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Jensen Huang, who founded NVIDIA in the early 1990s and built it into one of the most valuable companies in the world today, has thought a lot about...
While various efforts continue to be made to estimate fashion’s environmental footprint, major gaps remain in how to decarbonize material production and reshape business practices.
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• International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY 10027
Room/Area: 1501
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ESG or Environment, Social, and Governance is at an inflection point. NYU, in collaboration with Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy’s Women in Energy initiative, welcomes Alison Taylor and Chief Sustainability Officers from throughout the business world to discuss ESG in both theory and in practice. In the midst of the current debate about ESG, business leaders are invited to engage in a discussion, and students are welcomed to better understand careers in and reality of ESG.
Amy Jaffe, Director, NYU SPS Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab
Dr. Carolyn Kissane, Associate Dean, NYU SPS Center for Global Affairs
Dr. Luisa Palacios, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy
Giovanna Rueda, Vice President of ESG, Valero
Tequila Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Covanta
Alison Taylor, Clinical Associate Professor, Stern School of Business
The evening will include opportunities to hear from ESG experts, questions and answers from the audience, and a networking reception. This is a hybrid event.
At a time when policymakers worldwide are re-assessing global net-zero targets and international climate goals, political shifts are driving rapid changes in energy and industrial policy. These shifts...
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• Penn Club of New York, 30 W. 44 St., New York, NY 10036
Room/Area: Spruce Street Room
How can AI help the energy transition? Can the dramatic advances in artificial intelligence reshaping all our lives be mobilized to accelerate the transition to clean, low-carbon energy?
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• Pulitzer Hall, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Room/Area: Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor
While various efforts continue to be made to estimate fashion’s environmental footprint, major gaps remain in how to decarbonize material production and reshape business practices.
Event
• International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118 St., New York, NY 10027
Room/Area: 1501
Exploring the promise of AI in fighting climate change. AI is rapidly changing our lives. Climate change is an existential threat to us all. How do we mobilize...
This Energy Explained post represents the research and views of the author(s). It does not necessarily represent the views of the Center on Global Energy Policy. The piece...
On July 22, 2025, CGEP hosted a virtual roundtable under the Chatham House Rule on the World Bank's June 2025 announcement that it would reverse a long-standing, informal policy of excluding nuclear projects from its lending portfolio.
30 years ago last month, a brutal heatwave struck Chicago, killing more than 700 residents. As the city and much of the United States recently experienced another period of extreme heat, this anniversary serves as a reminder that heat remains one of the deadliest climate-related hazards — killing more people each year than hurricanes, floods and tornadoes combined — particularly for communities burdened by decades of disinvestment and structural barriers to health and safety.
