Innovating our way to a sustainable world
About
UN Climate Week NYC 2022
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Brought to you by the CGLN Youth Advisory Council
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As part of the UN Climate Week NYC, each of the CGLN’s Youth Advisory Council Members organised and moderated thematic panel sessions across a two-day event (September 20th & 21st) to discuss practical, innovative ways to make their respective sectors fit for purpose in a sustainable world.
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You will find recordings of all our our sessions below.
Panel sessions
Making mining sustainable ​​​​​​​​​
How different industries can move towards sustainable manufacturing practices
Sustainable energy technologies for the future
Developing truly sustainable agricultural systems
What does the future hold for the petrochemical industry?
The role and applicability of CDR technologies
The role of nuclear technologies in achieving net-zero
Re-inventing construction waste and materials for the circular economy
Discounting the future: balancing the financial, environmental, social costs and benefits of climate action
Electric Vehicles: challenges and opportunities
Josh Warner
(Moderator)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Mining
Lucy Crane
(Moderator)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Mining
Rose Clarke
Nika
Org & Position
Org & Position
Professor Karen Hudson-Edwards
CGLN Fellow and Professor in Sustainable Mining at Camborne School of Mines
How different industries can move towards sustainable manufacturing practices
Ashley Victoria
(Moderator)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Manufacturing
Professor Martin Charter
Org & Position
Jon Doe
Org & Position
Speakers
Making mining sustainable
Josh Warner
(Moderator)
(He/Him)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Mining
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Mining
Lucy Crane
(Moderator)
(She/Her)
Professor Karen Hudson-Edwards
(She/Her)
CGLN Fellow and Professor in Sustainable Mining at Camborne School of Mines
Nika Strok-Underwood
(She/Her)
Mining Student
Rose Clarke
(She/Her)
Co-Founder, Responsible Raw Materials
How different industries can move towards sustainable manufacturing practices
Ashley Victoria
(Moderator)
(She/Her)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Manufacturing
Professor
Martin Charter
(He/Him)
Director of The Centre for Sustainable Design University for the Creative Arts
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Robert Peeling
(He/Him)
Chair of the IChemE’s Congress
Alastair Baker
(He/Him)
University of Leeds
Julia Pieruzzi
(She/Her)
Student
Sustainable energy technologies for the future
Dr Jingyuan Xu
(Moderator)
(She/Her)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Energy
Professor
David Victor
(He/Him)
CGLN Fellow and Professor at the Center for Global Transformation
Dr Gan Huang
(He/Him)
Research Fellow at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Developing truly sustainable agricultural systems
Laetitia Pancrazi
(Moderator)
(She/Her)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Agriculture
Janet Ranganathan
(She/Her)
Managing Director, Strategy, Learning & Results and the World Resources Institute
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Cai Linton
(He/Him)
Co-founder and CEO of Multus Biotechnology Ltd
What does the future hold for the petrochemical industry?
Dr Gbemi Oluleye
(Moderator)
(She/Her)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Petrochemicals
Diana Marcela
(She/Her)
International Energy Agency
(IEA)
Zachary Byrum
(He/Him)
Research Analyst at the World Resources Institute
Mohammad Farhani
(He/Him)
Founder and CEO/ CTO of SEPPURE
Nixon Sunny
(He/Him)
Research Associate, Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London
Dr Andrea Ramirez
(She/Her)
Professor of Low Carbon Systems and Technologies in the Faculty of Technology, Policy
The role and applicability of CDR technologies
Dr Gbemi Oluleye
(Moderator)
(She/Her)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Petrochemicals
Isabela Butnar
(She/Her)
Institute for Sustainable Resources at UCL
Nixon Sunny
(He/Him)
Research Associate, Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London
The role of nuclear technologies in achieving net-zero
Dr Reza Mirfayzi
(Moderator)
(He/Him)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Energy (Nuclear)
Dr Andrei Apostol
(He/Him)
Nuclear Forensics Working Group Co-Chair, GICNT
Dr Hugo Doyle
(He/Him)
Head of Experimental Physics
at First Light Fusion Ltd
Professor Klaus Spohr
(He/Him)
ELI-NP
Dr Matteo Fontana
(He/Him)
Microwave Plasma Diagnostician at Tokamak Energy
Re-inventing construction waste and materials for the circular economy
Sapna Halai
(Moderator)
(She/Her)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Construction
Simon Corbey
(He/Him)
CGLN Fellow and Director of the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products
Ralf Waterfield
(He/Him)
Industrial Ecologist
at Get it Right Initiative and xtonnes
Hayley Cormick
(She/Her)
Sustainability Consultant
at Useful Projects
Jade Cohen
(She/Her)
Co-founder and CPO of Qualis Flow
Discounting the future: balancing the financial, environmental, social costs and benefits of climate action
Ben Santhouse
(Moderator)
(He/Him)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Finance
Professor
Joseph Aldy
(He/Him)
Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School
Anegla Zhong
(She/They)
UNFCCC Youth Constituency Representative
Shraddha Nair
(She/Her)
Head of Policy
Young Women in Sustainable Development
CGLN Discount Rate Guide:
Electric Vehicles: challenges and opportunities
Wen-Yu Weng
(Moderator)
(She/Her)
CGLN Youth Advisory Councilmember for Energy
Claire Miller
(She/Her)
Director of Technology and Innovation, Octopus Electric Vehicles
Amy Marshall
(She/Her)
Partner, Energy and Utilities, PA Consulting
Dr Lyubov Artemenko
(She/Her)
Co-Founder and COO
of GO-TO-U