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Invitation: Higher Education Leadership on Carbon Pricing - GCAS affiliate event

Dear Climate-L readers,

On behalf of the organizers, Yale UniversitySwarthmore CollegeSecond Nature, and the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, I’m happy to invite you to join us for the Higher Education Leadership on Carbon Pricing at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS).
At this affiliate event, leaders from colleges and universities spearheading carbon pricing action will showcase their solutions and impacts to-date through panels and presentations.

Higher Education Leadership on Carbon Pricing features:
  • John Kerry, Former Secretary of State, United States of America 
  • Dan Kammen, Distinguished Professor of Energy, UC Berkeley
  • Michael Howard, EVP for Finance and Administration, Smith College
  • Ann Carlson, Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, UCLA
  • Tim Pavlis, Associate Vice President for Strategic Analysis, Yale University

The event will focus on:
  • Lessons from leaders currently implementing carbon pricing on their campuses
  • A discussion among high-level staff and distinguished faculty in finance, strategy and policy on roles for higher education in carbon pricing
  • The launch of a toolkit to help institutions implement carbon pricing on campus

Featured institutions include: Arizona State University, Smith College, Swarthmore College, University College London, University of British Columbia, University of California, and Yale University.

Details:
September 13, 2018 from 3:30 - 6:30pm
W Hotel in San Francisco, CA
Hors d'oeuvres will be served
Co-hosted by Yale UniversitySwarthmore CollegeSecond Nature, and the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, which co-organize the Working Group on Carbon Pricing in Higher Education.

Register by Monday, September 11, 2018:www.carbonpricingleadership.org/gcas-event

Please register as soon as possible. Space is limited.


Best, Isabel

Isabel Saldarriaga A.
Communications Officer
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