While the latest climate negotiations held in Madrid (COP-25) were widely panned as a “lost opportunity” and one of the worst outcomes in the history of the multilateral process, there were a few bright spots of optimism for the role of cities, regions, companies and...
November saw the launch of the inaugural Open Climate Collabathon, a decentralized and open-source eco-hackathon organized by Yale OpenLab and hosted by partner institutions, or nodes, all around the world. Featuring 8 nodes, 21 prompts, and 350 participants, the...
COP-23 negotiations in Bonn, Germany China’s message to the world at the latest UN climate talks was clear: its climate and emission goals would be honored, with or without the United States. But does that make China the new global leader in climate action? After the...
Representatives from 195 nations and roughly 20,000 delegates from across the world gathered over a fortnight in Bonn, Germany for the 23rd annual Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-23), the next step for...
Last week, a group of over 45,000 attendees and representatives from 143 countries and 500 cities[1] participated in the adoption of the New Urban Agenda (the Agenda) at the UN-Habitat III conference in Quito. The Agenda includes a vision of sustainable urbanism,...
Above: Kai and F&ES classmate Andrew Moffat at the Renewable Energy Industries Forum 2015 in Washington, D.C. Hailing from Harbin (哈尔滨市), the capital of China’s Heilongjiang (黑龙江) province – known as the “Ice City” for its extremely cold winters – Xu Kaiyang (Kai)...
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