Tackling Climate Change: the Case for Carbon Dividends
IGS Events | Seminar with Professor James K. Boyce
Apply Now: New BU Sustainability Innovation Seed Grant Program
Sustainability is a pluralistic and inclusive way of meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The Sustainability Innovation Seed Grant program is an opportunity for students to be part of this balance. With grant funding and resources offered by sustainability@BU and Innovate@BU, students are empowered […]
The Financial Communication Challenges of New Mobility
New strategies for providing mobility using on-demand shared vehicles, electric vehicles, and the prospect of fully automated vehicles are revolutionizing surface transportation. There is good reason to believe that new systems can increase options for mobility for everyone, cut costs, increase safety, and minimize environmental hazards. Capturing their full potential, however, will require innovations not […]
Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy Develops New City Planning Tools for Electric Vehicle Adoption
“Melting the ICE” provides a first-time analytical framework to guide electric vehicle infrastructural investments BOSTON, MA (June 10, 2019) – With cities at the forefront of electric vehicle (EV) adoption worldwide, Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) is giving municipal decision-makers a detailed blueprint for EV infrastructure planning in the new book Melting the […]
Assessing the Potential for U.S. Utility Green Bonds
Financing the transition of our energy systems to carbon-free generation is one of the foremost challenges in sustainable energy. Green bonds are a relatively new kind of debt security that offer some real advantages to utilities and other issuers committed to making new investments in clean energy resources. In the ISE’s new report, Assessing the […]
Carbon Free Boston Social Equity Report
IGS Research | May 2019
Carbon Free Boston Technical Reports
IGS Research | May 2019
Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy Delivers Comprehensive Analysis of Key Strategies for the City of Boston’s Urban Climate Planning
Carbon Free Boston Report’s state-of-the-art modeling links policies, economics, and emissions to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 BOSTON, MA (May 20, 2019) – Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) in collaboration with the Boston Green Ribbon Commission today released the Carbon Free Boston Technical and Social Equity companion reports, expanding on the prior Summary […]
Assessing the Potential for U.S. Utility Green Bonds
IGS Research | May 2019
Climate Communications 101: the Trusted Messenger
An entire climate communications strategy flows from this one simple principle: People believe people whom they trust, and they’re more likely to act based on the recommendation of that influential other person. Communications experts call this the Trusted Messenger principle, and it’s proven especially effective on the topic of climate change. Friends, family, and co-workers […]