Climate School Final Capstone Briefings
Date: Friday, August 14 | Location: The Forum & Online (Link shared to registrants)
The Capstone Workshop serves as the culminating educational experience for students in the MA in Climate & Society and MS in Climate Finance programs. Students apply the practical skills and analytical knowledge they have gained through coursework to real-world climate-related challenges for a client.
- 10:00 AM - Start
- Orogenyx Capital: Investing in Climate Adaptation & Resilience
- Jennison Associates: Integrating Climate Value at Risk into Valuation
- rrreefs: Building Blue Capital - Financial Mechanisms for Reef Regeneration
- Climate Analytics: Solving the Financial Puzzle for 1.5°C Aligned Transition
- MSCI: Investing in Climate Adaptation and Resilience
- 11:25 AM – BREAK
- Nasdaq: Benchmarking Climate Transition Strategy
- Climate Central: User-Based How-To Guides for Coastal Risk Finder
- Public Citizen: Climate Attribution & Criminal Liability for Extreme Heat Deaths
- Earth Law Center: Advancing Rights of Nature in NY - Seneca Lake Case Study
- Ambition Loop: Global Plastics Treaty - Advocating Against Plastic PLU Stickers
- 12:50 PM – LUNCH
- NYC Emergency Management (NYCEM): Integrating Equity in Response & Recovery Planning
- Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC): MCURC Protein Mix
- Blue Peace Middle East: Dignity in Numbers: A WEFE Multidimensional Deprivation Index for the Middle East
- CGIAR (Bioversity/CIAT): Climate Services Participatory Assessment Tool
- Community and College Partners Program (C2P2): Planning Today for Tomorrow - Roadmap for Vulnerable Coastal Communities
- 2:50 PM – BREAK
- CGIAR-WorldFish: Climate Service Value Chain for Aquaculture in Bangladesh
- Mudder AI: AI powered flood prediction tools
- Climate Imaginarium & Cafe NYC: Integrated Growth Strategy
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Impact of State-Level Organic Waste Diversion Policies
- Princess Polly: Logistics Network Resilience & Sustainable Growth
- 4:15 PM - END
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