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EEMI Awarded Grant by UN Climate Technology Center
January 22, 2024
In November 2023 the SEAS-hosted GW Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI) was awarded a grant, in partnership with the Korean National Institute of Green Technology (NIGT), to undertake a project involving the development of a national digitalization readiness index to strengthen the capacities of developing countries to address technological challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
EEMI Co-Hosts Natural Resources Symposium
January 22, 2024
On November 15, 2023, the SEAS-Based GW Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI) co-hosted a day long symposium in conjunction with the D.C.-based Environmental Law institute and the Industry Natural Resource Management Group.
EEMI Director of Sustainable Energy Chairing Major Solar Energy Conference at GW
January 22, 2024
Professor Scott Sklar, Director of Sustainable Energy in the GW Engineering-hosted GW Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI), is serving as the General Chairman of the 2024 Annual Conference of the American Solar Energy Society, founded in 1956. This major event, entitled “ASES National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2024: Connecting Technology & Policy” will be held at GW on May 20-23, 2024.
EEMI Wins CDRF Research Grant
November 21, 2023
In September 2023, four faculty members of the SEAS-hosted Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI) were awarded a research grant from the University’s Cross-Disciplinary Research Fund (CDRF).
World Bank Leader Joins EEMI
July 14, 2023
In June 2023, Dr. Merza Hasan, former long-time Dean of the World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors, joined the SEAS-based GW Environmental and Energy...
EEMI Completes Climate Change Educational Project for UNFCCC Secretariat
July 13, 2023
The SEAS-based GW Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI) completed the development of a capacity building educational program for the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the leading climate change organization in the world, during the Spring 2023 semester.
EEMI Faculty and Students Conduct Panel at AIM for Climate Ministerial Summit
July 12, 2023
On May 10, 2023, the SEAS-based GW Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI) conducted a panel at the US-UAE AIM for Climate Ministerial Summit in Washington, D.C. Panelists discussed four initiatives leading up to and beyond COP 28 in Dubai being undertaken by the Institute.
EEMI Conducts Three-Day Conference on The City of the Future
July 11, 2023
On January 24-26, 2023, the SEAS-hosted GW Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI) brought together some of the most prominent voices in cities, utilities, business, and activism to the Nation’s capital for three days of discussions to determine how cities can modernize to foster these attributes. The “The City of the Future” event was held in the University’s Jack Morton Auditorium.
EEMI Meets with Romanian and Moldovan Delegates on Clean Energy for Advanced Irrigation Technology
July 10, 2023
On Friday, May 12, 2023, a team of George Washington University Environmental and Energy Management Institute leaders met with 17 government and private...
EEMI Director Publishes New Book on Climate Change
July 6, 2023
In April 2023, a new book entitled “HANDBOOK OF MULTI-LEVEL CLIMATE ACTIONS: SPARKING AND SUSTAININGTRANSFORMATIVE APPROACHES,” co-edited by GW Environmental and Energy Management Institute Director Dr. Jonathan Deason, was released by the publisher, Edward Edgar Publishing of the United Kingdom.
EEMI Team Wins New Research Grant on Promoting an Equitable and Sustainable Green Economy
July 5, 2023
On June 9, 2023, the GW Office of the Vice Provost for Research announced the award of a grant from the University’s Cross-Disciplinarity Research Fund to the SEAS-based Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI).
EEMI Holds Conference on Inflation Reduction Act
July 3, 2023
On March 22, 2023, the SEAS-based GW Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI) conducted, in partnership with American University’s Center for Environmental Policy, an all-day conference entitled “The Inflation Reduction Act's Climate and Energy Provisions: A Six-Month Progress Report.”