Alix Peterson Zwane is executive in residence with the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project at Duke University at the Nicholas Institute. All current Duke students are invited to attend. Seating is limited and lunch will be provided.

This Reunion Weekend 2024, register to attend this hybrid event from the Duke Alumni Forever Learning Institute's Energy Transformation series in-person at Reynolds Theater or virtually via Zoom. In this penultimate session, Duke experts will discuss the interconnected nature of climate and human development policies and goals. Jonathan Phillips, director of the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project, is among the featured guest speakers for this session.

Are you a Duke alum in the DC area with an interest in energy access and advancing a just energy transition in emerging economies? Come exchange insights and make new connections with other professionals and Duke students during this networking session. Snacks and drinks will be served!

All current Duke students are invited to attend lunch with Andrea Johnson, executive director at Green Empowerment. Registration is limited, so make sure to save your seat.

This event is presented by the James E. Rogers Access Project and Global Energy Access Network (GLEAN) at Duke University.

Decarbonizing the electric power system and electrifying transportation, cooking, heating, and other energy uses will require massive infrastructure development. Reducing carbon dioxide emissions will lower the chances of catastrophic climate change, reduce air pollution, and create other valuable co-benefits. But, at the same time, this transition will require significant land-use changes with the potential to disrupt numerous landscapes, ecosystems, and ways of thinking and living.

Duke students are invited to join an in-person session with Omer Bomba Mohammed, Managing Partner at Veritas Consulting. Discuss innovative solutions that are making a difference in the battle against energy poverty. This event is presented by the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project and Global Energy Access Network (GLEAN) at Duke University.

*** This event is now full, but you can sign up for the waitlist. In addition, you can register to network with symposium attendees at an Energy Mix on Oct. 26 at 4:30 p.m. ET. ***

This single-track, in-person event will explore leading approaches to how data science tools, including artificial intelligence, can help us make energy systems more accessible, affordable, reliable, and environmentally sustainable.

Students, staff, and faculty, are you interested in energy access? Join the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project to explore the exciting world of energy access work at Duke! Discover how you can get involved and make an impact, gain insights, network, and learn about opportunities in the field.

Featuring presentations from students who worked on access-related projects last summer, including some from the Energy Internship Program.

Research and policy workshop on energy access, climate policy, and economic development in the Global South. Organized by the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI), an international network that includes experts from the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project (EAP) at Duke.

Duke University's Rethinking Diplomacy Program is hosting a timely discussion on climate diplomacy with Ambassador Robert O. Blake, former senior advisor to US envoy for climate change John Kerry. This webinar is organized in collaboration with Duke's Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability; James E. Rogers Energy Access Project; and Sanford School of Public Policy.

In this session for Climate Week NYC 2022, Rahel Deribe Bekele (Sanford School of Public Policy and James E. Rogers Energy Access Project) will join fellow global experts to explore how climate-resilient agriculture can help to scale up adaptation.

Venture and private equity investors are pouring money into climate tech startups and large-scale renewable energy projects. Where capital is not flowing: emerging markets, low-income communities and projects aimed at climate adaptation and climate justice. Join ImpactAlpha and special guests to explore the new Climate Finance Tracker and effective strategies for bridging the gaps.

What are the right measurements to capture the co-benefits and impacts of clean cooking? How do we get that data in front of the right people to leverage investment? This interactive session will bring together multiple initiatives currently improving how we measure impact and build data streams for cross-sector knowledge sharing and new financing options
 
Lead Organizers: Nexleaf Analytics, Duke University

Rural households in low- and middle-income countries working in the agriculture sector feed much of the world, bear little responsibility for driving climate change, and are being disproportionately impacted by climate-related shocks. Climate finance represents a critical opportunity to bring investment and innovations to agricultural settings to improve resilience and low-carbon development.

Duke students are invited to join a lunch with Riccardo Ridolfi, CEO & co-founder of Equatorial Power and board director at African utility Umeme.

The second seminar in the Gilman Climate Leaders Seminar Series will kick off with reflections by Eric Ndayaho Mvukiyehe (Duke University), a political science professor with deep experience in development and gender issues from his tenure at the World Bank. He will then be joined by Victoria Plutshack (Duke University), who works on energy access and decarbonized, off-grid energy systems in Africa. The two will hold an engaging conversation about tackling climate change and electrification, embedded within this varied, complex context—and explore the role of women-centered solutions in meeting development, political stability and climate goals on the African continent.

Jonathan Phillips, director of the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project at Duke, will share insights on how climate change is impacting investment in energy systems in low- and middle-income countries and what it means for economic development. Participants will explore how climate finance is being mobilized to support climate mitigation and adaptation goals, get to know key institutional actors, and learn about ramifications for policy.

During a session at COP26, Jonathan Phillips will moderate a discussion with top off-grid sector experts and players exploring the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on provision of decentralized clean energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Global South more broadly.