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The Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability pioneers research to advance a sustainable and equitable future. Our focus on planetary and environmental health, climate governance, and energy systems is grounded in equity and justice, robust data analysis, and real-world impact.
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Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy: Annual report 2021
(Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2021)“Although clearly it was a year like no other, the ISE’s mission and work were, if anything, reinforced by the pandemic as well as the highly visible racial injustice of the last year and the ever more visible effects of ... -
How Boston’s next mayor can accelerate the city’s equitable clean energy transition
(Boston Area Research Initiative, 2021-09)As the Boston mayoral race heads to the primary on September 14, how can the next mayor equitably and rapidly accelerate the city’s clean energy transition to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change and fossil fuel ... -
Accelerating cities’ net zero action: Key takeaways from partnership and innovative financing visioning labs
(Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2021-05)INTRODUCTION: The goals of this project were to increase the ambition of cities in the UK and the U.S. to set and achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions targets, to encourage more cities to commit to the UNFCCC ... -
EPA methane emission controls, Obama vs Trump vs Biden: what needs to be fixed and what should be left alone
(Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2021-05-04)On 13 August 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated its final rule amending the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the Oil and Natural Gas Sector. Both adherents and detractors of ... -
Student project: Incorporating issues of energy efficiency adoption into the City of Boston's greenhouse gas reduction strategy
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Carbon Free Boston: Waste Technical Advisory Group, July 31, 2018
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Student project: A study of carbon offsets and RECs to meet Boston’s mandate for carbon neutrality by 2050
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Student project: An assessment of experience implementing community choice aggregation in Massachusetts
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Carbon Free Boston: stakeholder briefing conversation, June 28, 2018
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The global warming potential misrepresents the physics of global warming thereby misleading policy makers: November 2020
(Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2020)The Global Warming Potential (GWP) is widely used to compare the climate change effects of various greenhouse gases. Although GWP has an established role in international climate agreements, GWP does not describe any ...
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