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Helen Mizrach, an undergraduate student studying Biopsychology with a minor in Food Systems and Nutrition at the School of Arts and Sciences, describes her first day at the COP 24. Helen provides details on the opening ceremony, the inauguration of the Climate Action Hub, a compelling discussion about the intersection of religion and climate change by Gyalwang Drupka, and a workshop on agriculture.
Read MoreFletcher student, Grace Tamble, discusses her third day at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) in Katowice, Poland. Grace describes attending a hearing from IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, as well as other events that focused on the theme of energy transition, while also mentioning Katowice’s deep history of coal mining and its impact.
Read MoreFor young professionals, researchers, and leaders looking to make a measurable and significant impact on curbing the effects of climate change and increasing climate equity, the time is now to join the global movement to put a price on carbon.
Read MoreMotivated by concerns about the climate implications of China’s overseas investments, this paper identifies and evaluates Chinese policies governing China’s foreign direct investment and focuses particularly on how those policies influence environmental outcomes in recipient countries.
Read MoreUNDP was very flexible and I got a chance to work on India’s market based mechanism, the PAT Scheme that seeks to improve energy efficiency, which consequently results in emissions reduction. Courses on climate change policy, energy finance and environmental policy solving that I had taken at the Fletcher School were instrumental in the work that I eventually undertook. I was assisting in providing policy briefs that looked at the expansion of the PAT model to other sectors of the Indian economy while making the targets for the existing designated consumers even more stringent.
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