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September 10, 2024
Duke Experts Join Climate Week NYC to Accelerate Action
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
At Climate Week NYC (September 22-29, 2024), influential leaders from multiple sectors will exchange ideas and collaborate on plans to accelerate climate action. A delegation of Duke University scholars will help drive dialogue at this annual convening, which drew more than 6,500 attendees last year.
In addition to organizing and speaking at public events, Duke University experts will be facilitating closed-door conversations and networking with decision-makers and with current and potential external partners.
Attending Climate Week NYC? Don't miss these events:
Nitrous Oxide: Science and Governance of a Forgotten Super Pollutant
When: Wednesday, September 25, 6-7:30 p.m., followed by reception from 7:30-9 p.m.
Where: Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science, 31 Washington Place
Who: Organizers include New York University, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
What: Nitrous oxide is the third most important greenhouse gas and the most abundantly emitted ozone depleting substance. It has been ignored in environmental policy discussions for decades despite being identified as an ozone depleting substance prior to CFCs and included as one of six greenhouse gases under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This event, where speakers include Drew Shindell (Nicholas School of the Environment), offers a first look at an upcoming global nitrous oxide assessment from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition. It highlights the threats of rising nitrous oxide emissions and the multiple benefits from ambitious action. The event will will also spotlight experts from academia, civil society and government to give an overview of current US policy efforts on nitrous oxide across industrial and agricultural sectors, and outline opportunities for international action under the ozone and climate conventions.
Breakfast Briefing: The Science of Risk
When: Thursday, September 26, 8:30-10 a.m.
Where: 101 Astor Place
Who: Sponsored by Marsh McLennan, National African American Insurance Association New York Tri-State, the Center for Innovation in Risk analysis for Climate Adaptation and Decision-making, the University of Georgia and Duke University, this briefing brings together leaders in the climate risk community and members of the New York risk communities.
What: A breakfast session in the Every Week is Climate Week Briefing Series, this event will feature the findings of a recent 100+ person summit that brought together insurers, academics, regulators and others to forge a common climate research agenda. Leading researchers from Duke University and the University of Georgia will outline the consensus priority topics identified and seek audience input on how to refine them further. Don't miss this opportunity to literally shape the industry’s climate agenda.
Duke speakers include Mark Borsuk (Pratt School of Engineering and RESILE), Lydia Olander (Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability) and Mercy Berman DeMenno (RESILE).
Register for this session or the whole series.
How Can Energy Transitions Balance Growth, Decarbonization, and Human Development?
When: Thursday, September 26, 1:25-2:10 p.m.
Where: Nest Climate Campus Main Stage, Javits Center
Who: The Nest Climate Campus brings together over 6,100 climate professionals implementing actionable climate solutions, to share knowledge and connect on strategies that address the urgent challenges of climate change.
What: As climate change intensifies, many low- and middle-income countries face a precarious balancing act between addressing urgent climate adaptation and development needs and pursuing clean energy transitions. While these two objectives can be complementary, they also create challenging choices around meeting human development imperatives and decommissioning or avoiding fossil development. This panel will unpack these choices, and present energy transition strategies that put human flourishing at the center.
Jackson Ewing (Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Duke University) will moderate the panel, which will include Stephanie von Friedeburg (CITI Bank), Stefano Marguccio (SEforALL), and Alix Peterson Zwane (James E. Rogers Energy Access Project, Duke University).
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Scaling Debt-for-Nature Swaps to Tackle Debt, Climate, and Biodiversity
When: Friday, September 27, 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Where: Bloomberg, 731 Lexington Avenue
Who: Sponsored by Duke University and hosted by Bloomberg, this event will bring together professionals working in climate finance, international development and conservation and those interested in deploying financial tools that accomplish goals related to climate and biodiversity at national levels.
What: Can the recently revitalized debt-for-nature swaps meaningfully address the triple crises of debt, climate and biodiversity? Join us for coffee and a light breakfast, followed by a one-hour panel discussion examining opportunities and obstacles involved in maximizing the potential of these swaps. Speakers will draw on evidence from the long history of debt-for-nature swaps as well as more ambitious recent examples. The panel will consider how to achieve the greatest impact with next-generation swaps, considering topics such as national-level scaling, performance-based targets and sovereignty concerns. Afterward, connect with speakers and attendees at a networking reception.
Elizabeth Losos (Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Duke University) will moderate the panel, which will include Dana Barsky (Standard Chartered Bank), Kevin Bender (The Nature Conservancy), Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (Global Environment Facility) (virtual), and Anmol Vanamali (U.S. International Development Finance Corporation).
Register by September 23, Noon EST
