Prof Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich IPCC Durabilité EPFL EPFL CDM Enterprise for Society Center The 3rd invited contribution from Prof Peter Edwards SCNAT explains why we need to create a new environment in which academic knowledge and politics, administration & business are integrated to address sustainability.
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🚀 Join UNECE ETIN Innovation Circle tomorrow at 5 PM CET!

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Prof Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich IPCC Durabilité EPFL EPFL CDM Enterprise for Society Center SCNAT David Atienza Alonso EPFL School of Engineering EPFL Ecocloud Now, from EPFL School of Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL, EPFL Prof Tiffany Abitbol explains how her lab is harnessing fungi to develop sustainable materials for different applications, such as construction, clothing and packaging.
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Prof Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich IPCC Durabilité EPFL In the 2nd invited contribution on the politics of sustainability, by Prof. Michaël Aklin from EPFL EPFL CDM and Enterprise for Society Center, we see two examples of how politics can impact how clean energy technologies deliver socioeconomics benefits.
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Prof Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich IPCC Durabilité EPFL EPFL CDM Enterprise for Society Center SCNAT David Atienza Alonso EPFL School of Engineering EPFL Ecocloud Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL From EPFL Basic Sciences, Prof. Kevin Sivula shows how his lab is working with organic semiconductors to address the untamed dream of photocatalytic water splitting for solar-driven fuel production.
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Prof Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich IPCC Durabilité EPFL EPFL CDM Enterprise for Society Center SCNAT David Atienza Alonso EPFL School of Engineering EPFL Ecocloud Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL EPFL Basic Sciences EPFL Life Sciences And the last presentation of this morning comes from Prof Athanasios Nenes Athanasios Nenes from EPFL-ENAC, showing his new insights on the interactions between atmospheric particles and clouds processes.
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Prof Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich IPCC Durabilité EPFL EPFL CDM Enterprise for Society Center SCNAT In Session II, we start with Prof David Atienza David Atienza Alonso from EPFL School of Engineering and EPFL Ecocloud and the ongoing research to move from performance to sustainability-driven cloud and data centers design.
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“Capitalism and the planet: an impossible marriage?” was the title of Prof. Jean-Pierre Danthine's Honorary Lecture last Wednesday at EPFL.

Enterprise for Society Center EPFL CDM IMD Université de Lausanne Swiss National Bank HEC Lausanne Holcim Isabelle Moret Etat de Vaud Nollaig Forrest David Bach

Prof Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich IPCC Durabilité EPFL EPFL CDM Enterprise for Society Center SCNAT David Atienza Alonso EPFL School of Engineering EPFL Ecocloud Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL EPFL Basic Sciences EPFL Life Sciences Athanasios Nenes EPFL-ENAC And we finish the morning session with two student-lead projects: ReBuilt (working on low-tech, bio-sourced materials and construction materials) and GenoRobotics (working on portable DNA analysis for plants identification).
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Job opening -- faculty position in sustainable finance at EPFL CDM (associated with SFI )!

Tenure-track assistant prof level (in exceptional cases, appointments at other ranks might be considered).

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Very grateful to editors Journal of Finance for selecting our paper, and to fantastic coauthors Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, @TRamadorai and Ansgar Walther

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Will US fossil fuel workers be able to tap into emerging green jobs? In a new Nature Communications paper, Morgan Frank, Junghyun Lim, and I show that geography and low mobility create serious hurdles for such job transitions. Check Morgan's thread for details!

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Prof Sonia I. Seneviratne ETH Zurich IPCC Durabilité EPFL EPFL CDM Enterprise for Society Center SCNAT David Atienza Alonso EPFL School of Engineering EPFL Ecocloud Materials Science & Engineering @EPFL EPFL Basic Sciences Dr Ana Maria Jaksic from EPFL Life Sciences now explains how her lab is using seascape genomics to identify genotypes resisting sea temperature increase and to address coral bleaching around the world.
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Live now: Jean-Pierre Danthine’s Honorary Lecture EPFL with Martin Vetterli and Rüdiger Fahlenbrach EPFL CDM - celebrating the career of a luminary in #economics and #sustainability

Glad to share that EPFL x Google are pursuing my PhD work. Have a look at it github.com/cverluise/PatC… and drop us a star!

Une belle première journée des #PortesOuvertesEPFL pleine de découvertes pour nos participants et participantes.
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.Michaël Aklin EPFL CDM identifies labour market challenges—skills & geography—that could hinder the US transition from fossil to green jobs, highlighting the feasibility of the transition if green jobs are created close to areas with fossil fuel workers.
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