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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.”
EEMI Conducts Four Captivating Webinars on Worldwide Environmental and Energy Issues in Spring 2023 Semester
July 2, 2023
During the Spring 2023 semester, EEMI presented four outstanding webinars in its EEMI Distinguished Lecture Series. Summaries and links to these presentations are provided below.
EEMI Hosts U.S. Department of State - Government of Thailand Energy Policy Dialogue
June 30, 2023
On April 19, 2023, the SEAS-based Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI) hosted an official "US-Thailand Energy Policy Dialogue" meeting by the U.S. Department of State and the Government of Thailand. The meeting was held in the University’s Science and Engineering Hall.
EEMI Conducts Wartime Symposium with Sixteen Ukrainian Delegates
January 1, 2023
On September 2, 2022, EEMI conducted a symposium on “Russia's War, the World's Food: The Successes and Challenges of Ukrainian Agricultural Producers in the Midst of War” in the Lehman Auditorium of the Science and Engineering hall.
EEMI Leads GW Delegation to COP27
January 1, 2023
EEMI Director of Operations Dr. Mukes Kapilashrami coordinated the planning and led a session by GW’s five-person delegation to COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in November 2022. The GW session, held in the UNFCCC Pavilion in the COP27 Blue Zone, on November 17, 2022, was entitled “Eco-Smart Inclusive Governance.”