Kutak Rock to Host Dartmouth Alumni Forum on Entrepreneurship in Climate Innovation | News and Publications - Kutak Rock LLP
Kutak Rock to Host Dartmouth Alumni Forum on Entrepreneurship in Climate Innovation | News and Publications | Kutak Rock LLP
Kutak Rock to Host Dartmouth Alumni Forum on Entrepreneurship in Climate Innovation News | February 22, 2024
On Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Kutak Rock will host the Fireside Conversation: Entrepreneurship in Climate Innovation at the firm's Denver office from 6:30 to 8:30 pm MST.
The event is being organized by the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship at Dartmouth College and is being offered exclusively to Dartmouth College entrepreneurial alumni. This includes all small business owners, founders, future founders, executives and employees at startups, investors, contracting freelancers, and any other Dartmouth-affiliated entrepreneur.
Speaking at the event are three Dartmouth alumni living in the Rocky Mountain area:
- Eric Reinhardt, D'02, CEO and Founder of Helio Home
- Benjamin Burke PhD, GR'06, CEO of Gradient Geothermal Inc.
- Amanda Winther-Schorsch, D'09, Head of Marketing and Communications at Lightship
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Related Knowledge Center: Climate economics
Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”