SEP 23 – GCPE at Climate Week NYC: Global and Local Perspectives on a Just Energy Transition

Co-sponsored by 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

Join Pratt Institute’s Sustainable Environmental Systems program for an exciting Climate Week 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.

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)

This event is open to the public.