Events - Environmental Markets
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International Finance for Clean Energy and Low-Carbon Development
About the sixth seminar in the Gilman Climate Leaders Seminar Series: Alongside government-led conversations on climate change mitigation and adaptation policies, governmental and private financial institutions are working to invest in the scaling up and dissemination of technologies that will help achieve these goals – and could drive up political ambition if technology outpaces projections. Our food, water, and agricultural systems, among others, will depend on the success of these parallel strategies. This seminar will feature a lively conversation between two international finance experts: Billy Pizer, an environmental economist at Resources for the Future who also served at Treasury as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy; and Jonathan Phillips, Director of the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project at Duke and former Senior Advisor at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
The Business of Reaching Net-Zero Emissions in Asia
Actions from regional and international business communities are essential to meeting Asia’s nascent net-zero carbon emissions goals. With China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea all committing to carbon neutrality by mid-century, and pressure building for developing Asian countries to put forth more ambitious emissions reduction strategies, the region is entering a new era of climate change action.
Blue Carbon Mapping and Inventorying
Panelists from the US Climate Alliance, the World Resources Institute, and Duke University will discuss their efforts to include blue carbon as part of greenhouse gas inventories and resource maps.
Moving Markets on Climate
Amy Pickle, director of the State Policy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will speak at the Making Markets, Moving Markets Conference at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business Thursday, January 12. Pickle will speak during the Moving Markets on Climate panel session.
For more information, visit the conference website. Follow the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #EDGE17.
On Markets, Morals, and Climate Change
The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions' Jonas Monast and Brian Murray will be among the speakers at a panel on "On Markets, Morals, and Climate Change" at the Law & Markets Symposium on May 6.
The Power of Markets and the Future of Our Planet
Come hear five Duke MEM/MBA students who placed first in the Yale Responsible Investing Case Competition and second in the Business for a Better World Case Competition at the World Economic Forum introduce concepts and theories that are driving interest in the field of sustainable investing, March 30 from 4-5 p.m. The students will demonstrate how sustainable investment ideas are being put into practice and discuss how this connects to efforts such as the divestment initiative and management of the Duke endowment.
A reception will follow the discussion.
Building and Connecting Subnational and Regional Markets
The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the Climate Action Reserve will co-sponsor an official side event at the climate talks in Paris 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on December 8.
Leadership in a Time of Rapid Change: Envisioning Solutions to Environmental Challenges
The Nicholas Institute will host a day-long forum—convened in honor of its tenth anniversary—to assess how we can harness big data, cutting-edge technologies, and adaptation research to create science-based, interdisciplinary approaches attuned to the accelerating and dynamic change in the world.
Sustainable Bioenergy Markets: Financially & Environmentally
Forests in the southeastern United States are expected to be a large supplier to European Union (EU) wood pellet markets. As a Sustainable Bioenergy Markets panelist at North Carolina's 2015 State Energy Conference, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions senior policy associate Christopher Galik will discuss how participation in those markets will affect forest inventories and carbon stores and whether EU sustainability guidelines for pellets can be met.
From the Ground Up: Building Environmental Markets Without Federal Regulatory Drivers
The event will focus on transferable lessons from the success of water quality trading programs, relative to other ecosystem service markets, in the absence of federal regulatory drivers.
John Tynan: From Forests to Faucets Through Clean Water Markets
John Tynan, MEM, will speak on “From Forests to Faucets Through Clean Water Markets” at 4 pm on Wed, April 11 in A158 Levine Science Research Center @ Duke (www.parking.duke.edu).
Seminar Series: Bill Holman & Lydia Olander
Join the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the UPEP Environmental Institution fall 2011 seminar series featuring leading experts discussing a variety of pressing environmentally focused topics.