Fellow Spotlight: Salem Afeworki
Salem Afeworki is a 2014 Climate CoLab Fellow in the Adaptation to Climate Change contest. Originally from Eritrea, Salem has lived in Santiago, Chile for the past eight years, where she is now the sustainability lead for Jacobs Engineering South America. Salem was trained in journalism, but decided to redirect her career toward sustainability, so […]
Read more about: Fellow Spotlight: Salem Afeworki2014 contests closed — what's next?
Last night at midnight marked the deadline for the remainder of the 2014 Climate CoLab contests, where over 500 proposals were submitted from all over the world. You can view them all on the contest home pages: www.climatecolab.org/plans What’s next? Fellows and Judges are now reviewing every proposal and selecting their contest’s Semi-Finalists, who will be announced in early […]
Read more about: 2014 contests closed — what's next?Fellow Spotlight: Shane Easter
Shane Easter first became interested in climate change mitigation solutions while working with Erik Duhaime (2013 Climate CoLab Fellow) to implement a lighting retrofit program for low-income homes in Providence, Rhode Island. Now a 2014 Climate CoLab Fellow in the Buildings contest, Shane has maintained his commitment to residential efficiency and currently works for EcoFactor to […]
Read more about: Fellow Spotlight: Shane EasterClimate CoLab in the press: Former Reagan official predicts Republican skeptics will be 'mummed' by climate change
Former Reagan official predicts Republican skeptics will be ‘mummed’ by climate change Evan Lehmann, E&E reporter Published: Monday, July 14, 2014 See original story by ClimateWire at http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060002783 Senior GOP statesman George Shultz urged Republicans on Friday to be proactive on climate change, calling it an “obvious risk” to the economy and national security. The former secretary […]
Read more about: Climate CoLab in the press: Former Reagan official predicts Republican skeptics will be 'mummed' by climate changeWebinar Review: How could a national price on carbon be implemented in the United States?
On Friday July 11th, the Climate CoLab’s Carbon price contest hosted a public webinar on the opportunities and challenges of the U.S. implementing a price on carbon dioxide emissions and other pollution. Over 250 people registered for this event, from 35 different countries. The webinar featured a lively conversation with the contest Advisors: George P. Shultz, former U.S. […]
Read more about: Webinar Review: How could a national price on carbon be implemented in the United States?Fellow Spotlight: Simone Targetti Ferri
Today we feature Climate CoLab Fellow Simone Targetti Ferri after catching up with him about his involvement in the Land Use: Agriculture, Livestock & Forestry contest. In December of 2013, Simone was on the lookout for a new career and in pursuit of fresh and exciting professional endeavors, this focus and zeal for developing solutions to […]
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