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This summer, my role as Sustainable Infrastructure Fellow for the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) imparted three related lessons. First, climate change is already a salient and urgent reality at the local level around the world. Second, viable technology exists to prevent the most severe dangers of climate change, but financial innovation is required to scale these existing opportunities. Third, data is 21st century currency.
Read MoreThis summer, I joined The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Global Agriculture and Food Systems Policy team during a critical window for shaping how public and private finance supports land use, food systems, and biodiversity goals.
Read MoreEver wonder how local governments actually get climate policy off the ground? I used to think of clean energy as something driven by federal policies or big companies.
Read MoreOver the fall semester, Sam Brecker interned at UNFCC. Even though his internship was remote, Sam gained valuable experience helping with the lead-up to COP28 in Dubai and contributing to the 2024 Earth Information Day Summary Report.
Read MoreMy internship with 10 Green Gigawatts for Ethiopia, or 10G, was about understanding the on-ground energy situation in Ethiopia in the short span of two months. I was tasked with strategizing the expansion of 10G’s solar deployment services and forming new global partnerships.
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