Kutscher /rasei/ en 2022 Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit /rasei/2022/12/05/2022-right-here-right-now-global-climate-summit <span>2022 Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-12-05T00:00:00-07:00" title="Monday, December 5, 2022 - 00:00">Mon, 12/05/2022 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/rasei/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/2022_12_RHRN_RASEI%20Thumbnail.png?h=3640c39e&amp;itok=FEf5KoAm" width="1200" height="600" alt="Right here, right now global summit banner"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/263"> Conference </a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/361"> RHRN </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/270" hreflang="en">Energy Impacts</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/283" hreflang="en">Energy Justice</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/152" hreflang="en">Kutscher</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/150" hreflang="en">Logan</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/50" hreflang="en">Marder</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/278" hreflang="en">Social, Institutional and Behavioral Analysis</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/137" hreflang="en">Wendell</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/136" hreflang="en">York</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/rasei/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/block/2022_12_RHRN_Banner.jpeg?itok=MbzAbP6Z" width="1500" height="431" alt="Summit banner, with a women in a green field looking out at a polluting industrial complex"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p class="hero"><strong>RASEI Engagement at the United Nations Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit</strong></p><p>The United Nations Human Rights Committee and Boulder Co-hosted the 2022 Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit. The aim of this conference was to bring light to the interconnectedness of human rights and climate change. By gathering some of the world's foremost human rights, scientific, political, educational, cultural, and industrial leaders, the conference addressed these issues and tasked the participants with establishing specific action items that will provide approaches to combat the harmful effects of climate change on human rights.</p><h3>Convening Global Experts</h3><p><em>December 1-4, 2022</em></p><p><em>#RHRNClimate</em></p><p>Five RASEI Fellows were members of the summits organizing committee and worked for over a year, helping to craft an engaging and informative program and bring together partners and stakeholders to participate in this&nbsp;vital and critical discussion. You can find out more about all of the keynote sessions and activities that were part of this summit at the links on this page, in particular we highlight the events that RASEI members were central to the organization of.</p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-gold ucb-link-button-full ucb-link-button-regular" href="/globalclimatesummit/" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents">Find out more about the Summit</span></a></p><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-gold ucb-link-button-full ucb-link-button-regular" href="/globalclimatesummit/summit/summit-chairs-hosts" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents">Find out more about the Organizing Committee</span></a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>12/01/2022 - 12/04/2022</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 05 Dec 2022 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 835 at /rasei NREL Clean Energy Innovators Book /rasei/2022/06/01/nrel-clean-energy-innovators-book <span>NREL Clean Energy Innovators Book</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-06-01T00:00:00-06:00" title="Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - 00:00">Wed, 06/01/2022 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/rasei/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/2022_06_NREL_CleanEnergyInnovators_RASEI%20Thumbnail.jpg?h=7b9bd1fd&amp;itok=M8olXlNX" width="1200" height="600" alt="NREL Clean Energy Innovators book cover with NREL members looking at a solar eclipse with sun protection glasses"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/251"> Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/120" hreflang="en">Beard</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/144" hreflang="en">Berry</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/158" hreflang="en">Ginley</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/125" hreflang="en">Kazmerski</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/152" hreflang="en">Kutscher</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/rasei/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/block/2022_06_NREL_CleanEnergyInnovators_RASEI%20Slider.jpg?itok=RmdLMNwI" width="1500" height="563" alt="Profile pictures of RASEI Fellows who are featured in this book, including Larry Kazmerski, Dave Ginley, Matt Beard, Joe Berry and Chuck Kutscher"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-large"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-blue ucb-link-button-full ucb-link-button-regular" href="https://www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy22/83177.pdf" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents">Access the book here</span></a></p></div></div><p>This book, titled “Clean Energy Innovators: NREL People Working to Change the World”, features the work of a number of RASEI Fellows. Written by Ernie Tucker, and published in June of 2022, it adopts a focus on the human-interest aspect of the critical work being done at NREL.</p><p>Collecting together stories and snapshots that were spread across newspapers and magazines, and digging deeper into profiles of different NREL members, this book puts together a collection of perspectives. This isn’t a history or NREL, instead it is insights and thoughts from the people who built NREL.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 01 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 989 at /rasei We need to make big change NOW, but we have the tools to do so /rasei/2022/04/06/we-need-make-big-change-now-we-have-tools-do-so <span>We need to make big change NOW, but we have the tools to do so</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-04-06T00:00:00-06:00" title="Wednesday, April 6, 2022 - 00:00">Wed, 04/06/2022 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/rasei/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/2022_04_IPCCReport-01.png?h=0efbfb01&amp;itok=LhUoaLGN" width="1200" height="600" alt="Solar panels in a field"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/177"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/152" hreflang="en">Kutscher</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/149" hreflang="en">Luca</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>This discussion around the IPCC Report gathers opinions from RASEI Fellows Oana Luca andChuck Kutscher</div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2022/04/06/report-highlights-affordable-available-ways-mitigate-climate-change-now`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 778 at /rasei A 21st-Century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis /rasei/2022/01/12/21st-century-reinvention-electric-grid-crucial-solving-climate-change-crisis <span>A 21st-Century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-01-12T00:00:00-07:00" title="Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - 00:00">Wed, 01/12/2022 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/rasei/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/2022_01_TheConversation.jpg?h=69553e88&amp;itok=4LoxmrE3" width="1200" height="600" alt="Working picking tomatoes from a field under solar panels"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/251"> Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/270" hreflang="en">Energy Impacts</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/277" hreflang="en">Grid Innovation</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/152" hreflang="en">Kutscher</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/150" hreflang="en">Logan</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/278" hreflang="en">Social, Institutional and Behavioral Analysis</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script> window.location.href = `https://theconversation.com/a-21st-century-reinvention-of-the-electric-grid-is-crucial-for-solving-the-climate-change-crisis-173631`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 935 at /rasei Boulder, UN Human Rights to co-host global climate summit in Fall 2022 /rasei/2021/11/01/cu-boulder-un-human-rights-co-host-global-climate-summit-fall-2022 <span> Boulder, UN Human Rights to co-host global climate summit in Fall 2022</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-11-01T00:00:00-06:00" title="Monday, November 1, 2021 - 00:00">Mon, 11/01/2021 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/rasei/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/2021_11_01_RHRN_RASEI%20Thumbnail.png?h=6492bbd1&amp;itok=FgnT420T" width="1200" height="600" alt="Climate crisis protestors "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/177"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/270" hreflang="en">Energy Impacts</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/343" hreflang="en">Energy Policy</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/152" hreflang="en">Kutscher</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/150" hreflang="en">Logan</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/50" hreflang="en">Marder</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/137" hreflang="en">Wendell</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/136" hreflang="en">York</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>RASEI Fellows part of the team helping to bring this summit to Boulder.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2021/11/01/cu-boulder-un-human-rights-co-host-global-climate-summit-next-fall`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 791 at /rasei Accelerating the US Clean Energy Transformation /rasei/2020/12/01/accelerating-us-clean-energy-transformation <span>Accelerating the US Clean Energy Transformation</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-12-01T00:00:00-07:00" title="Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 00:00">Tue, 12/01/2020 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/rasei/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/2020_12_EnergyTransition_RASEI%20Thumbnail.jpg?h=fdba69ab&amp;itok=Qwc5F7c9" width="1200" height="600" alt="Report front cover, showing wind turbines, solar panels and an eco building"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/251"> Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/270" hreflang="en">Energy Impacts</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/152" hreflang="en">Kutscher</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/150" hreflang="en">Logan</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/rasei/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/block/2020_12_EnergyTransition_RASEI%20Slider.jpg?itok=0MaAOJ20" width="1500" height="563" alt="Report front cover including wind turbines, solar panels and an eco building"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-large"><div class="ucb-callout-content"><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-blue ucb-link-button-regular ucb-link-button-full" href="/rasei/media/99" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents">Download the Report</span></a></p></div></div><p>Modeling has shown that if the world stops burning fossil fuels, we can avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Transitioning our energy system from fossil fuels to non-carbon energy sources provides a host of benefits beyond addressing climate change.</p><p>Reductions in air pollution, improved social equity, increasing the number of good-paying jobs and boosting the economy are all possible. This report, co-authored by RASEI Fellows Jeff Logan and Chuck Kutscher, explores what this transition looks like, the benefits and opportunities of making this change, and mechanisms that can be used to accelerate this global transformation.</p><p>The executive summary, 15 pages long, provides a great introduction to the challenges, solutions, and opportunities to this complex and crucial problem.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 01 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 931 at /rasei Buildings consume lots of energy - here's how to design whole communities that give back as much as they take /rasei/2020/05/26/buildings-consume-lots-energy-heres-how-design-whole-communities-give-back-much-they-take <span>Buildings consume lots of energy - here's how to design whole communities that give back as much as they take</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-05-26T00:00:00-06:00" title="Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 00:00">Tue, 05/26/2020 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/rasei/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/2020_05_CommunityDesign_RASEI%20Thumbnail.jpg?h=2dac85b6&amp;itok=7vFk48fz" width="1200" height="600" alt="Banner image showing an illustration of an aerial view of a mixed use community"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/251"> Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/285" hreflang="en">Buildings</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/270" hreflang="en">Energy Impacts</a> <a href="/rasei/taxonomy/term/152" hreflang="en">Kutscher</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script> window.location.href = `https://theconversation.com/buildings-consume-lots-of-energy-heres-how-to-design-whole-communities-that-give-back-as-much-as-they-take-133871`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 26 May 2020 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 936 at /rasei