{"id":7939,"date":"2020-06-18T11:03:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T15:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/?p=7939"},"modified":"2025-03-28T12:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T16:26:41","slug":"current-insights-on-the-clean-energy-transition-investment-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/2020\/06\/18\/current-insights-on-the-clean-energy-transition-investment-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Current insights on the clean energy transition &#038; investment opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IjF5-yKyxfs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span>The world is in the midst of a clean energy transition due to concern about of the impacts of climate change on the economy, public health, and the planet\u2019s natural systems that generate life-sustaining ecosystem services. This clean energy transition is driven by the rapid decline in the cost of renewable energy, and a large surge in private and public investment in wind, solar, storage, and energy efficiency. Industry experts will address the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on sustainable investments, as well as current and near-terms prospects for clean energy, climate action, and environmental, social, and governance investing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Featured speakers include\u00a0<\/span><strong>Cutler J. Cleveland<\/strong><span>, Professor of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Earth and Environment<\/a><span>\u00a0and Associate Director of the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute for Sustainable Energy<\/a><span>\u00a0at Boston University, and\u00a0<\/span><strong>Jennifer Leonard<\/strong><span>,\u00a0<\/span><strong>CFA (CAS\u201994)<\/strong><span>, Executive Director, Asset Manager Due Diligence and Portfolio Co-Manager at Cornerstone Capital Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Audio trouble?<\/strong> Click the five gray bar icon in the bottom right corner of video window to turn up the volume manually.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about the impact of the pandemic on the industry &#038; the broader outlook for renewable energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16959,"featured_media":14548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1,390],"tags":[540,266,264,543,265],"featured_img":"\/alumni\/files\/2020\/06\/windmill-800x600.png","agg_excerpt":"Learn about the impact of the pandemic on the industry & the broader outlook for renewable energy.","agg_title":"Clean energy transition & investment opportunities","media_icon":"webinar-icon","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7939"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25206,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939\/revisions\/25206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}