Climate Week NYC: Global and Local Perspectives on a Just Energy Transition

Join Pratt Institute’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems program for an exciting Climate Week NYC 2024 panel on important energy justice topics. Panelists working on local and global energy issues will come together to discuss systemic and historic barriers in realizing a true Just Transition. This timely discussion will happen during the UN General Assembly, where key climate and energy transition issues will be at the center of next steps for the sustainable development goals.

Key themes of the conversation will include: decarbonization, the path to net zero, supply chains, incentives for transition, green economy, the SDGs, and community ownership.

This event is open to the public and will be recorded.

Panelists:
Elena Crete
Head of Climate and Energy Program, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Avni Pravin
Deputy Director of Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE)
Claudia Villar-Leeman
Senior Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST)
Martha Molfetas
Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute GCPE
Senior Fellow, New America
Summer Sandoval
Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute GCPE
Environmental Justice Federal Funding Lead, Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN)

Co-sponsors:
Pratt Institute MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems
New America’s Planetary Politics Initiative
Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Urban Sustainability Directors Network
Pratt Institute GCPE
Pratt Institute School of Architecture