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This summer I had the opportunity to work with Professor Kelly Sims Gallagher as an intern at the Climate Policy Lab at the Fletcher School – an internship that was the perfect opportunity to spend time working on the area I have chosen to specialize in – low carbon growth for emerging economies.
Read MoreOver the summer, I had the opportunity to work with the Solutions for Youth Employment team under the World Bank’s Jobs Group of the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice. Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) is a global partnership platform convened to address the growing skills and livelihood challenges faced by youth. Over the next 10 years, more than a billion young people will enter the job market. T
Read MoreThrough my journey at Fletcher, I have sought to understand my role in combating climate change, and the summer of 2022 provided me with an opportunity to find out. Leveraging my experience working with local government in India, I was tasked to assist three municipalities in New Jersey to become more sustainable as part of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Climate Corps Fellowship. It was an opportunity to understand how local governments can help achieve federal targets in reducing GHGs and how bipartisan support can be catalyzed for this mission.
Read MoreSince coming to Fletcher in the Fall of 2021, I’ve been working to apply my climate and sustainability communications leadership background to transition to a new post-graduation career in climate program development and management. With the broad and deep climate curriculum, I’ve gained a range of skills and honed others. This summer, I deeply valued the opportunity to apply these learnings while gaining experience in climate finance and resilience as a Sustainable Infrastructure Fellow for CDP North America.
Read MoreJulio Rivera indeed imbues his students with a sense of passion and enthusiasm. And even though this writer is not one of these fortunate students, she can feel how much he cares about climate change and how it influences a classroom. A Fletcher alumnus from Spain, Julio Rivera began his undergraduate degree in space engineering at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. However, he switched his major to International Relations (IR). Julio says his curiosity to learn new subjects and the possibility to study a variety of different content within the discipline were the primary reasons for his decision to study IR. His first exposure to the challenges of climate change and environmental issues came through a class project. This was the beginning of a long journey dedicated to these pressing issues. In the subsequent years, Julio did a semester abroad in Scotland and undertook an internship in the environmental field. Upon graduation, Julio won a competitive scholarship in Spain to do his first master’s degree in Madrid. This opportunity allowed him to specialize in environmental studies and became the stepping stone to The Fletcher School.
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