of our changing climate are exacting devastating and expensive damage to societies around the world. Decarbonizing our society is necessary and urgent. To get there ... Organization: Columbia	March 28 \| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Teaching Climate Change Education in Schools of Education Sustain What? Teaching Climate Change Education in Schools of Education One path to boosting students’ capacity to understand climate change and climate choices emerges through improving cli ... Organization: Columbia
March 29 \| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sack Lunch Seminar (SLS) - Gianluca Meneghello... Abstract: The Arctic Ocean is one of the fastest changing and least understood environments on the planet. It is also a crucial element of the global climate... Organization: MIT	March 30-31 \| 11:00 PM Book Club: The End of the World Is Just the Beginning Join fellow MIT alumni for a virtual discussion of the book, The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan. Billions of people have been fed and edu ... Organization: Club of Boston Source: MIT Alumni Forum	March 30-31 \| 11:30 PM Key Building Blocks for a Sustainable AI Solution Club of Rhode Island pmeyrial@gmail.com Organization: MIT Alumni Forum
March 30 \| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM LEAP Spring'23 Lecture in Climate Data Science: ROSE YU (UCSD) LEAP Spring'23 Lecture in Climate Data Science: ROSE YU (UCSD) Title: "Physics-Guided Deep Learning for Climate Dynamics" Thursday, Mar. 30, 2023 3:30 - 5:00 pm (EST) In-person @ The I ... Organization: Columbia	March 30 Member event: Future Energy Systems Center VIRTUAL project updates Organization: MIT Energy Initiative	March 31 \| 11:00 AM What Controls the Transit Time of Carbon in Ecosystems? Zoom & Harvard Forest Fisher Museum, 324 N. Main St., Petersham The Harvard Forest and the Harvard University Center for the Environment present the second of two Inaugural Charles Bullard Lectures ... Organization: Harvard
April 4 Member event: Future Energy Systems Center VIRTUAL project updates Organization: MIT Energy Initiative	April 5 \| 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Monthly Hub Meeting - Arlington Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions	April 5 \| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sack Lunch Seminar (SLS) - Xin Sun (Carnegie... About this Series: The Atmospheres, Ocean and Climate Sack Lunch Seminar Series is an informal seminar series within PAOC that focuses on more specialized... Organization: MIT
April 6 \| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Governing the Climate? The Paris Agreement at Work It has been more than six years since COP 21 was held in Paris in December 2015. We’re now able to take a step back, take stock, and ask some important questions about the Paris process: How can very ... Organization: Columbia	April 6 \| 0:00 AM - 1:00 PM MIT X TAU Series: Africa’s Next Startups The second webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa. Zoom webinar :: 12:00PM-1:00PM \| Register at... Organization: MIT	April 6 \| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy webinar series: Reliability, energy markets, and the clean energy transition Organization: MIT Energy Initiative
April 6 \| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy webinar series:... Climate change is creating new, unforeseen challenges to maintaining reliability for utility customers across the nation. From ice storms to heat domes,... Organization: MIT	April 7 \| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Visions of Future: Art & Storytelling to Confront Climate Anxiety Visions of The Future: Using Art and Storytelling to Confront Climate Anxiety [formerly "Climate Doom and Eco-Anxiety"] This will be a Q&A panel event with four panelists working on climate ch ... Organization: Columbia	April 9 \| 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM Key Building Blocks for a Sustainable AI Solution Club of Rhode Island pmeyrial@gmail.com Organization: MIT Alumni Forum
April 11 \| 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Monthly Hub Meeting - Alexandria Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions	April 12 \| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Climate LIVE K12: Climate Mobility Climate LIVE K12: Everything You Wanted to Know About Climate Mobility But Were Afraid to Ask Climate LIVE K12 (formerly EI LIVE K12) is dedicated to bringing the science of sustainability to K12 ... Organization: Columbia	April 12 \| 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Monthly Hub Meeting - Arlington Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions
April 12 \| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sack Lunch Seminar (SLS) - Duo Chan (WHOI) About this Series: The Atmospheres, Ocean and Climate Sack Lunch Seminar Series is an informal seminar series within PAOC that focuses on more specialized... Organization: MIT	April 13 \| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Climate and the Classroom: Unlocking the... Surveys show that teachers, students and the American public at large all agree that climate change should be taught in schools. Yet only a minority of... Organization: MIT	April 13 \| 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Monthly Hub Meeting - Fairfax Organization: Faith Alliance For Climate Solutions
April 14 \| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Compensation for a Just Energy Transition to a Zero-Carbon World Registration is free but required. Please register here. (You will automatically receive a Zoom link to join the event upon registration). Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial lev ... Organization: Columbia	April 15 \| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Can Congress Get Beyond Posturing as Energy and Climate Crises... Sustain What? Can Congress Get Beyond Posturing as Energy and Climate Crises Collide? Join host Andy Revkin of the Columbia Climate School and Bulletin journalists Antonio Mora and Nina Igna ... Organization: Columbia	April 15 \| 1:00 PM Environmental Justice Summit Keynote Webcast: Leah Thomas Building upon the past 12 Columbia Climate Conversations focused on climate and social justice, the Environmental Justice Summit event invites individuals to learn more about representation and inclus ... Organization: Columbia
April 19 \| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sack Lunch Seminar (SLS) - Minmin Fu (Yale... About this Series: The Atmospheres, Ocean and Climate Sack Lunch Seminar Series is an informal seminar series within PAOC that focuses on more specialized... Organization: MIT	April 20 \| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Earth Day with MIT Prof. Susan Solomon Please join us in celebration of Earth Day with a presentation by Prof. Susan Solomon of MIT, the chemist who established chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as the cause of ozone depletion and the 'ozone hole ... Organization: MIT Club of Wash. DC	April 20 \| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM MIT X TAU Series: Africa’s New Development Models The third webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa. Zoom webinar :: 12:00PM-1:00PM \| Register at... Organization: MIT

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