This September, faculty, staff, students and alumni from the Duke community will join thousands of leaders from business, government, and civil society for Climate Week NYC. Billed as “the largest annual climate event of its kind,” Climate Week NYC comprises hundreds of official and unofficial events each year, all geared toward spurring and accelerating climate action at every level of society.

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. This event is organized by Duke University and will be presented on the Main Stage of the Nest Climate Campus during Climate Week NYC.

All Duke students (including those seeking undergraduate, masters, professional, and doctoral degrees) are invited to attend an information session about a unique Duke practicum course that examines the negotiation of international climate change agreements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Communities across the world are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks like floods and droughts—how will the future of climate change be impacted by funding public and private investments into the sustainable infrastructure required to mitigate climate crises in the future?

Join Duke in DC for a discussion with a panel of Duke University experts to talk about what we mean when we say climate finance, the work already being done in the public and private sectors and how crucial incentivizing investment at the policy-making level will be to the future of planet earth.

Interested in applying for the UNFCCC Climate Change Negotiations Practicum next fall? Register to join this dynamic conversation with Duke students and experts, including Jackson Ewing and Ashley Ward, who attended COP28. Lunch will be provided.

***This lunch is for current Duke students only.***

How can Asia position itself and play a crucial role in global efforts to combat climate change? What opportunities exist for multilateral collaboration among Asian nations? Join Asia Society Seattle on Tues., Feb. 13 for a virtual, in-depth discussion with seasoned climate experts Shuo Li (Asia Society Policy Institute) and Jackson Ewing (Nicholas Institute).

Join the Office for Research & Innovation for a week of exciting events, panels, and showcases to celebrate the past, present, and future of research and innovation at Duke. The full week's programming is open to the entire Duke community and registration is required for the Duke Centennial Research & Innovation Week sessions. On Thursday, February 1 (10:30-11:30 a.m.), a panel on climate solutions will feature insights from Nicholas Institute experts Jackson Ewing and Lydia Olander.

Hear about key findings from a recent Energy Pathways USA report that models the intersecting effects of the Inflation Reduction Act, clean electricity development cost increases, and the impacts of proposed US Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas regulations for fossil fuels.

*** This event is now full, but you can sign up for the waitlist.***

Big fan of clean energy? Join us to explore policy's role in changing the global energy system at home and abroad. Nicholas Institute director of energy and climate policy Jackson Ewing will moderate this power up session. Nicholas Institute experts Elizabeth Losos and Liilnna Teji will also speak.

The Duke Center on Risk invites scholars across Duke to take part in the sixth in the series of conversations on risk. Several Duke researchers will each give very short "lightning talks" about challenging issues of climate risk in their fields, how they are addressing these issues, and the kinds of collaborations they would welcome. The Nicholas Institute's Brian Murray and Jackson Ewing are among those to speak.

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.

This Energy Pathways USA panel held at COP27 brought together top U.S. private sector leaders to discuss key net-zero challenges and opportunities for their own operations, and those effecting the broader American and international landscape.

Register now to join a book discussion on Zoom with Scott M. Moore, author of China’s Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology Are Reshaping China’s Rise and the World’s Future (Oxford University Press, 2022).

Duke students, are you interested in energy but don’t know where to start? Duke University’s Power Up series will introduce you to current issues and trends in this rapidly evolving sector.

The third seminar in the Gilman Climate Leaders Seminar Series will feature an engaged panel discussion among Junjie Zhang, Sustainability Chair for the Schwartzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University with faculty appointments at Duke and Duke Kunshan Universities; Fan Dai, Executive Director, California-China Climate Institute at University of California, Berkeley; and Jackson Ewing (moderator), Senior Fellow at the Duke University Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. The panel will explore China’s efforts to reach its carbon peaking (2030) and carbon-neutrality (2060) goals, U.S. climate efforts to drive economy-wide decarbonization, and the ways the two countries cooperate and compete on global climate change issues.

Join APSI and DUCIGS for a China Town Hall on Tuesday, October 19th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). The first part of the event will consist of a virtual "watch party" for a keynote address from the National Committee on US-China Relations featuring renowned author, journalist and political commentator, Fareed Zakaria, for a discussion of how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities, towns, and communities. From supply chains to national security, new technologies to climate change, the future of both countries will be determined by their relations with one another and the global community.

Jackson Ewing, Senior Fellow, will present "The Great Infrastructure Game: Why Asia, Europe and America are Competing to Build in the Developing World and What It Means for the Global Climate."

Earlier this month, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report outlining its findings on the human impact on the world's climate. The results were not promising. Global temperatures have continued to rise and with it, the world has been witnessing more extreme weather patterns as climate systems are altered. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the report "a code red for humanity." Already, over half of the world's countries are participating in the Net Zero Coalition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.