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Join the Center for Environmental Policy, 91制片厂 School of Public Affairs, for the William K. Reilly Awards for Environmental Leadership on April 17, 2024, at 91制片厂. The winners are George McGraw, Founder and CEO of DigDeep, and Environmental Justice Pioneer, Vernice Miller-Travis.

Co-sponsored by the WCL Program on Environmental and Energy Law and E&W Law.

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WaterPitch! The Water Startup Matching Extravaganza, March 19, 2024

Co-hosted by CEP, this one day event matches water startup founders & entrepreneurs, investors & funders, clients & entrepreneur support organizations throughout North America and around the world to advance innovative solutions for water challenges.听

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Alternative Tuesdays February-May 2023 at 1pm EST

This webinar series, sponsored by 91制片厂鈥檚 Center for Environmental Policy (CEP) and the not-for-profit think tank Energy Innovation, reframes causes and solutions of climate change as 鈥渟ectoral鈥� issues. Over six 75-minute webinars, experts introduced the problem and presented the challenges and successes of efforts to cut emissions in the energy, industry, transportation and buildings, and land use sectors. The final session featured a roundtable discussion on possibilities for implementing a more 鈥渟ector-based鈥� analysis to complement extant theories of change in the climate mitigation space.

Neither mitigator nor adapter: Climate neglect and denial in a vulnerable Brazil (2013-2021)

April 28, 2022, 1:30-3:00 pm (ET)

In this installment of the听听series,听Joana Castro Pereira, Instituto Portugu锚s de Rela莽玫es Internacionais (IPRI) and Eduardo Viola, of the University of Brasilia will share their research on the听politics of climate change neglect and denial in Brazil. As听one of the world鈥檚 largest greenhouse gas emitters (accounting for approximately 3% of global emissions), Brazil is also highly vulnerable to climate change.听

Presenters will share the main policies implemented in the country鈥檚 major emitting sectors, and the potential and limitations of the national climate change adaptation plan as well as the challenges to its implementation. Focusing on the 2013-2021 period, presenters will discuss the policies implemented in the country鈥檚 major emitting sectors, the potential and limitations of the national climate change adaptation plan as well as the challenges to its implementation.

Prioritizing Frontline Communities in Infrastructure Investments

June 22, 2021

focused on opportunities for advancing equity in the Biden Administration鈥檚 infrastructure efforts, hosted by SPA's Center for Environmental Policy, in partnership with the Center for Environmental Filmmaking and the 91制片厂 Lung Association. Paul Billings moderated this discussion with Shelley Francis, Mychal Johnson, Carol Kriebs, Bakeyah Nelson, Andrew Wishnia, and Mike Natchees on ways in which the Administration can make sure that frontline communities most impacted by major pollution sources, such as transportation, ports, oil & gas development, and power plants, benefit equitably from the 91制片厂 Jobs Plan and other federal investments.

Workforce of the Future Symposium

Thursday, June 3 | 3:00 PM Eastern

In this second of two symposia under the Center's initiative, 21st Century Environmental Protection: Putting Equity at the Top of the Agenda, practitioners address the workforce needed to achieve fairer and more equitable environmental protection, and meet future environmental challenges. The model characteristics and capabilities of the future environmental workforce were discussed along with the opportunities for, and challenges of, developing the environmental workforce of the future.听

This initiative is supported by the New York Community Trust and Intel.

Pathways to a Decarbonized Economy and a More Livable Planet

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As the U.S. rejoins other leading nations in the race to mitigate climate change, the debate is no longer about whether it can be, but about whether we can limit its harms. What will it take to get to Net Zero Emissions by 2050? Fears about a perceived trade-off between climate mitigation and economic development continue, but this webinar series seeks to move beyond that conceptualization and understand how climate change can be dramatically slowed, and the economy 鈥渄ecarbonized,鈥� without economic loss.听Join the Center for Environmental Policy this spring as we explore these issues with some of the world鈥檚 leading experts.

Looking Ahead: A Roadmap for Healthy Air & Equitable Climate Action for the Biden Administration

Thursday February 4, 2021 | 3:00pm听- 4:30pm EST

This event was featured a conversation about opportunities for the Biden-Harris Administration to advance climate action and the promise of the Clean Air Act - healthy air for all communities. On this virtual panel we heard the perspectives of an environmental justice leader, a state air regulator, a legal expert and a utility industry official.听In order to ensure healthy air, immediate action on climate change is critical. In this discussion, subject matter experts explored ways the Administration can help to deliver equitable and health-focused climate solutions by supporting full implementation of the Clean Air Act, improving air quality monitoring technologies and reporting, fostering the growth of clean, non-combustible energy and low-emission and zero-emission vehicles, and other promising approaches.

This event was hosted by The 91制片厂 Lung Association and 91制片厂's Centers for Environmental Policy and Environmental Filmmaking

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September 29, 2020 | 12:00-5:00PM EST

The year 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Clean Air Act and the 30th anniversary of the 1990 amendments. This landmark public health law was enacted with bipartisan cooperation and has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. However, more than 141 million 91制片厂s still live in areas where the air quality puts their health at risk. Join us for a half-day online symposium featuring expert speakers and practitioners who will address the law鈥檚 tremendous legacy as well as the work that remains to be done.

Hosted by the SPA Center for Environmental Policy, the 91制片厂 Lung Association and the Center for Environmental Filmmaking.

A Good Life on a Finite Earth听wins Charles Levine Prize

Each year, the International Political Science Association鈥檚 Research Committee on the Structure of Governance sponsors the Levine Prize, named in honor of Charles H. Levine, an acclaimed member who served on the editorial board of its official journal, Governance. A distinguished committee awards the prize to the best book on comparative administration or public policy published in the previous year.

This year鈥檚 committee has selected 鈥淎 Good Life on a Finite Earth: The Political Economy of Green Growth,鈥� by CEP Director Daniel J. Fiorino, as the 2019 recipient of the Levine Award.