
Climate Solutions Lab
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The @BrownUniversity Climate Solutions Lab. Home of Climate Syllabus Bank. Solutions to the world's toughest problem. Led by @JeffDColgan @WatsonInstitute
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Brilliant article by Pilita Clark showing how popular climate action is, even when costly - but it has been demonized so much that people underestimate its popularity


Several OPEC+ countries will reduce oil production by a combined 2.2 million barrels per day through June. Jeff Colgan , director of the Climate Solutions Lab at Brown, discusses how the decreased output could affect the U.S. cbsnews.com/video/how-will…

On 4/13, join IBES & Climate Solutions Lab for Carbon Offsets: Promises, Perils, and the Path Forward, an all-day, on-campus conference that will investigate if carbon offsets are a vital climate solution or a moral hazard. Explore the agenda + register: ibes.brown.edu/news-events/ca…


Tomorrow 4pm | Javier Blas delivers the William R. Rhodes ’57 Ethics of Capitalism annual lecture "The Underbelly of the Global Economy: The Traders Who Buy and Sell the Planet’s Resources" - join us! @WatsonInstitute events.brown.edu/rhodes-center/…



WATCH LIVE: Earth Day Every Day: How the Department of Defense Advances Climate Resilience — A conversation with Dr. Kate White, Department of Defense 🇺🇸 Climate Resilience Program Director, moderated by Climate Solutions Lab Director Jeff Colgan. ow.ly/muHk50RjlVf

Kudos to Sheldon Whitehouse and other Congressional Democrats for investigating the years of deceit and climate misinformation by Big Oil. A key reason our planet is burning is because Big Oil is stymieing climate solutions. Climate Solutions Lab CSSN (Moved to Bluesky @cssn.org) Timmons Roberts

Earth Day Every Day: How the Department of Defense Advances Climate Resilience — A conversation with Dr. Kate White, Department of Defense 🇺🇸 Climate Resilience Program Director, moderated by Climate Solutions Lab Director Jeff Colgan. (VIDEO) ow.ly/knuI50Rzxs9

Scaling the energy transition in emerging markets — A Climate Solutions Lab talk with Emily McAteer ’07 on the challenges and opportunities in deploying renewable energy projects at scale in emerging markets, with a focus on Africa. (VIDEO) ow.ly/i57W50RHww0

#StudentSpotlight: Sarah Smith ’24 — Two years spent working as a research assistant at Climate Solutions Lab have prepared graduating senior Sarah Smith with the skills needed to combat the climate crisis outside of Brown University. #Brown2024 ow.ly/CnwZ50RPuMR



Summer reading for climate folks! Thomas Hale Clayton Page Aldern Climate Solutions Lab


The Trans Mountain contradiction: how can Canada lead on climate while doubling down on oil? — In the The Guardian, Climate Solutions Lab Director Jeff Colgan commented on Canada's proposed regulatory framework for greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas. ow.ly/NnW250SK8UC


Energy transitions, then and now: The 50th anniversary of the OPEC oil crisis — Sheldon Whitehouse in conversation with Climate Solutions Lab Director Jeff Colgan to discuss the legacy of the ’73 oil shock and the lessons for today. (VIDEO) ow.ly/LfhW50SIfxM

Towards a net zero real estate industry with Francesca Whitehead ’16 — Brown University alumna Francesca Whitehead talks decarbonizing real estate with clean tech innovation & investment in an event hosted by Climate Solutions Lab and the #RhodesCenter. (VIDEO) ow.ly/ekin50SIfW3

In this study, author Prof. Jonas Nahm, explains how a U.S Industrial Finance Corporation can increase the share of clean tech manufacturing and jobs in America. Link: watson.brown.edu/climatesolutio… … … Johns Hopkins SAIS , Watson Institute , @BrownEnvt, Brown Research , Climate Solutions Lab


Great news: the Climate Solutions Lab team, including new colleagues @JenniferHadden & Chris Rea Watson Institute Brown University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to continue its work on Clean Energy & Society. Stay tuned! cc IBES: Institute at Brown for Environment & Society

The Climate Syllabus Bank - an update and future plans Watson Institute Brown University youtube.com/watch?v=KP4ebv…
