Tag: <span>china</span>

Growing Leadership in Sustainability Services in Beijing and Beyond

As the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China is facing increasing pressure on emissions reductions. Meanwhile, the nation also is facing domestic pressure regarding employment, urbanization, and traditional pollutant (such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide) emissions reductions. The dilemma that China faces today is a developmental crisis coexisting …

Learning by Doing — the Way to Pursue a Professional Career

Before I started working for ClimateWorks, I thought five months would be a long time and I could enjoy the California sunshine. However, the internship with the Advisory and Research Team at ClimateWorks was so exciting and unforgettable that I cannot believe five months have already passed. I harvested much more …

Philanthropy helps save the world? – The power of collaboration to alleviate climate change

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.  — attributed to Margaret Mead My dream is to work in non-profit organizations on mitigating climate change and protecting our beautiful planet. I’m particularly interested in figuring …

GLEON Buoy Data Used in a Variety of Ways

Cross-posted from Blog.GLEON. Recent Bard Center for Environmental Policy (CEP) graduate Alicia Caruso delved deeply into the uses of GLEON data and found that high-frequency buoy data is being shared widely, and a new collaboration with database managers may improve data accessibility to promote greater collaborations with a broader audience …

If a scientist meets a decision maker, will they communicate by Morse?

During our first-year courses at Bard CEP, we learned about the science-policy gap in the United States and the difficulties that arise when researchers and decision makers need to work together. In the US, if you pay attention to popular media, there is clear lack of faith, and sometimes outright …