September 11, 2019 1:15 to 2:45 PM EDT Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7682777426333033217 Today 1.06 billion people, or 20% of the World population, live without access to electricity (IEA and World Bank, 2017), mostly living in rural Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. They rely on torches and candles for lighting, and muscle power for most everything else. The result is a subsistence local economy. Providing reliable an...

WaterPro is the annual conference of the National Rural Water Association and is designed to bring together water and wastewater utility systems – large and small, municipal and rural – for sessions in operations, management, boardsmanship and governance. Learn new skills; Upgrade current ones The Water Industry is always in flux — innovative technology, new regulations or changing funding formulas. The WaterPro Conference o...

The United States is facing a potentially staggering expansion of dangerous heat over the coming decades. This Union of Concerned Scientist analysis, Killer Heat in the United States: The Future of Dangerously Hot Days, shows the rapid, widespread increases in extreme heat that are projected to occur across the country due to climate change, including conditions so extreme that a heat index cannot be measured. The analysis also finds that the...

Thu, Sep 5, 2019 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM EDT Join SSF in a sixty minute webinar with Hazel Henderson, world renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, worldwide syndicated columnist, and leader in sustainable development. We will discuss science-based investing, which is the focus of the 2019/20 addition of her Green Transition Scorecard Report. Hazel is the founder of Ethical Markets Media, Certified B Corporation and the creator and co-execu...

Please join SSF, and the Environmental and Energy Institute at George Washington University in a discussion with energy futurist, author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and educator, Jimmy Jia. Jimmy is the author of “The Book of Energy Leadership Frameworks” and “Driven by Demand: How Energy Gets its Power“. In this webinar Jimmy discusses with me the role of a new corporate position he calls the Corporate Energy Strate...

Please join SSF, and our co-hosts the Environmental and Energy Institute at George Washington University and the American Renewable Energy Institute in a 60-minute discussion of the renewable energy landscape and the rate of renewable deployment. We will also examine the rationale for an increased role for hydrogen in the clean energy mix of the future. Why Talk about Hydrogen? Because it will be difficult to meet climate goals with electrific...

Webinar Previews the George Washington University’s Geopolitics of Energy Course Designed for mid-level professionals, the webinar previews a new one-day onsite class exploring the little understood but compelling world of what may be the most powerful force that operates around the globe, now and for the foreseeable future: Energy and Geopolitics. International energy markets are dynamic and entwined with foreign affairs, historically c...

Hosted by the Climate Action Reserve, the 17th annual NACW conference will explore the most pressing issues in climate policy and carbon markets to the largest gathering of climate professionals in North America. NACW 2019 will provide valuable insights on the issues that are top of mind for climate professionals, including: Carbon pricing across North America - including California, the Northeast states, Canada and MexicoGrowth of climate ac...

Public-private partnerships (P3s) are delivering critical infrastructure across the country. Today partnerships are providing communities new tools and ways to address their water system challenges. Join more than 600 public agency and water professionals this April 23 - 24 for 2 critical days on the latest modes of infrastructure delivery. The 2019 P3 Water Summit will be dedicated to P3 education and networking for utility operators, distric...

The oil and gas industries’ routinely flares and engineers vents release unexpectedly large amounts of methane gas despite emergent regulations. Yet the business opportunities from capturing those emissions and turning them into value could be worth tens of billions of dollars a year. Such business-led, market-driven methane abatement would also create large and rapid environmental benefits. In this 90-minute webinar, Amory Lovins will l...