(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - April 2023 [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-01 These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade (what I did and why I did it at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html) until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s (https://theworld.com/~gmoke/AList.index.html). A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn’t already been done. If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact. Thanks for reading, Solar IS Civil Defense, George Mokray gmoke@world.std.com http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com - notes on lectures and books http://solarray.blogspot.com - renewable energy and efficiency - zero net energy links list http://cityag.blogspot.com - city agriculture links list http://geometrylinks.blogspot.com - geometry links list http://hubevents.blogspot.com - Energy (and Other) Events http://www.dailykos.com/user/gmoke/history - articles, ideas, and screeds ——— Index ——— Monday, April 3 The Future We Want: What have we learned since Rio+20? Monday, April 3 9am EDT [3:00 PM in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna] Online RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RI6C8etSRlOWrWJ2_t2X_g?timezone_id=Europe%2FBerlin In this tenth year since the Rio+20 “Future We Want” was adopted, this webinar will explore ways the 2012 outcome laid the foundations and still advances the objectives the SDG Summit will seek to reinforce. Social cost of carbon: What it is, why it matters, and why the Biden administration seeks to raise it Monday, April 3 11:00 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Falk auditorium, Washington, DC and Online RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/social-cost-of-carbon-what-it-is-why-it-matters-and-why-the-biden-administration-seeks-to-raise-it/ A pragmatists' guide to machine learning for Earth observation imagery Monday, April 3 11:15am to 12:15pm Harvard, SEC LL2.224, 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA More information at https://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/event/valerie-pasquarella-harvard-forest-and-google Energy Policy Seminar: Hélène Benveniste on "Climate Mobilities: Empirical Evidence & International Policy Responses" Monday, April 3 12:00pm - 1:15pm Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ywq0WyQ5TRuFYvX1nx9IjQ Innovations in Long-Term Care Convening Monday, April 3 12:30pm to 8:00pm MIT, Samberg Conference Center, 6th Floor, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8L8249ue4RwmQjckfrVhyBEdsbMmXYY7vOVRlSIvvYtaQUw/viewform Beginning to End the Climate Crisis: A Discussion with Climate Activists Monday, April 3 3:00PM - 4:00PM EDT Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 S 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA and Online RSVP at https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/events/beginning-to-end-the-climate-crisis-a-discussion-with-climate-activists/ Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet Monday, April 3 6:00 PM ET Online RSVP at https://www.harvard.com/event/virtual_event_john_reid/ Free: $5 suggested donation Pre-Release Screening & Discussion: NUCLEAR NOW! Monday, April 3 6:30 – 9 p.m. Harvard, Science Center Lecture Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge RSVP at https://environment.harvard.edu/event/nuclear-now Tuesday, April 4 Nature-Positive Solutions for Climate Resilience Tuesday April 4 9:00am EDT [1:00 p.m. GMT] Online RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MXGBcOukTmyFrP6rpFBmVw Methane vs. CO2 in climate policy: The problem with global warming potentials Tuesday, April 4 10:00am to 11:00am EDT MIT, Building 54-915, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA Stream at https://mit.zoom.us/j/94965503582#success Music in a Burning World Tuesday, April 4 4 PM ET Harvard, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA and Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Revg0KwEQ2S-nYTWii_uQw What Would Be A Just Energy Transition Tuesday, April 4 4:00 PM EDT Faculty House, Garden Room 2,64 Morningside Dr., New York, NY and Online RSVP at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SWDebEFlTgW6gvRnYxOtUw Wednesday, April 5 Tilting on its Axis: How to Steady a Climate-Threatened World Wednesday, April 5 12 PM ET Penn Arts & Sciences, Weitzman School of Design, Perry World House and Online RSVP at https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/s/1587/gid2/16/interior.aspx?sid=1587&gid=2&pgid=39981&cid=83335&ecid=83335&crid=0&calpgid=36358&calcid=83330 Reiki, Energy Medicine, and Post-Materialism: A Conversation with Research Scientist Dr. Natalie Dyer (T&T Gnoseologies Series) Wednesday, April 5 1 – 2 p.m. Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/3116760490511/WN_z4Rjw88jQH6vfgPXez5ZnA The EU’s Energy Policy after Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Wednesday, April 5 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm BU, Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road, Boston, MA RSVP at https://www.bu.edu/european/2023/02/20/the-eus-energy-policy-after-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-04-05-23/ Inner Asia in the Anthropocene: Towards a Global Environmental History Wednesday, April 5 1:15pm ET Harvard, CGIS-S250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA and Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrc-ipqTgpHND68s6OAXnzOfbllUvfsup2 "Pleistocene Park" Documentary Film Screening and Panel Wednesday, April 5 7 – 9:30 p.m. Harvard, Carpenter Center Theater, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge Thursday, April 6 The Multiple Impacts of Energy Efficiency: Social Indicators Thursday, April 6 7:30 am EDT [1:30 PM in Brussels] Online RSVP at https://copperalliance.zoom.us/webinar/register/6716770939743/WN_3QEqUxOKQ-S8Jp_7i_xy9A U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy webinar series: Reliability, energy markets, and the clean energy transition Thursday, April 6 1:00pm to 2:00pm Online RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hLJwmOIMQmWFCnJMpBG9Kg#/registration Canary Live Boston Thursday, April 6 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT Greentown Labs 444 Somerville Ave Somerville, MA 02143 RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-live-boston-tickets-539295245597 Cost: $49 Solidarity, Community and Well Being: The Surprising Rewards of Degrowth Thursday, April 6 7:00 pm EDT Online RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvcOiqrDgjG9c87erMjbKPjqjAz_bAL6bi Saturday, April 8 Wilder Lecture Series: Stay Wild Saturday, April 8 12 – 1:30 p.m. Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kc-mvrDMpG9EevFNRVy203BZU8d9aYEz8 Monday, April 10 Energy Policy Seminar: Weila Gong and Joanna Lewis on "China's Coal Transition" Monday, April 10 12 – 1:15 p.m. Harvard Kennedy School, Rubenstein 414AB, 1 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA and Online RSVP at https://www.belfercenter.org/event/energy-policy-seminar-weila-gong-and-joanna-lewis-chinas-coal-transition Tuesday, April 11 Nature Swagger Tuesday, April 11 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Online RSVP at https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2y4F_ZWCS8quYjYkKTbmKg Annual Edgerton Center Teams Showcase Tuesday, April 11 4:00pm to 5:00pm MIT, Lobby 13, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA and Online RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-edgerton-center-teams-showcase-tickets-569775823827 Climate Justice as Racial Justice: Student Panel Tuesday, April 11 4:30-​​5:30 pm Harvard James Room East, Swartz Hall, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA Wednesday, April 12 Columbia Global Energy Summit 2023 April 12 8:00 AM in Eastern Time Online RSVP at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CWi_P4agQmyIjDA7CEqW3A PLEASE NOTE: You should complete this registration form only if you plan on joining the event virtually via Zoom. For in-person registration, visit https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/events/ EBC Climate Change and Air Webinar: Let’s Do It – Actionable Climate Action Plans Wednesday, April 12 9:00 am - 11:30 am EST Online RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-climate-change-and-air-webinar-lets-do-it-actionable-climate-action-plans/ Cost: $30 - $140 On Resilience: A Capacity to Absorb Disturbances and Shocks Wednesday, April 12 4:00pm Harvard, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Music Building Stories Are Cages, Stories Are Wings—So What Stories Do We Tell About Climate? Wednesday, April 12 6:30pm Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA Thursday, April 13 Rethinking education for a climate-resilient future Thursday, April 13 9:30 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.Washington, DC and Online RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/rethinking-education-for-a-climate-resilient-future/ The Future of Business with AI Thursday, April 13 9am - 4pm MIT Samberg Conference Center, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://www.imaginationinaction.co/the-future-of-business-with-ai EBC Energy Resources Leadership Program: DOER Commissioner Elizabeth Mahony and DOER Leadership is: Thursday, April 13 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST Prince Lobel Tye LLP, One International Place, Suite 3700, Boston, MA RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-energy-resources-leadership-program-doer-commissioner-elizabeth-mahony-and-doer-leadership/ Cost: $30 -$140 Climate and the Classroom: How K-12 teachers can bring climate change into their curricula, and how schools and communities can empower them to do so. Thursday, April 13 1 - 2pm EDT Online RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-and-the-classroom-tickets-574630835297 Barriers to Transforming Climate Dialogue Thursday, April 13 4:00pm John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Music Building, 3 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Friday, April 14 Creating Pathways into Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Training Future Leaders Friday, April 14 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Louis D. Brandeis Conference Center, 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA and Online RSVP at https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/creating-pathways-into-climate-adaptation-and-resilience-training-future-leaders/ Cost: $15 - $45 Monday, April 17 Energy Policy Seminar: Jahi Wise on "The Outlook for the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund" Monday, April 17 12:00pm - 1:15pm Harvard, Wexner Building - Room 434 A-B, 19 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PQR_AaGeQv-QwK_fFcZk2Q Tuesday, April 18 Cities Climate Action Summit 2023 Tuesday, April 18 4:00pm - Thursday, April 20 12:00 EDT Online RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cities-climate-action-summit-2023-tickets-539347471807 Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing [SERC] Symposium 2023 Bringing together social scientists and humanists with engineers and computer scientists to showcase the work of the MIT community Tuesday, April 18 8am - 5:30pm MIT Campus: E14, 6th floor (Media Lab)75 Amherst Street Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/serc-symposium-2023-tickets-528561139597 Bifurcations Large and Small Tuesday, April 18 10:00am to 11:00am MIT, Building 54-915, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA Food Systems Transformation- Why We Are All Responsible Tuesday, April 18 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Faculty House, 64 Morningside Dr., New York, NY and Online RSVP at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KwUoMLQ4Qqyv7g87-ATrJQ Wednesday, April 19 Fascism in America Wednesday, April 19 12 PM ET Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UpWkWr6wRxS9Yna522wj5Q The Future of Climate Action: A Conversation with Gina McCarthy Wednesday, April 19 5:00pm to 6:30pm Harvard, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge and Online RSVP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWumARf88oY Thursday, April 20 The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism Thursday, April 20 10:00 AM Online RSVP at https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HUTgMhJ8Rv2ryo7pqhmxyQ Restorative Justice Thursday, April 20 5-6:15PM EDT Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pncZcuD1SOyOv1KkQrbWuA Saturday, April 22 Altered Access Panel: The Body Saturday, April 22 1:00pm to 2:30pm MIT ACT Cube, E15-001 Lower Level, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://listart.mit.edu/calendar/altered-access-panel-body Altered Access Panel: To Build Saturday, April 22 1:00pm to 2:30pm MIT ACT Cube, E15-001 Lower Level, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://listart.mit.edu/calendar/altered-access-panel-build TEDxMIT: Superpowers Saturday, April 22 2:45 pm till 6:45 pm MIT, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://tedx.mit.edu/resgister-april22-23 Monday, April 24 A Journey in Engineering Space Systems: From the Mars Helicopter to Project Kuiper Monday, April 24 4 PM ET Harvard, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA and Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X7YySPD-QbKH2Z9g2bmg4g Tuesday, April 25 Amy Westervelt on Drilling, Denial and Disinformation Tuesday, April 25 9am EDT [12:00 PM PDT] The Commonwealth Club of California, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco, CA and Online RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2023-04-25/amy-westervelt-drilling-denial-and-disinformation Cost: 0 - $20 Just Transition or Just a Transition? The Importance of Power, Organizing, and Framing in Decarbonization Tuesday, April 25 4:15pm–6:00pm The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room, Columbia University and Online RSVP at https://sofheyman.org/events/climate-futures-climate-justice-just-transition-or-just-a-transition-the-importance-of-power-organizing-and-framing-in-decarbonization The economics of climate change Tuesday, April 25 5:30 - 6:30am EDT Online RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-economics-of-climate-change-tickets-574557626327 Wednesday, April 26 Postindustrial Ecology: New Values in Recovering Marine Ecosystems Wednesday, April 26 12 PM ET Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cq-7x3iISBaDpH3soDpXqQ States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security Wednesday, April 26 12:00pm to 1:30pm MIT, E40-496, in-person limited to the MIT Community and Online https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ Making Sustainable Design, From the Classroom to the World Wednesday, April 26 3pm EDT MIT Museum 314 Main Street Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-sustainable-design-from-the-classroom-to-the-world-tickets-596091103537 Thursday, April 27 Green Transition: Industrial Policy, Geopolitics and the Role of Business Thursday, April 27 1:30 PM Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner 330, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge and Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mTAxYtGrTPK6cwd6ZD_wDw Sustainable Finance Initiative Seminar: Henry Gonzalez, Green Climate Fund Thursday, April 27 4pm to 5pm PT Online RSVP at https://events.stanford.edu/event/sfi_seminar_green_climate_fund#about_stream Thursday, May 4 Solve at MIT: Opening Plenary Thursday, May 4 1:00pm to 2:30pm MIT, Building W16: Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Avenure, Cambridge, MA and Online RSVP at https://solve.mit.edu/events/solve-at-mit-2023/custom/public-plenary#page-subnav Education, Truth, and the Future of Democracy Thursday, May 4 4:30 – 6 p.m. ET Harvard, Askwith Hall, Longfellow Building, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA —————— The Future We Want: What have we learned since Rio+20? Monday, April 3 9am EDT [3:00 PM in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna] Online RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RI6C8etSRlOWrWJ2_t2X_g?timezone_id=Europe%2FBerlin In this tenth year since the Rio+20 “Future We Want” was adopted, this webinar will explore ways the 2012 outcome laid the foundations and still advances the objectives the SDG Summit will seek to reinforce. The UN Secretary-General calls the SDG Summit in September the “centrepiece moment of 2023.” It takes place at the mid-point of the implementation of the development agenda countries adopted in 2015: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals . This outcome has given the international community a dynamic blueprint for addressing multiple challenges in an integrated manner. At the same time, the decision that called for the negotiation of the SDGs sparked additional actions that also bolstered sustainable development progress. The Rio+20 outcome was heralded as historic and forward-looking. Without that decision, we would not have the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs. Voluntary National Reviews would not be prepared by over 40 countries per year, opening each presenting country to international scrutiny for their sustainable development efforts. Re-examining where the SDGs came from will reinforce the foundation the SDG Summit’s ambitions are built upon. The Future We Want also addresses issues that are not explicitly covered in the SDGs; these ideas merit review in light of the last challenging years. The webinar will feature speakers who were central to the negotiation of the Rio+20 outcome. We will celebrate the tenth anniversary of that event, but the focus will be on how the Future We Want can contribute to the SDG Summit outcomes. ————— Social cost of carbon: What it is, why it matters, and why the Biden administration seeks to raise it Monday, April 3 11:00 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Falk auditorium, Washington, DC and Online RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/social-cost-of-carbon-what-it-is-why-it-matters-and-why-the-biden-administration-seeks-to-raise-it/ The social cost of carbon has been called “the most important number you’ve never heard of.” It is the main measure of the economic benefits of mitigating climate change, an estimate in dollars of the damage done by each additional ton of carbon dioxide emitted. The social cost of carbon is used to weigh the benefits of proposals to tackle climate change (that is, the value of each ton of carbon that is not emitted) versus the costs (of regulation, equipment, transition to renewable fuels, etc.). The U.S. government has been using an interim value of $51 per metric ton of carbon, but last year the Environment Protection Agency proposed increasing that to $190 per metric ton. You might call it “the most important revision you’ve never heard of to the most important number you’ve never heard of.” To explain why putting a number on the social cost of carbon is so important, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at Brookings is convening a panel, in-person and livestreamed, on Monday, April 3. Participants include Coral Davenport (The New York Times), Noah Kaufman (Columbia), Brian Prest (Resources for the Future), and Glenn Rudebusch (Brookings). Viewers may submit questions by emailing events@brookings.edu, on Twitter using the hashtag #Carbon, or at sli.do using the code #Carbon. —————— A pragmatists' guide to machine learning for Earth observation imagery Monday, April 3 11:15am to 12:15pm Harvard, SEC LL2.224, 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA More information at https://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/event/valerie-pasquarella-harvard-forest-and-google Valerie Pasquarella (Harvard Forest and Google) Abstract: Our planet is constantly changing as a result of ecological and socioeconomic interactions across a variety of spatial and temporal scales. A growing number of Earth observation datasets provide regularly repeated synoptic measurements that enable us to map and understand landscapes as the dynamic systems they are. However, extracting meaningful information from petabyte-scale archives of multi-spectral, multi-temporal imagery requires a sound working knowledge of sensor characteristics, standard pre-processing workflows, and other domain-specific expertise. This talk will examine some of the unique challenges of applying modern machine learning techniques to Earth observation imagery with examples and lessons learned from ongoing research efforts. Bio: Dr. Valerie Pasquarella is an Researcher at Harvard Forest, a department of Harvard University, where she is a Co-Investigator with the Harvard Forest Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, and she is currently a Visiting Researcher with Google's Geo Sustainability team. Working at the intersection of remote sensing and ecology, Dr. Pasquarella uses time series of satellite imagery to support improved mapping and monitoring of landscape patterns and processes. Her research interests include near-real-time and retrospective change detection, deep learning approaches for image understanding and feature extraction, and making Earth observation datasets more useful and usable for the broader scientific community. She holds a BA in Environmental Science, an MA in Environmental Remote Sensing & GIS, and a PhD in Geography from Boston University. She also served as a postdoctoral fellow with the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 2016-2018 and has held a Research Faculty appointment at Boston University since 2018. Lectures archived at https://www.youtube.com/HarvardCRCS —————— Energy Policy Seminar: Hélène Benveniste on "Climate Mobilities: Empirical Evidence & International Policy Responses" Monday, April 3 12:00pm - 1:15pm Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ywq0WyQ5TRuFYvX1nx9IjQ Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Hélène Benveniste, Environmental Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment and Harvard Kennedy School. Benveniste will give a talk on "Climate Mobilities: Empirical Evidence and International Policy Responses." Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served. Registration: No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis. The seminar will also be streamed via Zoom. Virtual attendees should register using the button below; upon registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link. Recording: The seminar will be recorded and available to watch on this page (typically one week later). Those who register for this event will automatically receive a link to the recording as soon as it becomes available. ————— Innovations in Long-Term Care Convening Monday, April 3 12:30pm to 8:00pm MIT, Samberg Conference Center, 6th Floor, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8L8249ue4RwmQjckfrVhyBEdsbMmXYY7vOVRlSIvvYtaQUw/viewform Welcome to the Innovations in Long-Term Care Convening Convening, a three-day collaboration on the MIT campus featuring the MIT Mel King Fellows to transform the LTSS (long-term services and supports) system to center workers and communities of color. On Monday, April 3, we will hold three events that will be open to the wider MIT community: Panel Discussion with Lunch: State-Based Campaigns for Alternative Financing in LTSS Speakers: Kevin Simowitz (Maine), Pedro Haro (Hawaii), Madeleine Foutch (Washington), Amanda Ream (California); Moderated by Marc Cohen Keynote Panel Discussion: The Care Economy and the 21st Century Labor Movement Speakers: Kent Wong (UCLA Labor Center), Palak Shah (NDWA Labs), and Gerry Hudson (retired Secretary-Treasurer of SEIU) Evening Reception Dinner and drinks provided If you would like to join these events, please REGISTER in advance for us to organize seating arrangements, accommodations, and food. Editorial Comment: After decades of observing Harvard, MIT, and most of the other Boston area universities, the Mel King Fellows at MIT and the Loeb Fellows at Harvard Graduate School of Design are the most rooted programs I’ve seen, but then both are based upon the experience and practices of the remarkable fellows. Mel King, who was a friend and mentor of mine, died on March 28 at the age of 94. He was a great person and inspiration who never stopped working for the common good. Among many other things, he was one of the people who jump-started the local agriculture movement in Boston and Massachusetts, a movement that spread all over the world and is, I believe, central to dealing wisely with climate change and the preservation of the ecological niche we homo sap saps inhabit. ———— Beginning to End the Climate Crisis: A Discussion with Climate Activists Monday, April 3 3:00PM - 4:00PM EDT Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 S 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA and Online RSVP at https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/events/beginning-to-end-the-climate-crisis-a-discussion-with-climate-activists/ A discussion about debunking myths around climate change, discussing system and structural changes needed for human action, and how climate activists have used their platforms and actions to mobilize youth activists and the youth climate movement. Speakers LUISA NEUBAUER, German Climate Activist ALEXANDER REPENNING, German Climate Activist SABINE VON MERING, Director of the Center for German and European Studies, Brandeis University SABIRAH MAHMUD, International Relations Student, Modern Middle Eastern Studies Moderators MICHAEL MANN, Presidential Distinguished Professor, Earth and Environmental Science SIMON RICHTER, Professor, Germanic Languages and Literatures ————— Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet Monday, April 3 6:00 PM ET Online RSVP at https://www.harvard.com/event/virtual_event_john_reid/ Free: $5 suggested donation in conversation with M. R. O’CONNOR Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcome nature conservation writer JOHN REID for a discussion of his new book Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet. He will be joined in conversation by M. R. O'CONNOR—investigative journalist and author. Five stunningly large forests remain on Earth: the Taiga, extending from the Pacific Ocean across all of Russia and far-northern Europe; the North American boreal, ranging from Alaska’s Bering seacoast to Canada’s Atlantic shore; the Amazon, covering almost the entirety of South America’s bulge; the Congo, occupying parts of six nations in Africa’s wet equatorial middle; and the island forest of New Guinea, twice the size of California. These megaforests are vital to preserving global biodiversity, thousands of cultures, and a stable climate, as economist John W. Reid and celebrated biologist Thomas E. Lovejoy argue convincingly in Ever Green. Megaforests serve an essential role in decarbonizing the atmosphere―the boreal alone holds 1.8 trillion metric tons of carbon in its deep soils and peat layers, 190 years’ worth of global emissions at 2019 levels―and saving them is the most immediate and affordable large-scale solution to our planet’s most formidable ongoing crisis. Reid and Lovejoy offer practical solutions to address the biggest challenges these forests face, from vastly expanding protected areas, to supporting Indigenous forest stewards, to planning smarter road networks. In gorgeous prose that evokes the majesty of these ancient forests along with the people and animals who inhabit them, Reid and Lovejoy take us on an exhilarating global journey. ————— Pre-Release Screening & Discussion: NUCLEAR NOW! Monday, April 3 6:30 – 9 p.m. Harvard, Science Center Lecture Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge RSVP at https://environment.harvard.edu/event/nuclear-now SPEAKER(S) Oliver Stone, Director and Co-Writer Joshua S. Goldstein, Co-Writer Richard Lester, Japan Steel Industry Professor and Associate Provost, MIT Opening remarks by Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University Moderated by Dan Schrag, Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment The Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability invite you for a pre-release film screening of Nuclear Now, followed by a discussion featuring Oliver Stone, Director and Co-Writer; Joshua S. Goldstein, Co-Writer; and Richard Lester, Japan Steel Industry Professor and Associate Provost, MIT. The panel will be moderated by Dan Schrag, Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment, with opening remarks by Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University. Film Synopsis: As fossil fuels continue to cook the planet, the world is finally being forced to confront the influence of large oil companies and tactics that have enriched a small group of corporations and individuals for generations. Beneath our feet, Uranium atoms in the Earth’s crust hold incredibly concentrated energy. Science unlocked this energy in the mid-20th century, first for bombs and then to power submarines. The United States led the effort to generate electricity from this new source. Yet, in the mid-20th century, as societies began the transition to nuclear power and away from fossil fuels, a long-term PR campaign to scare the public began, funded in part by coal and oil interests. This campaign would sow fear about harmless low-level radiation and create confusion between nuclear weapons and nuclear power. With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, iconic director Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change and reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy—an option that may become a vital way to ensure our continued survival sooner than we think. CONTACT INFO huce@environment.harvard.edu Editorial Comment: If we have only until July 2029, according to this carbon counter https://www.mcc-berlin.net/fileadmin/data/clock/carbon_clock.htm, before blowing through enough carbon to make a 1.5ºC rise in atmospheric temperature, then I don’t believe nuclear is going to do much for us. If we want 24/7/365 power to backstop wind, solar, and hydro, then deep (and shallow) geothermal may be more affordable and practical. ————— Nature-Positive Solutions for Climate Resilience Tuesday April 4 9:00am EDT [1:00 p.m. GMT] Online RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MXGBcOukTmyFrP6rpFBmVw Join multiple RMI experts at this webinar on nature–positive solutions, co-hosted with Climate LinkUP, a UK-Norwegian climate science foundation. This event, designed by and for early-career professionals, will bring together 10 emerging leaders who are developing innovative environmental resilience solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change. RMI’s Zach Clayton will co-host the webinar and RMI experts Jacob Korn, Paula Valencia, and Suzy Schadel will discuss the value of urban nature in cities, nature-based solutions for the Philippines, and water reuse in California, respectively. —————— Methane vs. CO2 in climate policy: The problem with global warming potentials Tuesday, April 4 10:00am to 11:00am EDT MIT, Building 54-915, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA Stream at https://mit.zoom.us/j/94965503582#success Houghton Lecture Series - Ray Pierrehumbert (University of Oxford) Greenhouse gases differ amongst each other in two primary characteristics: their atmospheric lifetime and their radiative efficiency. These lead to dramatically different kinds of relations between emissions rate and warming, with great implications for climate policy. The widely used family of metrics, n-year Global Warming Potentials, do not adequately reflect the actual consequences of emission control strategies embracing both short-lived and long-lived gases, and in typical cases exaggerate the urgency of methane emissions abatement. The stock phrase typically used in most recent journalism, that “Methane is 80X worse than CO2 over a 20 year period” is particularly misleading. This issue has particularly important consequences for the impact of livestock-based agriculture on climate. About this Series: Supported by the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT invited by the EAPS Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months, as scientists-in-residence within our Program. For more information and Zoom password please contact Kayla Bauer: kbauer@mit.edu Editorial Comment: The scope of this present lecture series from Ray Pierrehumbert is breath-taking. ————— Music in a Burning World Tuesday, April 4 4 PM ET Harvard, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA and Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Revg0KwEQ2S-nYTWii_uQw The 2023 Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the Arts will feature the Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning composer John Luther Adams. Motivated by a deep concern for the state of the earth and the future of humanity, he brings the sense of wonder we experience outdoors into the concert hall with the hope, and belief, that music can do more than politics to change the world. The Parker Quartet will perform Adams’s The Wind in High Places, and the composer will engage in conversation with Boston Globe classical music critic Jeremy Eichler. “…throughout my life I’ve steered an uneasy course between the Scylla of solitude and the Charybdis of politics, between my desire to help change the world and my impulse to escape it. The vessel in which I navigate these turbulent waters is music. I am two men. One man is the lifelong activist, who was marching in civil rights and antiwar demonstrations before he was able to vote, and who was a full-time environmental activist until he was in his mid-30s. The other man is the artist, who believes that music is his best gift to our troubled world. These two men don’t fully understand one another. Yet even as they struggle to balance their apparent contradictions, they share a sense of responsibility to and faith in the next generations. My hope is that the music I compose may somehow be of use to someone who truly will change the world. Inspired by the young people who are rising up all around the world, I continue my work in the belief that music has a special power to plumb the depths within us, and to elevate those places where courage and compassion are born.” ————— What Would Be A Just Energy Transition Tuesday, April 4 4:00 PM EDT Faculty House, Garden Room 2,64 Morningside Dr., New York, NY and Online RSVP at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SWDebEFlTgW6gvRnYxOtUw Please join us for the second Climate School Signature Speaker Series event of the spring semester, featuring:Professor Stephanie Pincetl, Director California Center for Sustainable Communities & Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLATopic: “What Would Be A Just Energy Transition?” Professor Pincetl does research on cities, how they impact resources far and near such as water sources and ecosystems, and how those resources are used in cities, where, by whom, and to do what. She focuses on quantifying those flows, including urban generated wastes like greenhouse gases, and how institutions, regulations and rules shape the ways the flows are appropriated, and how cities are built (including infrastructures) and organized. She has created the first ever interactive energy web atlas that describes building energy use in Los Angeles County (www.energyatlas.ucla.edu). Buildings account for 40% of urban GHGs and the Atlas shows the relationships between building age, size, use with energy consumption, as well as energy use and sociodemographic characteristics in the residential sector. Her other main project has been to understand the water system of Los Angeles County that has over 100 different water delivering agencies and 7 adjudicated groundwater basins. Pincetl assembles interdisciplinary teams of researchers to conduct work: ecologists, engineers, and hydrologists. She was one of the main leads of the first Los Angeles County Sustainability Plan and is currently serving in the same capacity for the LA Department of Water and Power 100% renewable, equity plan. Dr. Pincetl is a California native who has written extensively on land use regulations, habitat protection, environmental justice, urban ecosystems and water She has a PhD in Urban Planning from UCLA, a Masters in Cultural Anthropology from UC Davis, and an undergraduate interdisciplinary degree in Land Ethics, an independent major she created while at UC Davis. She is the author 2 books, and of over 100 peer reviewed papers, and book chapters. Pincetl has served on boards and commissions, including the statewide Planning and Conservation League and as President of the statewide environmental justice organization Communities for a Better Environment, and the Los Angeles Regional Planning Commission among others. 4pm-5pm Program 5pm-6pm Reception The public is invited to join us virtually Contact: Omar J. Herrera oherrera@climate.columbia.edu ————— Tilting on its Axis: How to Steady a Climate-Threatened World Wednesday, April 5 12 PM ET Penn Arts & Sciences, Weitzman School of Design, Perry World House and Online RSVP at https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/s/1587/gid2/16/interior.aspx?sid=1587&gid=2&pgid=39981&cid=83335&ecid=83335&crid=0&calpgid=36358&calcid=83330 The extreme weather conditions of recent years are visible canaries-in-the-coal-mine of climate change. This session will explore how Penn’s growing strengths in climate science and policy are addressing stark environmental realities in practical and actionable ways. LaShawn Jefferson, Perry World House’s Senior Executive Director, will lead a thought-provoking conversation with Mark Alan Hughes, founding Faculty Director of Penn’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, and Michael E. Mann, inaugural Director of the new Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media. LaShawn R. Jefferson (moderator) Senior Executive Director, Perry World House LaShawn Jefferson brings a focus on women’s human rights to her role at Perry World House. Prior to joining Penn, she helped the Ford Foundation advance women’s human rights globally and in the United States. Prior to that, Jefferson spent 14 years in leadership positions at Human Rights Watch, where she provided strategic and intellectual guidance on women’s international human rights, crafted and executed long-term advocacy strategies, and represented Human Rights Watch at key national and international fora. She holds master’s degrees in International Relations and Latin American Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Michael E. Mann Presidential Distinguished Professor, Earth and Environmental Science, Penn Arts & Sciences Michael Mann is the inaugural director of the new Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media (PCSSM) and a distinguished research fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center. His research focuses on climate variability and extremes, paleoclimate, tropical cyclones, and climate education and policy. In 1999, he and his colleagues reconstructed temperature changes over the past 1,000 years that demonstrated global warming trends, creating a “hockey stick” graph that starkly illustrates their findings. In addition to his research, Mann speaks and writes extensively on climate issues for general audiences. Mark Alan Hughes, Founding Faculty Director, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Professor of Practice in Regional Planning and Energy Policy, Stuart Weitzman School of Design Prior to joining Penn in 1999, Hughes was on the standing faculty of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. For a decade, he wrote an influential weekly column in the Daily News, and later served as chief policy adviser and sustainability director under former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. With the support of the Ford Foundation and four different federal departments, Hughes has designed and fielded many national research demonstrations including Bridges to Work, the Transitional Work Corporation, the Campaign for Working Families, and the Energy Efficient Buildings Hub. He is the author and narrator of the 2021 audiobook, Livable Cities. ————— Reiki, Energy Medicine, and Post-Materialism: A Conversation with Research Scientist Dr. Natalie Dyer (T&T Gnoseologies Series) Wednesday, April 5 1 – 2 p.m. Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/3116760490511/WN_z4Rjw88jQH6vfgPXez5ZnA As part of the Gnoseologies series, Dr. Giovanna Parmigiani, Ph.D will be hosting a conversation with Dr. Natalie Dyer. ————— The EU’s Energy Policy after Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Wednesday, April 5 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm BU, Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road, Boston, MA RSVP at https://www.bu.edu/european/2023/02/20/the-eus-energy-policy-after-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-04-05-23/ During the last two decades, the European economy has become ever more dependent on Russian gas and oil. However, since the 24th of February 2022, there is broad consensus in Brussels that the energy imports must stop since the EU is effectively financing Russia's war against Ukraine by paying for Russian energy, all the while Mr. Putin can use energy as an instrument to harm the EU. But how can Europe get rid of Russian energy and are there any realistic alternatives? Niels Fuglsang serves in the Parliament's Industry- and Energy Committee and is the Parliament's rapporteur for the Energy Efficiency Directive, which is being negotiated in the spring of 2023. Niels holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and a PhD from the Copenhagen Business School. While writing his PhD dissertation he was visiting researcher at Boston University in the fall of 2017. ————— Inner Asia in the Anthropocene: Towards a Global Environmental History Wednesday, April 5 1:15pm ET Harvard, CGIS-S250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA and Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrc-ipqTgpHND68s6OAXnzOfbllUvfsup2 Prof. Sulmaan Khan, Tufts University his lecture surveys the trade in animals and plants to offer a preliminary outline of Inner Asia's role in global environmental history in the modern era. The lecture makes three connected arguments. First, Inner Asia was connected with regions as far flung as the Pacific and East Africa. Second, these connections caused lasting and profound environmental change in those distant regions, change that marked the origins of the Anthropocene. Third, both Inner Asia and the broader world are living with the consequences of those changes today. ————— "Pleistocene Park" Documentary Film Screening and Panel Wednesday, April 5 7 – 9:30 p.m. Harvard, Carpenter Center Theater, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge Pleistocene Park (2022) An eccentric Russian scientist's quixotic quest to recreate a vanished ice age ecosystem and save the world from a catastrophic global warming feedback loop. SPEAKER(S) Anya Bernstein, Harvard Anthropology Luke Griswold-Tergis, Director/Producer George Church, Harvard Medical School Stuart Harris, Wilderness Medicine, MGH and the Arctic Initiative David Moreno Mateos, Graduate School of Design CONTACT INFO Anya Bernstein abernstein (at) fas.harvard.edu ————— The Multiple Impacts of Energy Efficiency: Social Indicators Thursday, April 6 7:30 am EDT [1:30 PM in Brussels] Online RSVP at https://copperalliance.zoom.us/webinar/register/6716770939743/WN_3QEqUxOKQ-S8Jp_7i_xy9A This webinar will focus on the presentation of MICAT’s social indicators, their relevance and areas for improvement based on the case studies and modelling outcomes carried out within MICAT. Results will then be distilled to policy lessons, where audience members will be asked to validate the findings based on their experiences during a 30 minute Q&A session. Who should attend and why? Policy makers, research institutions, EU-funded projects & and other national or international stakeholders who are interested in understanding the multiple impacts of energy efficiency within Europe are welcome to join. Key topics Overview of health, reduced energy poverty, and improved quality of life impact categories Overview of social indicators: selection process, data sources, outcome of modelling etc. Link to Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH) indicators Social relevance Relevance to policy making Moderator: Diedert Debusscher (European Copper Institute) ————— U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy webinar series: Reliability, energy markets, and the clean energy transition Thursday, April 6 1:00pm to 2:00pm Online RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hLJwmOIMQmWFCnJMpBG9Kg#/registration Climate change is creating new, unforeseen challenges to maintaining reliability for utility customers across the nation. From ice storms to heat domes, utilities face unprecedented operational challenges with increasing frequency. This webinar will present the reliability challenges caused by extreme weather events and discuss how utilities are leveraging regional collaboration and market enhancements to maintain reliability while continuing to make progress on long term decarbonization goals. Speakers Moderator: Maria Pope, President and CEO, Portland General Electric; C3E Ambassador Rebecca Dayhuff Matsushima, Vice President, Resource Procurement, Hawaiian Electric Kristen Sheeran, Director of Sustainability and Resource Planning, Portland General Electric Pam Sporborg, Director of Transmission and Market Services, Portland General Electric Jessica Waldorf, Chief of Staff & Director of Policy Development, New York State Department of Public Service About the series The C3E webinar series provides a forum to hear the latest on clean energy topics from women who are making a difference. The goal of the quarterly webinars is to highlight the outstanding work of clean energy professionals in various fields and to foster discussion around clean energy opportunities and solutions. ————— Canary Live Boston Thursday, April 6 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT Greentown Labs 444 Somerville Ave Somerville, MA 02143 RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-live-boston-tickets-539295245597 Cost: $49 ————— Solidarity, Community and Well Being: The Surprising Rewards of Degrowth Thursday, April 6 7:00 pm EDT Online RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvcOiqrDgjG9c87erMjbKPjqjAz_bAL6bi Where in the world are we going? Our fossil-fueled growth economy is driving climate catastrophe. We need a paradigm shift. The term “degrowth” refers to a set of visions, principles and strategies being discussed and developed by activists of various stripes. The speakers will address this topic. Andrew Ahern is an ecological organizer, freelance writer, and public educator based in Boston. A member of organizations such as The Democratic Socialists of America, the Sunrise Movement, among others, Andrew developed a passion for environmentalism after witnessing other young people challenging power during the wave of climate strikes and protests in 2018 and 2019. As someone committed to bringing about social-ecological transformation, Andrew believes degrowth provides the policies, tools, and values to help us end extractive capitalism and bring about a society based on planetary and human well-being. Peter Victor, author of Escape from Overshoot: Economics for a Planet in Peril (2023), Herman Daly’s Economics for a Full World: His Life and Ideas (2021) and Managing without Growth. Slower by Design, not Disaster (2008 and 2019), is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar at York University, Canada. He has received a number of awards for his fifty years of work on ecological economics. ————— Wilder Lecture Series: Stay Wild Saturday, April 8 12 – 1:30 p.m. Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kc-mvrDMpG9EevFNRVy203BZU8d9aYEz8 SPEAKER(S) Ms. Mel B. Wilson, MS & ALM, Harvard Extension School ALM Sustainability, Class of 2019 Outstanding Thesis Prize Recipient Following a sustainability course at Harvard Extension School, Mel Wilson moved to the island of St. John, USVI, to study national parks. As the island residents experienced climate trauma from two-category hurricanes, she realized land conservation might offer a biodiversity and climate solution. Her thesis, “Reimagining the American West to Reach Half-Earth,” won the Outstanding Thesis Prize in 2019. Since then, she has published two papers on half-earth and created a mini-documentary, “Stay Wild.” Please join us for a lecture and film viewing. CONTACT INFO mrw630@g.harvard.edu ————— Energy Policy Seminar: Weila Gong and Joanna Lewis on "China's Coal Transition" Monday, April 10 12 – 1:15 p.m. Harvard Kennedy School, Rubenstein 414AB, 1 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA and Online RSVP at https://www.belfercenter.org/event/energy-policy-seminar-weila-gong-and-joanna-lewis-chinas-coal-transition SPEAKER(S) Weila Gong, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Joanna Lewis, Provost's Distinguished Professor of Energy and Environment, Georgetown University Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Weila Gong, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Joanna Lewis, Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor of Energy and Environment at Georgetown University. Drawing from a forthcoming paper, Gong and Lewis will give a talk on "China's Coal Transition: Policy Strategies, Policy Instruments, and Just Transition Process." Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served. CONTACT INFO Elizabeth Hanlon, ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu ————— Nature Swagger Tuesday, April 11 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Online RSVP at https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2y4F_ZWCS8quYjYkKTbmKg Our next Author Talk will feature Rue Mapp, founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro. She will sit in conversation with Vincent Stanley, Director of Philosophy at Patagonia and CBEY Resident Fellow, to discuss her book Nature Swagger. Nature Swagger inspires Black communities to reclaim their place in the natural world and delves into the rich history of Black involvement in the outdoors, activism, and conservation, as well as resources for readers who want to deepen their own connection with the elements. ————— Annual Edgerton Center Teams Showcase Tuesday, April 11 4:00pm to 5:00pm MIT, Lobby 13, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA and Online RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-edgerton-center-teams-showcase-tickets-569775823827 Come mingle with the Edgerton Center student-led engineering teams and see their cool projects. Refreshments will be served! Register here. P articipating Teams: Arcturus (Roboboat) Design Build Fly Driverless Electric Vehicle Team First Nations Launch Motorsports Robo Team Rocket Team Spokes Solar Electric Vehicle Team Accessibility: This event is wheelchair accessible. If you need additional accommodations to participate in this event, please let us know when you register. A bout the Edgerton Center: Founded in 1992 to honor the legacy of Harold "Doc" Edgerton — inventor, entrepreneur, explorer and MIT professor — the MIT Edgerton Center offers subjects in engineering and imaging, supports student clubs and teams; manages student machine shops, upholds MIT’s expertise in high-speed and scientific imaging; and offers a year-round K-12 program. Questions? Email Peggy Eysenbach: peysenba@mit.edu ————— Climate Justice as Racial Justice: Student Panel Tuesday, April 11 4:30-​​5:30 pm Harvard James Room East, Swartz Hall, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA This panel will present an opportunity to learn from the critical work being done by students to advance justice through analysis, reflection, and action at the intersection of race and climate. Participants will be invited into the conversation. During HDS Climate Justice Week, students, faculty, and staff will honor Earth Month by responding to the urgency of the climate crisis. Through community rituals, workshops, and conversations with issue experts, leaders in the field, faculty, and students, Climate Justice Week will provide the Harvard community with opportunities to build connections, activate their passion around environmental justice, and understand the critical role that religion, spirituality and the Divinity School play in the conversation around climate. Collective activation and radical reimagination is a work of witness—witnessing ourselves, one another, hope, creation, and action. Come and witness with us. Leave connected and changed. Learn more about HDS's Climate Action Week at https://hds.harvard.edu/news/climate-justice-week ————— Columbia Global Energy Summit 2023 April 12 8:00 AM in Eastern Time Online RSVP at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CWi_P4agQmyIjDA7CEqW3A PLEASE NOTE: You should complete this registration form only if you plan on joining the event virtually via Zoom. For in-person registration, visit https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/events/ A Decade of Energy and Climate Policy Action Ten years ago, the Center on Global Energy Policy was launched with the goal of bringing policymakers actionable insights and solutions to solve today’s greatest energy and climate challenges. What started out as a two-person operation in a small office in Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) is now a major policy institute -- housing nearly 100 scholars and staff, training dozens of future energy leaders, and developing answers to the toughest problems of the clean energy transition. The global energy crisis that began last year reminds us every day how important the work is that CGEP does on energy security, energy markets, energy geopolitics, the energy transition, and climate change. To kick off the celebration of our 10th anniversary, CGEP will host a special 10th Anniversary Global Energy Summit -- where we will convene some of the brightest minds and important leaders to discuss turbulence in current energy markets globally, the growing gap between climate ambition and reality, and the tensions between today’s energy needs and tomorrow’s energy transition imperative. Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs for our annual Columbia Global Energy Summit. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event. This event is open to press, and registration is required to attend. For further details, please contact Natalie Volk (nv2388@columbia.edu). For more information about the event, please contact energypolicyevents@columbia.edu. ————— EBC Climate Change and Air Webinar: Let’s Do It – Actionable Climate Action Plans Wednesday, April 12 9:00 am - 11:30 am EST Online RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-climate-change-and-air-webinar-lets-do-it-actionable-climate-action-plans/ Cost: $30 - $140 What makes a Climate Action Plan actionable? This EBC webinar will provide an overview of the characteristics of Climate Action Plans and then you will hear from a cross section of officials that are carrying out Climate Action Plans including institutional, private developer, City/Town, and State entities. This webinar will provide attendees with a perspective of how and the best way to implement a Climate Action Plan. The goal of this session is to provide you with an understanding of the importance of collaboration in developing and implementing Climate Action Plan. A robust panel discussion with the audience will conclude the webinar. Speakers and Agenda: Metropolitan Area Planning Council and Town of Acton Climate Action Plan Julie Curti, Director of Clean Energy, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Andrea Becerra, Sustainability Director, Town of Acton University of Massachusetts Climate Action Plan and the UMass Fleet Electric Vehicle Program Ezra Small, Sustainability Manager, University of Massachusetts Donny Goris-Kolb, Senior Sustainability Planner, VHB Climate Action Plan – Science-based Targets Erin Laude-Durham, Corporate Sustainability Director, Jacobs Moderated Discussion ————— On Resilience: A Capacity to Absorb Disturbances and Shocks Wednesday, April 12 4:00pm Harvard, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Music Building Speaker: Margaret Redsteer, University of Washington Bothell Margaret Redsteer’s Tanner Lectures, “Climate Futures and Structural Paradigms,” will draw on her experiences working with local Indigenous communities to adapt to a changing climate and will consider what has been left out of narratives about the challenges we face. This lecture will be centered around what defines resilience and why tribal communities are among the most resilient and yet very vulnerable to climate change. "On Resilience: A Capacity to Absorb Disturbances and Shocks" is the first of two Tanner Lectures by Margaret Redsteer. Dr. Margaret Hiza Redsteer teaches at the University of Washington Bothell and previously served as a Research Scientist for the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey based in the Flagstaff Science Center, where she worked on water issues for the Navajo Nation. She examines interactions of different landscape processes, including erosion by wind and water and how changing vegetation communities and climate can influence these processes and exacerbate geologic hazards. In the Southwest, she has examined aspects of drought and increasing aridity that have not been well quantified, including seasonal changes to surficial processes and ecologic conditions. Incorporating Indigenous knowledge from tribal elders about the changes they have observed has aided her research in elucidating the effects of increasing temperatures in poorly monitored regions of the U.S. and communicates the relevance of ecosystem change to the livelihoods of those who are most vulnerable. Clint Carroll is an Associate Professor and the Associate Chair of Graduate Studies at the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he teaches courses on environmental politics, Indigenous knowledges, and comparative geographies. ————— Stories Are Cages, Stories Are Wings—So What Stories Do We Tell About Climate? Wednesday, April 12 6:30pm Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA Terry Tempest Williams in conversation with Rebecca Solnit Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit will join HDS Writer-in-Residence Terry Tempest Williams in a conversation on the power of storytelling as it relates to climate change. More information at https://hds.harvard.edu/news/climate-justice-week ————— Rethinking education for a climate-resilient future Thursday, April 13 9:30 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.Washington, DC and Online RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/rethinking-education-for-a-climate-resilient-future/ The climate crisis is a children’s education crisis. Extreme weather events destroy or damage schools, learning materials, and vital infrastructure, making it difficult for children to keep learning. Multiple indirect effects on children’s education, including increased risks of malnutrition, disruption of livelihoods, and negative health impacts, inhibit children from attending school. Without immediate action to address climate change, the global learning crisis is likely to intensify; by the same token, quality education can in fact support climate action by boosting the resilience of students and their communities to adapt and respond to climate change. On April 13, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) will co-host an event at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. to help advance discourse on climate change and the education nexus. At the event, GPE will launch the Climate Smart Education Systems Framework, which outlines a concrete action agenda to strengthen the resilience and relevance of education to climate change and environmental degradation. Through channeling diverse voices on the topic—including youth leaders, a minister of education, other policymakers, and civil society organizations—the event seeks to foster a rich and inclusive conversation that not only brings each dimension of the framework to life, but also inspires new ideas and approaches to build climate-smart school systems. There will be ample time for Q&A during each fireside chat, and there will be time for networking and coffee in the half hour leading up to the event. This event will be available for in-person attendance or to watch online. Online viewers can submit questions via email to events@brookings.edu or via Twitter at #ClimateSmartEd. ————— The Future of Business with AI Thursday, April 13 9am - 4pm MIT Samberg Conference Center, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://www.imaginationinaction.co/the-future-of-business-with-ai An exclusive, breakthrough event featuring the most innovative minds leveraging the power of AI. Imagination in Action is based on the principal that innovation starts with a spark of inspiration. Speaker announcements coming soon. We will explore the opportunities where AI can solve real business pain points. We have organized dozens of events and for this one we are building a great group of founders and startups. In addition to 10 Keynote speakers we will also have panels on personalization, risk assessment, predictive analytics, and decision-making. Agenda coming soon! ————— EBC Energy Resources Leadership Program: DOER Commissioner Elizabeth Mahony and DOER Leadership is: Thursday, April 13 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST Prince Lobel Tye LLP, One International Place, Suite 3700, Boston, MA RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-energy-resources-leadership-program-doer-commissioner-elizabeth-mahony-and-doer-leadership/ Cost: $30 -$140 Join EBC for this Energy Resources Leadership Program with Elizabeth Mahony, the newly appointed Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), and several Division Directors. About DOER: The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) is the Commonwealth’s energy office, responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs aimed at ensuring the adequacy, security, diversity, and cost-effectiveness of the Commonwealth’s energy supply to create a clean, affordable and resilient energy future. DOER is an agency of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA). Program Agenda: 12:00 p.m. - Registration & Networking 12:30 p.m. - Program Begins 12:45 p.m. - Keynote Presentation from DOER Commissioner Mahony 1:10 p.m. - Presentations from DOER Leadership 1:30 p.m. - Moderated Discussion 2:00 p.m. - Program Adjourns ————— Climate and the Classroom: How K-12 teachers can bring climate change into their curricula, and how schools and communities can empower them to do so. Thursday, April 13 1 - 2pm EDT Online RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-and-the-classroom-tickets-574630835297 Surveys show that teachers, students and the American public at large all agree that climate change should be taught in schools. Yet only a minority of teachers include climate change in their coursework, and those who do are often unsupported by the curricula, standards and policies that guide their instruction. In this event, specialists in K-12 climate education will discuss the benefits of climate education in a variety of courses at the high school level and earlier, and the challenges teachers face in finding or creating appropriate climate coursework and bringing it to their classrooms. They will introduce resources for teaching climate, best practices from schools and educational institutions around the U.S., and new ideas to support teachers at every level, and take audience questions. This event is part of the People, Prosperity and the Planet lecture series produced by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative. Speakers: Margaret Wang, Chief Operating Officer, SubjectToClimate. SubjectToClimate is on a mission to make climate change teaching and learning accessible to all, by connecting educators to resources and collaborating with local stakeholders to meet their climate education needs. Prior to joining SubjectToClimate, Wang studied and worked at Harvard Graduate School of Education, conducting research in education policy as well as sustainability education, and has been an economics and social studies teacher and a product manager in an edtech company. Dr. Lauren Madden, The College of New Jersey. Dr. Madden is a professor of Elementary Science Education at The College of New Jersey, where she coordinates the Environmental Sustainability Education minor and graduate certificate programs. She is also the state's leader in elementary climate change education. Dr. Madden has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and the Report on K-12 Climate Change Education Needs in New Jersey. Since the launch of the 2020 Climate Change Standards in New Jersey, her expertise has been noted in media sources including the Star Ledger, The Washington Post, and The Guardian. Alice Fan, Schools Coordinator, Spring Forward. Spring Forward is a high school student-led organization whose goal is to ensure all students understand the basic science, history, and far-reaching consequences of climate change, and give them the tools and resources to make the right choices in their daily life. Fan, a Spring Forward co-founder, is a senior at Phillips Academy Andover in Andover, Massachusetts, and has been a student climate advocate in a variety of organizations and campaigns. Sylvia Scharf, Climate Education Specialist, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (moderator). Scharf's work focuses on teacher use of the Environmental Solutions Initiatives’s public-facing climate change materials, especially the podcast TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) and the MIT Climate Portal. Before joining ESI, Sylvia was at New England Aquarium, where she honed her climate change communication skills with teachers, teens, staff, and the general public. ————— Barriers to Transforming Climate Dialogue Thursday, April 13 4:00pm John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Music Building, 3 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Speaker: Margeret Redsteer, University of Washington Bothell Margaret Redsteer’s Tanner Lectures, “Climate Futures and Structural Paradigms,” will draw on her experiences working with local Indigenous communities to adapt to a changing climate and will consider what has been left out of narratives about the challenges we face. This lecture will focus on how the historical implementation of policies led to significant failures and to current attitudes about reform of land use practices. "Barriers to Transforming Climate Dialogues" is the second of two Tanner Lectures by Margaret Redsteer. The Tanner Lectures are free and open to the public. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. ————— Creating Pathways into Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Training Future Leaders Friday, April 14 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Louis D. Brandeis Conference Center, 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA and Online RSVP at https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/creating-pathways-into-climate-adaptation-and-resilience-training-future-leaders/ Cost: $15 - $45 Forum Speakers Shalaya Morissette, Chief of Minority Business and Workforce Division, Office of Economic Impact & Diversity, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Kerry Bowie, Executive Director, Browning the Green Space, Inc Matt Holzer, Head of School, Boston Green Academy Rachel Jacobson, Acting Director, American Society of Adaptation Professionals - virtual speaker Davo Jefferson, Executive Director, PowerCorps Boston Alan Wiig, PhD, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Community Development, University of Massachusetts Boston The climate resilience field is rapidly growing. As climate disasters increase and climate risks become more and more obvious, the need for adaptation professionals continues to increase. Who is training the next generation of climate resilience leaders? How can we ensure that these jobs are going to a diverse group of people? And what are the skills necessary to be able to meet challenges we don’t yet know we will face? Join the Climate Adaptation Forum to hear about best practices nationally and local efforts to train climate adaptation professionals in a wide range of fields. ————— Energy Policy Seminar: Jahi Wise on "The Outlook for the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund" Monday, April 17 12:00pm - 1:15pm Harvard, Wexner Building - Room 434 A-B, 19 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PQR_AaGeQv-QwK_fFcZk2Q Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Jahi Wise, Senior Advisor to the Administrator and Acting Director for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Wise will give a talk on "The Outlook for the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund." Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served. ————— Cities Climate Action Summit 2023 Tuesday, April 18 4:00pm - Thursday, April 20 12:00 EDT Online RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cities-climate-action-summit-2023-tickets-539347471807 SmartCitiesWorld is launching a new event to help cities tackle climate change. The three-day Cities Climate Action Summit is being held as an in-person and virtual event between 18-20 April 2023.It will convene expert speakers from cities from around the world and include a concurrent exhibition of climate solution providers.Urban climate action. The need for urban climate action has never been so urgent and the summit aims to help cities understand the actions to take in three critical areas: Policy development Climate financing Technology deployment. The Summit builds on SmartCitiesWorld’s ongoing work in this area. Since our launch in 2016, we have seen the impact of climate change move up cities’ agenda to becoming one of the most critical challenges that city leaders face today. Coverage in this area increased over the years to reflect the appetite for not just information on the subject but the need to help cities share best practice and ideas. Cop26 Open Letter In 2021, we further strengthened our position by publishing an Open Letter in the run-up to the Cop26 climate change conference in Glasgow based on 10 principles that we urged national and local leaders to embed in any agreements. It secured more than 400 signatures from representatives of cities, smart city technology providers, NGOs and universities and was delivered to Susan Aitken, council leader for Cop26 host city Glasgow. It was also sent to the Cop26 president, Alok Sharma, to ensure that the UK Presidency could see the principles ahead of the final agreement being reached. At the start of 2022, we stated that the emphasis needed to switch from climate change to climate action. Our Climate Action campaign continued throughout 2022 with a series of special reports, case studies, podcasts, guest opinions and live panel sessions and culminated in the publication of the Cities Climate Action Report. The substantive report takes a comprehensive look at the targets and priorities of 200 cities around the world, assessing their progress and ambitions, as well as their plans for spending and investment across a number of areas, including infrastructure and technology. It features in-depth data and original interviews with climate and resiliency leaders from 10 cities leading the charge against climate change.The Cities Climate Action Summit marks the next and what we believe will be the most significant step yet in our efforts to help cities tackle this critical area. Speakers include: Mark Wheeler, Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia James Nowlan, executive director, environment & climate, City of Toronto Sally Capp, Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne Mami Mizutori, Assistant Secretary General - Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Nicola Yates, CEO, Connected Places Catapult. It kicks off as a virtual event on the 18 April with a keynote by Mami Mizutori, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, followed by a packed day of panel discussions, fireside chats and virtual roundtables. The in-person event takes place on 19 April at London’s famous County Hall building on the River Thames. It will bring together 400 people to discuss the climate action in cities, focusing on renewables, net zero plans, and today’s urban greentech market, complete with leading keynotes and a State of the Nation address. The London event will also play host to a series of break-out roundtable sessions each chaired by expert speakers from the day’s panels to take a deeper dive into the topics that are most important for delegates. It concludes on 20 April with a final day of online content, featuring two more exclusive keynote speeches from different sectors within the urban landscape, live panel discussions, and a host of insightful case study presentations from both public and private organisations. “The Cities Climate Action Summit aims to be different from traditional city events, seeking to uncover tangible solutions and an opportunity to see and hear the latest from leading policymakers, technologists and financiers to find out what is working and what is not working,” said Chris Cooke, founder and CEO of SmartCitiesWorld. “The Summit will provide a holistic view of how urban climate action can be achieved at scale and we look forward welcoming more than 2,000 attendees across three days, both online and in person.“SmartCitiesWorld is committed to supporting cities on their journeys to net zero and sustainability by providing ongoing coverage and shining a light on the innovation that will unlock global and local solutions to tackle climate-related urban challenges.”To view the full agenda and find out more, go to Cities Climate Action Summit. ————— Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing [SERC] Symposium 2023 Bringing together social scientists and humanists with engineers and computer scientists to showcase the work of the MIT community Tuesday, April 18 8am - 5:30pm MIT Campus: E14, 6th floor (Media Lab)75 Amherst Street Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/serc-symposium-2023-tickets-528561139597 The Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) within the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing is bringing together social scientists and humanists with engineers, computer scientists, and computing-related faculty for a daylong symposium at MIT to address the challenges and opportunities that have emerged with the broad applicability of computing in many aspects of our society. Join us on Tuesday, April 18 for panels and sessions featuring a distinguished lineup of speakers. We will also bring the vision and activities of SERC to the forefront by showcasing the work that is already taking place, and highlighting the faculty, postdocs, and students that are advancing SERC-related education and research across disciplines at MIT. AGENDA 7:00-8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast8 :00-8:30 am | Welcome Dan Huttenlocher, Dean, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Georgia Perakis, Associate Dean of SERC, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing & William F. Pounds Professor of Management, MIT Sloan Caspar Hare, Associate Dean of SERC, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing & Professor of Philosophy, MIT 8:30-9:15 am | Panel 1: Implications of Data and Algorithms M oderator: Asu Ozdaglar, Deputy Dean of Academics, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing & Head, MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) S rini Devadas, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT John Horton, Professor of Information Technology, MIT Sloan School of Management Simon Johnson, Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan Sarah Williams, Associate Professor of Technology and Urban Planning, MIT 9:15-10:40 am | Session 1: Beneficent and Fair Computing Session Chair: Georgia Perakis, Associate Dean of SERC, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing & William F. Pounds Professor of Management, MIT Sloan Fotini Christia, Associate Director, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) & Ford International Professor of Political Science, MIT Maximilian Kasy, Professor of Economics, Oxford Manish Raghavan, Assistant Professor of Information Technology, MIT Sloan & EECS Sherrie Wang, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & IDSS, MIT 11:00-12:20 pm | Session 2: Equitable and Personalized Health Session Chair: Dimistris Bertsimas, Associate Dean for Business Analytics & Professor of Operations Research, MIT Sloan Marzyeh Ghassemi, Assistant Professor, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) & EECS, MIT Swati Gupta, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech Amy Moran Thomas, Associate Professor of Anthropology, MIT Nikos Trichakis, Associate Professor of Operations Management, MIT Sloan 12:30-2:00 pm | Poster Sessions and Lunch2:00-3:20 pm | Session 3: Algorithms and Humans Session Chair: Dan Huttenlocher, Dean, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing V ivek Farias, Professor of Operations Management, MIT Sloan Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science, Chicago Booth Ashesh Rambachan, Assistant Professor of Economics, MIT A shia Wilson, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT 3:30-4:15 pm | Panel 2: Ethics and Computing Education Moderator: Caspar Hare, Associate Dean of SERC, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing & Professor of Philosophy, MIT John Basl, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Northeastern University Katrina LaCurts, Senior Lecturer & Undergraduate Officer, MIT EECS Eden Medina, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society, MIT Milo Phillips-Brown, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Oxford 4:15-4:30 pm | Closing Discussion Caspar Hare, Associate Dean of SERC, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing & Professor of Philosophy, MIT Georgia Perakis, Associate Dean of SERC, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing & William F. Pounds Professor of Management, MIT Sloan 4 :30-5:30 pm | Reception ————— Bifurcations Large and Small Tuesday, April 18 10:00am to 11:00am MIT, Building 54-915, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA Houghton Lecture Series - Ray Pierrehumbert (University of Oxford) Here, I return to issues largely motivated by Earth’s past and future climate, though a number of the phenomena discussed apply to planetary climate in general. Tipping points seem to be all the rage these days. For the most part, a “tipping point” is a more colloquial term for a “bifurcation,” though the term has a tendency to be used in a less well-defined way than the more mathematical term. In this lecture I will review the basic mathematics underpinning standard linearised analyses of climate sensitivity, pointing out that generically, a high linearised climate sensitivity means the system is close to a bifurcation. The bifurcation could lead either to a “small” change of state, or a massive change (such as Snowball Earth or runaway greenhouse), with everything in between. I will discuss some novel mathematical concepts regarding systems which can have “little bifurcations everywhere,” leading to non-differentiable climate responses as a function of a smoothly varying control parameter. About this Series: Supported by the Houghton Fund, Houghton Lecturers are distinguished visitors from outside MIT invited by the EAPS Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate to spend a period of time, ranging from a week to several months, as scientists-in-residence within our Program. For more information and Zoom password please contact Kayla Bauer: kbauer@mit.edu ————— Food Systems Transformation- Why We Are All Responsible Tuesday, April 18 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Faculty House, 64 Morningside Dr., New York, NY and Online RSVP at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KwUoMLQ4Qqyv7g87-ATrJQ Please join us for the final Climate School Signature Speaker Series event of the spring semester, featuring:Ertharin Cousin: Founder and CEO Food Systems for the Future. Former US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and AgricultureTopic: “Food Systems Transformation- Why We Are All Responsible” Ertharin Cousin currently serves as the CEO and Managing Director of Food Systems for the Future, a nutrition impact investment fund; a Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs; a Bosch Academy, Robert Weizsäcker Fellow; and as a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University, Center on Food Security and Environment. From 2012 until 2017, Cousin led the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). As Executive Director, Cousin guided the 14,000-member WFP team feeding more than 80 million people each year; while, she identified and championed longer-term, more sustainable solutions for global food insecurity and hunger. In 2009, Cousin was nominated and confirmed as the US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome. Prior to her global hunger work, Cousin helped lead the U.S. domestic fight to end hunger including service as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of America’s Second Harvest - now Feeding America. Cousin is currently a member of the Bayer AG Supervisory Board, the Mondelez International Board of Directors, the Royal DSM Sustainability Board, and a Trustee of the African agriculture thinktank Academia2063. Cousin is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago; the University of Georgia Law School and the University of Chicago Executive Management Program-Finance for NonFinancial Executives. She has been listed numerous times on the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women List, as the Fortune Most Powerful Woman in Food and Drink, on Time’s 100 Most Influential People list, and as one of the 500 Most Powerful People on the Planet by Foreign Policy magazine. 4pm-5pm Program 5pm-6pm Reception In-Person Event For CUID Holders Only (Please register with your Columbia UNI.) The public is invited to join us virtually Contact Information: Omar J. Herrera oherrera@climate.columbia.edu ————— Fascism in America Wednesday, April 19 12 PM ET Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UpWkWr6wRxS9Yna522wj5Q A presentation from 2022–2023 Catherine A. and Mary C. Gellert Fellow Omer Aziz Aziz is the author of Brown Boy: A Memoir (Scribner, forthcoming) and a former foreign policy advisor for Justin Trudeau’s administration in Canada. Inspired by the work of Alexis de Tocqueville, he will work on an essay collection that examines fascism in our own time using reportage, history, law, and sociological analysis. ————— The Future of Climate Action: A Conversation with Gina McCarthy Wednesday, April 19 5:00pm to 6:30pm Harvard, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge and Online RSVP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWumARf88oY Speakers: Gina McCarthy, the first-ever White House National Climate Advisor and former US EPA administrator. James Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University; the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University. Chair: Melani Cammett, Center Director; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar (on leave 2022–2023). Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University. Gina McCarthy is one of the nation’s most respected voices on climate change, the environment, and public health. As head of the Climate Policy Office under President Biden, McCarthy’s leadership led to the most aggressive action on climate in US history, creating new jobs and unprecedented clean energy innovation and investments across the country. Her commitment to bold action across the Biden administration, supported by the climate and clean energy provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, restored US climate leadership on a global stage and put a new US national target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50–52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 within reach. Throughout her years of public service in both Republican and Democratic administrations, McCarthy is credited for her common-sense strategies and ability to work across the aisle, with states, communities, business leaders, and the labor community, to tackle our nation’s toughest environmental challenges in ways that spur economic growth and improve public health for workers and families, especially those living in environmental justice communities. Before joining the Biden administration, McCarthy was president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the nation's largest and most influential environmental advocacy organizations. Prior to NRDC, she was a Professor of the Practice of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she served as the director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment. She was also a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. During this time, she engaged students and climate science thought leaders across the faculty, as well as corporate and nonprofit leaders across the world, to coordinate strategies to turn climate and health science into actions that promote a healthier, more sustainable, and just world. From 2013–2017, McCarthy was the administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Obama. McCarthy focused on using science and input from broad external engagement to strengthen clean air standards including establishing tighter standards on mercury pollution, a new EPA Clean Water Rule to protect rivers and streams that 117 million Americans rely on for drinking water, the first national standards requiring reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for fossil-fuel-fired power plants, and many other policies, programmatic, and regulatory efforts that demonstrated the United States's strong commitment to protecting public health and the environment. To advance climate and environmental justice domestically and internationally, McCarthy worked to implement President Obama’s climate action plan spearheading US international engagements that resulted in the passage of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase out the use of high global warming chemicals and engaged in efforts leading to the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement. Prior to her role as EPA administrator, McCarthy held the position of assistant administrator in the Office of Air and Radiation. Prior to that presidential appointment, McCarthy was the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, where she served as chair of the Governor’s Climate Advisory Council, developed the state’s Climate Action Plan, began an initiative called “No Child Left Inside” to introduce families to the natural world by visiting state parks, helped design and implement the nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nation’s first cap and trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for power plants. She also held senior positions in the administration of five Massachusetts governors, including Deputy Secretary of the Office of Commonwealth Development and Undersecretary for Policy for the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. McCarthy earned a Bachelor of Arts in social anthropology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a joint Master of Science in environmental health engineering, planning and policy from Tuft’s University. Contact: Sarah Banse sarahbanse@wcfia.harvard.edu ————— The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism Thursday, April 20 10:00 AM Online RSVP at https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HUTgMhJ8Rv2ryo7pqhmxyQ Public understanding of, and outcry over, the dire state of the climate and environment is greater than ever before. Yet, when it comes to slowing the climate and nature crises, despite a growing number of pledges, policies and summits, little seems to change, and the world remains on course for a catastrophic 3°C of warming. What is holding real climate action back? In “The Value of a Whale”, Adrienne Buller examines the fatal biases that have shaped the response of our governing institutions to climate and environmental breakdown, and asks: are the ‘solutions’ being proposed really solutions? Tracing the intricate connections between financial power, economic injustice and ecological crisis, she reveals the myopic economism and market-centric thinking presently undermining a future where all life can flourish. The book examines the shortcomings of mainstream climate and environmental governance, from carbon pricing and offset markets to 'green growth', the commodification of nature and the growing influence of the finance industry on environmental policy. In doing so, it exposes the self-defeating logic of a response to these challenges based on creating new opportunities for profit, and a refusal to grapple with the inequalities and injustices that have created them. The Value of a Whale” asks – in the face of crisis – what the global community really values. On Thursday, April 20 from 10:00-11:00 EDT, join us for a webinar discussion with Adrienne Buller, Director of Research at Common Wealth, on her book and the illusions of green capitalism. ————— Restorative Justice Thursday, April 20 5-6:15PM EDT Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pncZcuD1SOyOv1KkQrbWuA Restorative justice brings to life the radical idea that injured persons can heal together with the persons who have injured them. The theory is that healing is achieved through a cultivation of empathy and understanding between the parties most directly impacted by a crime. Important here is the idea that not only the affected party (victim), but also the responsible party (perpetrator), is injured by the criminal act. More specifically, in Professor Kelly's analysis, the injury suffered by the responsible party is a moral injury. In the lecture, she will elaborate the concept of restorative justice and the moral injuries it addresses. She will argue that understanding the potential of restorative justice to address moral injury should lead to appreciating the potential restorative justice has to effect broader cultural and political change. About the Speaker Professor Erin I. Kelly is the Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. She is currently the Charles Stebbins Fairchild Visiting Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School. Kelly received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University and a B.A. degree in philosophy from Stanford University. Her research areas are in philosophy of law and in moral and political philosophy, with a focus on criminal law and criminal justice. She has written about standards of individual accountability and philosophies of punishment. She is working to develop alternatives to retributive thinking about criminal justice, including restorative notions of justice. More broadly, she is interested in philosophical questions related to historical injustice, social inequality, and civil society. In 2022, Kelly won a Pulitzer Prize in biography for a memoir she co-authored with artist Winfred Rembert, Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South (Bloomsbury Press, 2021). Kelly is also the author of The Limits of Blame: Rethinking Punishment and Responsibility (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Universit ————— Altered Access Panel: The Body Saturday, April 22 1:00pm to 2:30pm MIT ACT Cube, E15-001 Lower Level, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://listart.mit.edu/calendar/altered-access-panel-body Devices or technologies that serve as tools for a physically disabled body are generally understood as support rather than embodiment. Making these tools an integral component of visual art forms is not only a vibrant arena for cultural production but, by becoming embodied as artwork, also fosters the dialogue and expands the meaning of simply what a body is and what it can do. We live in a world with continuous innovation of technologies and expansive design for prosthetics, mobility aids, and hearing devices, but there is also value in the simplicity of forms and the creativity at play in hack culture. These panelists create visual systems that make visible and reinvent how bodies move in spaces. This discussion will focus on the body as a mode to transformation, creation, and embodiment. Weblink to access livestream will be available the week of event. Accessibility All in-person attendees will be required to wear masks at all times, with the exception of actively eating or drinking. ASL interpreters and real-time closed captioning in English will be available. The on-site location is wheelchair accessible. The Max Wasserman Forum The Max Wasserman Forum on Contemporary Art was established in memory of Max Wasserman (MIT Class of 1935), a founding member of the Council for the Arts at MIT. This public forum was endowed through the generosity of the late Jeanne Wasserman and addresses critical issues in contemporary art and culture through the participation of renowned scholars, artists, and arts professionals. The Forum is organized and presented by the MIT List Visual Arts Center. ————— Altered Access Panel: To Build Saturday, April 22 1:00pm to 2:30pm MIT ACT Cube, E15-001 Lower Level, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://listart.mit.edu/calendar/altered-access-panel-build Disability is both a rebuke and an invitation to the built world: a sharp critique of the inherited rigid shapes of buildings and streetscapes and a creative tradition of remaking those same structures. What’s built is a product of human decision-making; it carries tacit ideas about normativity, dependence, and lives worth living. At the same time, disability culture has always been at the forefront of building and rebuilding, both in the margins and in the mainstream. This panel includes three creative practitioners whose work embodies speculative, friction-ful, playful, and critical dialogue with the built world. Contingency, surprise, reinvention, and estrangement light up their work, with the experimentation and multiplicity of art set against the rationalized, planned behemoth of the city. We’ll discuss the voice, vernacular, means and methods of their works, and mixing the languages of art, design, architecture, and planning. Speakers: Noëmi Lakmaier, Carmen Papalia, Finnegan Shannon Moderator: Sara Hendren Accessibility All in-person attendees will be required to wear masks at all times, with the exception of actively eating or drinking. ASL interpreters and real-time closed captioning in English will be available. The on-site location is wheelchair accessible. Weblink to access livestream will be available the week of event. The Max Wasserman Forum The Max Wasserman Forum on Contemporary Art was established in memory of Max Wasserman (MIT Class of 1935), a founding member of the Council for the Arts at MIT. This public forum was endowed through the generosity of the late Jeanne Wasserman and addresses critical issues in contemporary art and culture through the participation of renowned scholars, artists, and arts professionals. The Forum is organized and presented by the MIT List Visual Arts Center. ————— TEDxMIT: Superpowers Saturday, April 22 2:45 pm till 6:45 pm MIT, Cambridge, MA RSVP at https://tedx.mit.edu/resgister-april22-23 Speakers: https://tedx.mit.edu/dec4-speakers ————— A Journey in Engineering Space Systems: From the Mars Helicopter to Project Kuiper Monday, April 24 4 PM ET Harvard, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA and Online RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X7YySPD-QbKH2Z9g2bmg4g MiMi Aung will share her personal journey as a space engineer—from her start as an electrical engineer in the NASA Deep Space Network to her role leading the team that built and deployed the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity: the first-ever controlled flight on another planet. She will describe her constant pursuit of “What’s next?” throughout her STEM career, including her current efforts in private industry to develop and launch a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit to increase broadband access around the world, a mission in which she believes deeply. Speaker MiMi Aung is director of technical program management for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, which seeks to provide reliable and affordable broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world through a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites. Prior to joining Amazon, Aung was the project manager of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter program at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), leading the team through the very first flights on Mars. Aung grew up in three different countries with formative years in Myanmar and Malaysia, and at age 16 traveled alone to the United States to further her education. She holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and spent more than three decades at JPL working on signal processing, communications, and novel spacecraft systems for deep space exploration. Aung was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021. Discussant Amy Villeneuve, former vice president, Amazon Robotics; former COO and president, Kiva Systems; startup board director ————— Amy Westervelt on Drilling, Denial and Disinformation Tuesday, April 25 9am EDT [12:00 PM PDT] The Commonwealth Club of California, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco, CA and Online RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2023-04-25/amy-westervelt-drilling-denial-and-disinformation Cost: 0 - $20 Amy Westervelt has made a career out of exploring the underbelly of the oil industry through complex and compelling storytelling. From her investigative series Drilled to her latest project Light Sweet Crude, focused on the new wave of "oil colonialism," Westervelt dives deep into the true crimes of the fossil fuel industry’s biggest players, including their misinformation campaigns regarding the climate emergency. As executive producer of the independent podcast production company Critical Frequency, her narrative podcasts shine a light on stories oil companies would rather keep in the dark. —————— Just Transition or Just a Transition? The Importance of Power, Organizing, and Framing in Decarbonization Tuesday, April 25 4:15pm–6:00pm The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room, Columbia University and Online R [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/1/2161556/-Energy-and-Other-Events-Monthly-April-2023 Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/