In Collaboration with the Engineering School at Columbia University: Climate School Perspectives Dialogue: Powering Prosperity: Building Low-Carbon Energy Systems in Emerging Economies
5PM - Networking Welcome Reception; 6PM - Panel
Program developed in collaboration with faculty partners Lisa Sachs and Greeshma Gadikota.
Reliable, affordable energy is essential to economic development. Emerging economies need to expand energy systems that can support manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, cooling, and rising living standards. The choices made now about power generation, grids, and industry will shape economic opportunity and emissions for decades.
No single technology can meet every need. Solar, wind, and batteries are changing energy systems, while countries also face questions about reliability, infrastructure, financing, and environmental impacts. How can governments build systems that support growth and energy security while moving toward a low-carbon future?
Join us for a discussion about the different strategies, timelines, and tradeoffs involved. Panelists will consider how countries can finance and build reliable energy systems, how to weigh cost and environmental impacts, and whether current climate and financing approaches are helping countries meet their goals. Webcast Details Coming Soon
Opening remarks: Shih-Fu Chang, Dean of Columbia Engineering
Moderator: Alexis M. Abramson, Dean of the Columbia Climate School
Panelists:
Juan Jose Martinez Badillo, Chief, UN Trade and Development, New York Office, He services as the Chief of the UNCTAD New York Office and UNCTAD representative in New York since May 2023. Previously, he served as Chief of Regional Group Liaison at the UNCTAD Headquarters in Geneva, with responsibility for all matters related to the engagement of regional groups and individual members States with the intergovernmental machinery of UNCTAD and the work of UNCTAD at large.Mr. Martinez Badillo holds a degree in international relations from the Universidad Central de Venezuela as well as master’s degrees in international and development Economics and in business administration.
Jamil Wyne, Founder, Hazelwood Network - A senior advisor at UNIDO, and was the lead author of the Climate Tech Opportunity, a global study from Oxford University. He has worked with the World Bank, IFC, UNICEF, the WWF, ClimateWorks Foundation, the EDF and governments. He has a Linkedin Learning course - Climate Technology for Business Resilience, and his work has been featured in Forbes, Stanford, Brookings, McKinsey, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, CNN, World Bank, and WEF publications. He has degrees from INSEAD, Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Bowdoin College, and has been a Fulbright, New American and Truman Fellow.