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October 9, 2025 • 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm edt

Exploring Energy Careers: Insights and Connections

The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA's Women in Energy initiative, in collaboration with the Columbia Policy Institute, invites you to join us for Exploring...

Event • International Affairs Building,
Columbia SIPA
Exploring Energy Careers: Insights and Connections
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Governor Cuomo’s Goal of 50% Renewables by 2030: What Would It Take?

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April 12, 2016

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Governor Andrew Cuomo has directed the state’s regulators to take actions that will assure that 50 percent of the state’s electricity supply comes from renewable sources by 2030. This decarbonization is a central part of the state’s efforts to fight climate change. At this program a principal architect of the program discussed how it will be achieved, followed by commentaries by representatives of important elements of the energy industry.

 

Watch the video here

 

 

Speakers:

Richard Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finance, State of New York

Sergej Mahnovski, Director, Utility of the Future team, Consolidated Edison Company

Anne Reynolds, Executive Director, Alliance for Clean Energy of New York

Jackson Morris, Energy and Transportation Program, Natural Resources Defense Council

Moderator:

Michael B. Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice and Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School

 

Program is sponsored by Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and co-sponsored by Center on Global Energy Policy and the Earth Institute of Columbia University

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Transforming Fashion’s Footprint: Innovation and Business

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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Follow the Capital: Investment and Careers in Climate

This event is at capacity, registration is closed. In the wake of federal rollbacks, climate professionals are increasingly turning to state and local governments, philanthropy, and the private...

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Columbia Global Energy Summit 2025

The Columbia Global Energy Summit 2024 is an annual event dedicated to thought-provoking discussions around the critical energy and climate challenges facing the global community. 

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