Community Voices

My 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.

This past summer, I participated in an eight-week internship with the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), which is an international environmental organization consisting of 27 member states and 10 acceding states based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. During my internship, I mainly worked with the Fisheries Monitoring and Compliance team on a research project about krill fisheries and designing a potential catch documentation scheme.

In the summer of 2023, I arrived in Rwanda with three priorities in mind. First, I sought to comprehend how climate change and environmental degradation manifested at the local level. While a global perspective is valuable when addressing climate change, understanding local impacts is paramount. Second, I delved into the discourse surrounding the imperative of catalyzing climate finance. We are falling far short of the required funds to effectively combat the crisis, which must be a global priority moving forward. Consequently, I aimed to delve into the roles of both the public and private sectors. Lastly, I examined the involvement of key multilateral institutions.

his past summer, I served as a Sustainable Infrastructure Fellow with the Cities, States, and Regions (CSTAR) team at CDP, based in their New York office. My internship commenced in June 2023 with the annual CDP US Workshop in New York, focused on the energy transition and drawing participation from a diverse group of experts, spanning those in environmental disclosure, non-profits, financial services, and corporations. I also had the opportunity to join CDP’s annual team days, which involved exciting team building and ice-breaker activities on an old barge in Brooklyn to get to know the CSTAR team. This marked an exciting start to my next 10 weeks at CDP.