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Sixty Minutes with Henrik Hololei, Dire...
Join George Washington University and the Security and Sustainability Forum for the sixth webinar in the Leadership in Our Time webinar series. Henrik Hololei will be interviewed by Atlantic Council Senior Fellow, Ambassador András Simonyi. Henrik Hololei is the Director-General for Mobility and Transport at the European Commission. REGISTER AT https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3981915858057252877
April 23, 2021
Organizer: SSF
Location: Webcast
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Purchasing Power: How Government Can Le...
Does the public sector hold the key to a low-carbon economy? U.S. government purchases account for nearly one-quarter of the U.S. GDP. State and local governments account for billions of dollars more. By favoring low-carbon choices in buildings, vehicles, energy, and other purchases, the public sector can lead the way to achieve a low-carbon economy and our Paris Climate Agreement goals. Through sheer volume, governments have the power to radi...
April 22, 2021
Organizer: SSF
Location: Webcast
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Information, Data, and Tools to Support...
COVID inoculation rates in U.S. minority communities are dismal, hovering around 8%. They are currently eight times higher in white communities. Studies show that causes include misinformation about vaccine effectiveness and safety, lack of trust in government institutions and drug companies, the digital divide, language barriers, inaccessibility of vaccination sites, deportation fears by undocumented immigrants, identifying and reaching under...
April 16, 2021
Organizer: SSF
Location: Webcast
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Vaccine Manufacturing 101
Fortunately, COVID vaccines have been developed at a record pace. How has that been done, were any testing corners cut, safety standards violated and vaccines rushed into the public domain? In the second Public Health webinar in the series with the American Public Health Association, the Milken Institute, MDB and SSF, will convene vaccine research, manufacturing, and regulatory experts to answer these questions and provide you with important i...
April 1, 2021
Organizer: SSF
Location: Webcast
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Turning Random Acts of Greenness into C...
Join me, Jimmy Jia and Joseph Fiksel from the George Washington University’s Environmental and Energy Management Institute in a sixty-minute discussion about turning random acts of responsible corporate action into a coherent program to reduce energy usage, improve corporate operations, meet social responsibility goals and apply systems thinking to embrace change and thrive in a turbulent world.
February 27, 2020
Organizer: SSF
Location: Webcast
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Webinar - Energy Justice and Solving Cl...
We live today in an uneven world, defined significantly by energy injustice. Moving from here to the Paris climate goals will require a ten-year, global transition towards clean energy. How can we create a just energy system in the transition? Join the Security and Sustainability Forum and Bard College in a sixty-minute session about how innovative city and state policy will be critical to ensure justice in the economic transformation needed...
January 29, 2020
Organizer: SSF
Location: Webcast
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60 minutes with Joseph Fiksel – Enterpr...
World Economic Forum’s (WEF) “Global Risks Report” identifies and analyzes a broad range of risk factors that may impact global economic development, ranging from climate change to technological failures to political unrest. Any of these risks alone would be challenging to cope with, but when they occur simultaneously and interact with one another the challenges can seem overwhelming. In a highly networked world risk managem...
January 21, 2020
Organizer: SSF
Location: Webcast
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21st Century Geopolitics of Energy One...
Receive a GWU Professional Education Certificate Evaluating, forecasting, and positioning for financial and diplomatic opportunities, conflicts, and environmental implications in the 21st Century requires an understanding of the current geopolitics of energy and the risks, vulnerabilities and possibilities posed by shifts in energy markets and political pressures. The current struggle among Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States is one clear...
November 18, 2019
Organizer: SSF
Location: Washington, DC
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How do Policy-Makers Access and Use Evi...
Science is foundational to life and the planet as we know it. Policymakers understand this, as do scientists. However the boundary-spanning between policymakers and scientists does not come naturally. Given the current vulnerabilities faced by places, people, ecosystems, and markets, it is essential to create more opportunities for policymakers and scientists to work effectively together. The dynamic tension created by the “pull” o...
November 13, 2019
Organizer: SSF
Location: Webcast
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Sacred Rivers Carbon Project: Rivers as...
The Sacred Rivers Carbon Project utilizes Hivemind’s cutting edge mycelium technology, to create carbon banks within critical watersheds throughout Southeast Asia. These sites can help reverse catastrophic climate change and also prevent habitat and biodiversity loss, clean up air and water pollution, and provide local economic development that create jobs and can empower women. The projects will be sustained and scaled through the sale...
November 7, 2019
Organizer: SSF
Location: Webcast
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