Boston Climate Tech: October 24- November 6
MIT Energy lectures, Climatetech Summit 2022, Harvard Climate Symposium and more
Hi all! This is the second edition of the Boston Climate Tech newsletter. This newsletter is a weekly digest of community-submitted in-person climate tech events in the Greater Boston area coming up in the next 2 weeks or so.
For the full calendar, checkout https://bit.ly/boston-climatetech-events
To submit events, submit events via this form
Here are the events for the next week!
Also take note: two very large conferences coming up in 2 weeks - Climatetech Summit @Greentown Labs on 11/3 and Climate Symposium @Harvard Business School on 11/5-6
Cheers,
Steven
MIT Energy Initiative Fall Colloquium with the Honorable Philip R. Sharp- Wed 10/26
Amazonia near a tipping point: The need for an innovative standing forest bioeconomy - Thu 10/27
Climate Symposium at Harvard Business School - Sat/Sun 11/5-6
MIT Energy Initiative Fall Colloquium with the Honorable Philip R. Sharp
🕑 Start time
10/26/2022 5:15 PM
🕓 End time
10/26/2022 6:30 PM
📍Location
MIT Wong Auditorium
📍Address
Tang Center (E51) 2 Amherst Street Cambridge, MA 02142
📝 Notes
The prospects for decarbonization in America: Will global and domestic crises disrupt our plans?
Unexpected events—Covid-19, the January 6th insurrection, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, inflation, the Dobbs decision—have upended predictions about America’s future. Given fractious politics, doubts abound about the ability of the United States to effectively respond to such shocks. And given the extent to which fossil fuels underpin the economy, doubts abound about the prospect for radically cutting greenhouse gases by mid-century. Surprising many commentators, President Biden and the polarized Congress have adopted major climate policies—initiatives that should speed the transition toward a low-carbon economy, expand future technological options, and enhance the United States’ ability to work with other nations. It remains to be seen how effective such policies will be. Can strong federal action survive an electoral shift in political parties? And, can the United States raise its ambition in the years ahead?
About the speaker
Philip R. Sharp was president of Resources for the Future, an independent and nonpartisan research institution devoted exclusively to policy analysis on energy, environmental, and natural resource issues, from 2005 to 2016. Sharp was a Member of Congress from Indiana, 1975 to 1995. He played a prominent role in the development of landmark energy legislation, including the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments and the 1992 Energy Policy Act.
🔗 Registration link
https://calendar.mit.edu/event/fall_colloquium_with_the_honorable_philip_r_sharp
Amazonia near a tipping point: The need for an innovative standing forest bioeconomy - MIT Events
🕑 Start time
10/27/2022 2:00 PM
🕓 End time
10/27/2022 4:00 PM
📍Location
Building E25, 111
📍Address
45 CARLETON ST, Cambridge, MA 02142
📝 Notes
Dr. Carlos A. Nobre, MIT PhD ’83, Meteorology, is one of the authors of IPCC AR4 awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He is presently a senior researcher with the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo, and the creator of the Amazon Third Way-Amazonia 4.0 Initiative that seeks a new development paradigm based on a biodiversity-driven bio-economy utilizing modern technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Dr. Nobre’s work mostly focuses on the Amazon and its impacts on the Earth system. He chaired the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA). He is the co-chair of the Science Panel for the Amazon and the leader of the Amazonia 4.0 project, which aims to develop a nature-based bioeconomy of standing forests and flowing rivers.
This event will take place on the MIT campus (E25-111), and is open to the public.
Schedule:
2:00 - 2:30 pm Introduction featuring MIT and USP experts on global challenges
2:30 - 3:30 pm Carlos Nobre on how to save the planet’s greatest tropical forest
3:30 - 4:00 pm Join the discussion and talk solutions
🔗 Registration link
2022 C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium & Awards Retaking the helm: Steering clean energy through perilous storms
🕑 Start time
11/2/2022 8:30 AM
🕓 End time
11/2/2022 5:00 PM
📍Location
Virtual
📝 Notes
The need for clean, reliable, and affordable energy globally is abundantly apparent. Severe weather, conflict, and a global pandemic have made energy supply, access, and prices even more volatile. Realizing a decarbonized energy system requires new strategies, policies, and innovative technologies, all while driving the creation of new jobs and improving the quality of life for all people. At the 11th Annual U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium & Awards, key thought leaders will explore how we can steadily pursue sustainable energy goals through current and future challenges
🔗 Registration link
Climatetech Summit 2022 - Greentown Labs
🕑 Start time
11/3/2022 8:00 AM
🕓 End time
11/3/2022 7:00 PM
📍Location
Greentown Labs Somerville
📍Address
444 Somerville AveSomerville, Massachusetts 02143 United States
📝 Notes
The Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit is a deep dive into accelerating deployment through collaboration. Climatetech entrepreneurs are developing the solutions that are the core of global decarbonization, yet they need support and partnership from investors, policymakers, and the growing climatetech workforce in order to scale their critical technologies. The energy transition is here, and the climatetech ecosystem needs your involvement to propel climatetech out into the world.
On Nov. 2 and 3, we’re inviting you, your colleagues, and all the climate champions in your life into our Houston, TX and Somerville, MA incubators for a day of hands-on exploration with our 200+ startups and their climatetech solutions; keynotes and sessions featuring leaders across climatetech, finance, policy, and justice; and networking with key climate action stakeholders.
We’ll highlight the momentum our startups, corporate partners, and ecosystem champions have been building together, how these collaborations will chart the course for climatetech deployment, and how everyone can play a role in commercializing climate technologies.
🔗 Registration link
https://greentownlabs.com/climatetech-summit-greentown-boston-2022/
Climate Symposium at Harvard Business School
🕑 Start time
11/6/2022 8:00 AM
🕓 End time
11/6/2022 5:00 PM
📍Address
Harvard Business School Boston, MA 02163
📝 Notes
Our mission
Enabling a conversation and feeding the reflection between all stakeholders and industries about the challenges and opportunities to fight Climate Change.
Our history
Building off the 17-year old legacy of the “Energy & Environment Conference” and the broader perspective given to Climate research and discussions in recent years, students came together to rethink the purpose of our annual meetup.
This year will be our 2nd Annual Symposium aiming to bring a more holistic approach to Climate.
🔗 Registration link
https://climatesymposium.mailchimpsites.com/