by Dr. Pauline Dixon, Learning 2030 Advisor For more than a decade, I’ve been meeting illiterate parents living in states of poverty you couldn’t imagine unless you’ve experienced it. All of them have something in common.  No, it isn’t their inability... more

Dr. Alán Aspuru-Guzik and his team of chemists and engineers at Harvard University were recently awarded a $600,000 grant to further the development of flow batteries from the US Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E). In June 2011, Alán contributed his expertise... more

On September 7, 2012, WGSI Forum Associate Vagish Sharma and India-based Jagurih Group hosted the Roundtable Workshop on Cleantech and India’s Vision in New Delhi. This conference gathered energy experts, policy makers and business leaders to explore the energy technologies needed to meet the... more

October was a hectic time for Esther Adedeji, who was recently invited to represent Nigeria at an energy workshop in Germany and whose initiative was then nominated for the Most Innovative Project award at the Nigerian Energy Expo. Raised in the West African petro-state of Nigeria, Esther has a... more

How is Canada reacting and adapting to the changing landscape of energy in regards to science policy and innovation? What are the roles of the private sector and civil society in facilitating the transition? What are the best and latest in the energy technological space? To tackle these timely... more

"Technology is not the problem. It's there. This is a matter of decision," says Forum Associate Felipe De León in the Costa Rican daily newspaper La Nación. De León is referring to the Equinox Blueprint: Energy 2030, which he and Insight Consulting launched in Costa Rica earlier... more

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

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

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