To address the negative impacts of climate change on urban prosperity and military success, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held an Advanced Research Workshop with 50 scientists, engineers, and policy makers from 16 different nations in Hella, Iceland from June 3– 6, 2012.... more

At age 27, Lauren Riga isn’t stopping: She’s been appointed the Director of Green Urbanism & Environmental Affairs for the City of Gary, Indiana; she teaches sustainability courses at Valparaiso University’s Graduate School of Business; and, she was selected for the 2012 Urban... more

WGSI recently hosted an interactive webinar for the Emerging Leaders in Environment and Energy Policy (ELEEP), a forum of transatlantic young influencers assembled by the Atlantic Council and the Ecologic Institute. The session, called ‘Unleashing Geopower’, explores the technical... more

NAFTA links Canada, Mexico, and the United States into the world’s largest trading bloc by combined GDP. This powerful economic tie provides enormous potential for growth and cooperation, especially in growing markets like energy and electricity. In NAFTA countries, what is the prospect... more

Forum Associate Vagish Sharma recently presented the Energy 2030 Blueprint to a number of international ministerial officials at the 2012 Asia-Pacific Leadership Program on Environment for Sustainable Development, hosted by the UN Environment Programme - Tongji Institute of Environment for... more

As our global energy system changes, so does the energy technology sector. But how do we keep this transformation moving? How can governments and businesses work together to continue this progress? Through supporting each other, how can they act as leaders in the clean energy arena? On June 8th... more

From Qatar to Canada, Iceland to India, an engaged group of Forum Associates and key Advisors from last June's Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 have been leading implementation initiatives for a low-carbon energy future. This group is actively working across international borders to create... more

Graeme Stemp-Morlock 6:30pm -8:00pm. June 8, 2011 Energy 2030 Working Sessions   Delegates spent the day trying to distill the transformational elements of several exciting new technologies, while the steering committee challenged them to focus on key levers that they could push... more

Graeme Stemp-Morlock 9:00 am - 5:30 pm, June 8, 2011 Energy 2030 Working Sessions   Walt Patterson, a visiting fellow in the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex, England and a WGSI advisor, fired a warning shot across the bow of the nuclear industry this morning in... more

Graeme Stemp-Morlock 9 am-6 pm. June 6, 2011 Energy 2030 Working Sessions I’m sitting here amongst scientific giants and the eco-leaders of tomorrow, in search of the inside track on absolutely all the renewable, low carbon, game-changing energy innovations we can pack into three days... more