Event Recordings & Presentations
IGS is pleased to offer session slides, video recordings, recaps, and other materials from past events. For all available recordings, view the IGS event archive.
View select recordings by series or date: (The Institute for Sustainable Energy is now the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability, IGS).
2023 Events
- Research for People & Planet Webinar Series | Daily Heat and Firearm Violence in 100 US Cities (April 28, 2023)
- Boston Terror – the Origins of Ecological Genocide in Your Backyard (and How You Can Stop It) (April 25, 2023) Hosted by BU Sustainability, Office of the Senior Diversity Officer, Institute for Global Sustainability, and the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
- Energy and Environment Forum – The Sociotechnical Dynamics of Negative Emissions, Carbon Removal, and Solar Geoengineering, featuring Benjamin Sovacool (April 24, 2023) Hosted by the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy
- Research for People & Planet | Justice, Energy & Transport: Key Climate Mitigation Insights from the IPCC Report, Benjamin Sovacool (March 31, 2023)
- Canadian Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources Testimony: Climate Change and the Canadian Oil & Gas Industry, Benjamin Sovacool (March 23, 2023)
- Research on Tap | Environmental Cultures, Power, and Equity (March 22, 2023)
- Research for People & Planet | Rebuilding Ukraine: Energy Infrastructure and Energy Security, Darrick Evensen (February 10, 2023)
2022 Events
- Research on Tap | Developing Technologies for a Sustainable Future (December 7, 2022)
- Research for People & Planet: Residential Weatherization, Energy Security & Health Disparities (December 2, 2022)
- The Role of Net Metering in the Evolving Electricity System, Benjamin Sovacool (November 2, 2022)
- Research for People & Planet: Bioenergy Pathways (October 21, 2022)
- UTES Oxford-Style Debate on University Fossil Fuel Divestment, Cutler Cleveland (October 11, 2022)
- Sustainability, Health Equity, and Antiracism in the 21st Century, Patricia Fabian, Rebecca Pearl-Martinez (September 30, 2022)
- DOE Justice Week: Valuing Social Science and Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Energy Research, Benjamin Sovacool (September 15, 2022)
- Understanding AI’s Potential for Sustainability: Smart Homes and Energy Justice (June 3, 2022)
- Understanding AI’s Potential for Sustainability: Sustainable Mobility (April 29, 2022)
- Understanding AI’s Potential for Sustainability: Building a Smart Power Grid (March 18, 2022)
- Where Is Energy Storage Headed?: The Future of Electrochemical Systems – New Architectures and Functional Materials (February 25, 2022)
- Advancing Sustainability with AI Distinguished Speaker Series, Panel Discussion (February 11, 2022)
- Where Is Energy Storage Headed? Challenges of Degradation in Long-term Operation (February 11, 2022) (Recording not available)
- Advancing Sustainability with AI Distinguished Speaker Series, Francesco Fuso Nerini, The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (February 9, 2022)
- Advancing Sustainability with AI Distinguished Speaker Series, Aisha Walcott-Bryant, AI’s Potential for Healthcare to Mobility in Africa (February 7, 2022)
- Advancing Sustainability with AI Distinguished Speaker Series, Claire Monteleoni, Deep Unsupervised Learning for Climate Informatics (February 4, 2022)
- Where Is Energy Storage Headed?: Interfacial Phenomena in Electrochemical Systems (January 28, 2022)
- Where Is Energy Storage Headed?: Integrating Experimental and Computational Approaches Across Scales (January 14, 2022)
2021 Events
- Justice in Urban Climate Plans: How and Where Cities Are Integrating Equity and Climate (co-sponsored by the ISE)
- Decarbonization of Existing Commercial Buildings: Policy & Financial Issues (Energy of the Future)
- BU International Education Week: The Climate Crisis & the Need for Global, Bold Action (co-sponsored by the ISE)
- Decarbonization of Existing Commercial Buildings: Technical Issues & Opportunities (Energy of the Future)
- Cool, Climate-safe Cities: New Solutions & Research (Energy of the Future)
- Conference on Carbon Pricing: Distributional Issues Within Countries (moderator Jacquie Ashmore)
- How to Make U.S. Manufacturing Clean and Competitive in the Global Low-Carbon Economy (co-hosted by ISE; panelist Henry Kelly)
- Improving Sustainable Investing through Better ESG Metrics (Energy of the Future)
- The Civic Movement: Universities Working in Partnership Conference 2021: City of Boston’s and Boston University’s partnership on climate action (panelist Jacquie Ashmore)
- Harvard Planetary Health Alliance annual meeting | Activating the mainstream: Our urgent planetary health mission to protect the future (moderator Sarah Finnie Robinson)
- American Climate Leadership Summit 2021 | Climate + You Forum: Food, Family, Wellness (panelist Sarah Finnie Robinson)
- Sustainable African Electricity Sector Expansion: The Critical Role of Social Factors (Energy of the Future)
- Exploring Environmental Justice: Energy Justice in the Boston Area (co-sponsored by the ISE)
- How We Talk About the Climate Crisis (moderator Sarah Finnie Robinson)
- Clean Energy & Climate Innovation: New Opportunities for Infrastructure Investment (co-hosted by the ISE)
- Coupled Human-Natural Systems and Behavior: recording of Enhancing Energy, Climate, and Environmental (Data) Justice in Boston, featuring Cutler Cleveland
- The Boston Globe | Talking to Your Children About Climate Change (panelist Jacquie Ashmore)
- Replay and Live Discussion: Tackling Climate Change: Mitigation or Adaptation? (panelist Jacquie Ashmore)
- Women Leading the Charge in Energy Storage to Advance Renewable and EV Growth (Energy of the Future)
- 2021 Industrial Policy Series: Green Industrial Policy (panelist Henry Kelly)
- Energy Efficiency Innovations—Driving Prosperity, Slashing Emissions
- Computing and Technology in Support of Sustainability
- Climate Change and the Prospects for the Rapid Decarbonization of Energy Supplies (presented by Peter Fox-Penner and Cutler Cleveland)
- Energy-Water Nexus Transition to Address Climate Change (Energy of the Future)
- Innovation for Clean Manufacturing | Alternative Materials
- Smart Cities and Sustainability
- Innovation for Clean Manufacturing | Bio-Manufacturing: Opportunities to Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation
- Energy Leaders Webinar Series: Guiding Principles for Sound Energy Policy (panelist Peter Fox-Penner)
- Innovation for Clean Manufacturing | Low-Temperature Industrial Processes
- ENRP / HUCE / MRCBG Energy Policy Seminar Series: Power after Carbon (featuring Peter Fox-Penner)
- Congressman Sean Casten on Climate Policy under Biden and the New Congress (Energy of the Future)
- Innovation for Clean Manufacturing | Greening High-Temperature Manufacturing: Toward an RD&D Agenda
Research for People & Planet Webinar Series
- Research for People & Planet Webinar Series | Daily Heat and Firearm Violence in 100 US Cities (April 28, 2023)
- Research for People & Planet | Justice, Energy & Transport: Key Climate Mitigation Insights from the IPCC Report, Benjamin Sovacool (March 31, 2023)
- Research for People & Planet | Rebuilding Ukraine: Energy Infrastructure and Energy Security, Darrick Evensen (February 10, 2023)
- Research for People & Planet: Residential Weatherization, Energy Security & Health Disparities (December 2, 2022)
- Research for People & Planet: Bioenergy Pathways (October 21, 2022)
Where Is Energy Storage Headed?
- Workshop 1: Integrating Experimental and Computational Approaches Across Scales (January 14, 2022)
- Workshop 2: Interfacial Phenomena in Electrochemical Systems (January 28, 2022)
- Workshop 3: Challenges of Degradation in Long-term Operation (February 11, 2022) (Recording not available)
- Workshop 4: The Future of Electrochemical Systems – New Architectures and Functional Materials (February 25, 2022)
Energy of the Future Webinar Series
- Understanding AI’s Potential for Sustainability: Smart Homes and Energy Justice (June 3, 2022)
- Understanding AI’s Potential for Sustainability: Sustainable Mobility
(April 29, 2022) - Understanding AI’s Potential for Sustainability: Building a Smart Power Grid
(March 18, 2022) - Decarbonization of Existing Commercial Buildings: Policy & Financial Issues
(December 3, 2021) - Decarbonization of Existing Commercial Buildings: Technical Issues & Opportunities
(November 5, 2021) - Cool, Climate-safe Cities: New Solutions & Research
(October 1, 2021) - Improving Sustainable Investing through Better ESG Metrics
(June 17, 2021) - Sustainable African Electricity Sector Expansion: The Critical Role of Social Factors
(April 23, 2021) - Women Leading the Charge in Energy Storage to Advance Renewable and EV Growth
(March 26, 2021) - Energy-Water Nexus Transition to Address Climate Change
(February 19, 2021) - Congressman Sean Casten on Climate Policy under Biden and the New Congress
(January 29, 2021) - Integrating Advanced Manufacturing and Climate Change Policies
(November 20, 2020) - Clean Energy Markets in the Wake of COVID-19
(October 23, 2020) - Enhancing Social Equity in City Climate Action & Sustainability Planning
(September 25, 2020)
Innovation for Clean Manufacturing
Presentations & Recordings
- Greening High-Temperature Manufacturing: Toward an RD&D Agenda (January 27, 2021)
- Low-Temperature Industrial Processes (February 3, 2021)
- Bio-Manufacturing: Opportunities to Contribute to Climate Change Mitigation (February 10, 2021)
- Alternative Materials (February 17, 2021)
- How to Make U.S. Manufacturing Clean and Competitive in the Global Low-Carbon Economy (June 24, 2021) (co-hosted by ISE; panelist Henry Kelly)
BU Knowledge Transfer Series: Sharing Research at the Interface of Data Sciences and Sustainability
- Coupled Human-Natural Systems and Behavior: recording of Enhancing Energy, Climate, and Environmental (Data) Justice in Boston, featuring Cutler Cleveland (March 31, 2021)
- Computing and Technology in Support of Sustainability (March 8, 2021)
- Smart Cities and Sustainability (February 12, 2021)
Research on Tap
- Research on Tap | Environmental Cultures, Power, and Equity (March 22, 2023)
- Research on Tap | Developing Technologies for a Sustainable Future (December 7, 2022)
- Research on Tap | Accelerating the Energy Transition: Transformative Pathways to Decarbonization and Sustainability (December 4, 2019)
- Methane Emissions Detection: Technology vs Regulation featuring Robert Kleinberg
- Melting the ICE: The Critical Role of Public Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles featuring Z. Justin Ren
- Coordination of Renewable Generation and New Loads featuring Michael Caramanis
- Understanding Interfacial Stability in High Energy Density Batteries featuring Emily Ryan
- Improving Sustainability of Commercial Buildings featuring Michael Gevelber
- How Do You Decarbonize 86,000 Buildings? featuring Cutler J. Cleveland
- The Population Health Consequences of the Energy Transition: The Home and Built Environment featuring Jon Levy
- Nature-based Climate Solutions? featuring Lucy R. Hutyra
- Sustainable Water Management featuring Jacqueline Ashmore
- Framing the Practice of Just Transitions featuring David O. Jermain