Bethany Patten
@pattenbethany
Advocate for sustainable biz & policy | MIT Sloan & Boston College alum | @MIT_CPC + #ClimatePathwaysProject
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethanypatten/ 30-05-2011 15:58:53
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Rising temps increase heat-related illness, especially in urban areas. Use #EnROADS (co-dev’d w/ Climate Interactive) to explore how global policies can reduce the number of add’l deaths from extreme heat | The New York Times story by Raymond Zhong | #ClimatePathwaysProject
1/2 Can’t forget that nuclear competes with ALL energy sources-not just fossil! Encouraging nuclear means less wind & solar too. That’s one reason that encouraging it globally in #EnROADS only shaves off 0.2°F (0.1°C) of temp rise | #ClimatePathwaysProject en-roads.climateinteractive.org/scenario.html?…
As the #Maldives adapt to sea level rise, flood risk mapping in #EnROADS (co-dev’d w/ Climate Interactive) reminds us that global action taken now can STILL save land in island nations | Government of Maldives | #ClimatePathwaysProject | National Geographic story by Tristan McConnell
Thrilled that MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative's #ClimatePathwaysProject & Climate Interactive's #EnROADS simulator are contributing to the City of Burlington's efforts to achieve their net zero energy goals! Looking forward to it, BTVMayor Miro Weinberger!
Gov. John Bel Edwards 1/3 Congrats to Gov. John Bel Edwards on LA’s Climate Action Plan! #EnROADS (co-dev’d w/ Climate Interactive) can simulate a global 100% Clean Electricity x 2035 goal like LA’s & show the impact of qualifying different energy sources as clean | #ClimatePathwaysProject
As U.S. preps to give CA authority to set vehicle emissions standards tougher than fed gov’t’s #EnROADS show us the large impact Emissions Performance Standards could have on a global scale | The Washington Post story by Dino Grandoni | #ClimatePathwaysProject
Thanks MIT Sloan Action Learning for the feature! Had a great time as a keynote speaker discussing how we work with companies in our S-Lab course to solve sustainability challenges they face, while empowering our students to make a tangible impact.
As the # of global crises grows each year, Gen Z is approaching the future, and their place in it, in a way no generation has had to before. As MIT Sloan School of Management's Bethany Patten sums up below, "every job needs to be a sustainability job at some level." bbc.com/worklife/artic…
🌿 Our 2021 Annual Report 🌿| Our community is tethered by our reliance on our planet — and each other. As we celebrate 10 years of our Sustainability Certificate, we're proud to share these stories of impact, feat. twenty-five Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) alumni. Read here: bit.ly/3Dj7fvp
🌍 Check out the final five flagship projects at this year's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Climate Grand Challenges – one of which utilizes our #EnROADS model (co-developed with Climate Interactive), "Bringing Computation to the Climate Challenge"! news.mit.edu/2022/flagship-…
.Senator John Hickenlooper and Scott Peters are on a mission to update and streamline the patchwork energy transmission system in the U.S. with their legislation, the Building Integrated Grids With Inter-Regional Energy Supply (BIG WIRES) Act. buff.ly/45PvPSR
MIT Climate Pathways Project (MIT CPP) was selected by Paris Peace Forum as one of the ten projects for its Scale-up Program (SCUP). Our executive director Bethany Patten was honored to accept alongside CPP team member Florian Kapmeier on the first day of the Forum. #PPF2024
Are you an experienced journalist or editor covering #climatechange? Our MIT Climate Pathways Project has teamed up with Thomson Reuters Foundation to add #EnROADS co-dev'd w/ @ClimateInteract + MIT Sloan School of Management to their "Reporting Climate Change" course offering. buff.ly/3WvZH3b Learn more today!
🌍 Our team will be speaking at EarthX2025! Affiliated faculty member John Sterman will guide a panel through #EnROADS Climate Solutions Simulator, developed by MIT Sloan School of Management and Climate Interactive 🌐 earthx.org 📅 April 21-25