EEM Newsletter Spring/Summer 2022
EEMI Conducts Wartime Webinar with Ukrainian Colleagues
On May 5, 2022, EEMI conducted a real-time webinar with a group of government and NGO colleagues in the middle of war-torn Ukraine. The event provided the audience with a first-hand understanding of the war situation though the eyes of our friends in Ukraine.
EEMI Hosts GW-European Commission Meeting
On February 17, 2022, EEMI hosted a meeting among three GW Deans, led by SEAS Dean John Lach, with senior representatives of the European Commission (EC).
EEMI Granted Membership in the United Nations Climate Technology Centre and Network
On July 13, 2022, the UN Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) granted full membership to the GW Environmental and Energy Management Institute.
EEMI Co-Hosts Major Symposium on Carbon Pricing with the European Union
On June 15, 2022, the SEAS Environmental and Energy Management Institute served as a co-host, along with the Delegation to the U.S. of the European Union, of a symposium entitled “Effective Public Policy on Carbon Pricing in Support of Climate Objectives: Views from North America and Europe.”
EEMI Conducts Meeting with European Commission Director-General for Energy
On January 27, 2022, EEMI faculty met with European Commission Director-General for Energy Ditte Juul Jorgenson and other European Commission officials to discuss a partnership between GW and the European Commission to promote worldwide sustainability, including energy security and response to the global climate change challenge.
EEMI Conducts Microgrid Controls Demonstration on Foggy Bottom Campus
On February 25, 2022, EEMI conducted a day-long microgrid controls demonstration at GW’s Potomac Plaza, next to the Gelman Library.
2022 Graduation Celebration
In the first in-person graduation event since the beginning of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, the 2022 Environmental and Energy Management graduates participated among the more than 700 graduate and undergraduate School of Engineering and Applied Science students who graduated on May 13, 2022.
EEMI Conducts Widely Attended Webinars with Senior European Commission Officials
During the Spring and early Summer semesters, EEMI conducted two webinars with senior European Commission officials as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen GW’s partnership with the European Union.
EEMI Quoted in Major Media
EEM Professor Jonathan Deason was quoted extensively in a Newsweek magazine article about the current U.S. megadrought
