The webinar discussed how to save the planet on a budget through green finance. It covered paying the cost of carbon through policies like carbon pricing, taxes, and cap-and-trade systems. Speakers from organizations like the Environmental Defense Fund and the British Columbia Ministry of Environment discussed experiences with carbon taxes and cap-and-trade in Europe and British Columbia. They addressed the impacts on emissions reductions and costs to the economy as well as challenges around price volatility, windfall profits, and fraud. The webinar emphasized using market-based policies and pricing carbon to drive low-carbon innovation.
Michigan Energy Forum - April 4, 2013 - Jean Redfield, NextEnergyAnnArborSPARK
Governor Snyder has begun a process to deliver comprehensive energy policy recommendations by December 2013. How we address energy policy has broad impacts on climate, economic competitiveness, employment and job skills, environment, and health. What should be our major policy focus within Michigan? Can we find the right balance given divergent opinions? Our expert panel will discuss implications for goal setting, strategies, new technologies, and the legislative process.
Michigan Energy Forum - April 4, 2013 - Jean Redfield, NextEnergyAnnArborSPARK
Governor Snyder has begun a process to deliver comprehensive energy policy recommendations by December 2013. How we address energy policy has broad impacts on climate, economic competitiveness, employment and job skills, environment, and health. What should be our major policy focus within Michigan? Can we find the right balance given divergent opinions? Our expert panel will discuss implications for goal setting, strategies, new technologies, and the legislative process.
Low Carbon Policy and the Cambridgeshire Renewables Infrastructure Framework ...crifcambs
An overview of low carbon policy, the UK energy trilemma and what this means for Cambridgeshire.
Presented to Cleantech members on 10 October 2011 by Sheryl French, CRIF
Procopio and BlueScape Cap-and-Trade Webinar 12-8-11BlueScape
John J. Lormon, Partner with Procopio Law Firm, and James A. Westbrook, President of BlueScape, discuss California's final Cap-and-Trade Rule adopted in October 2011. The rule will impact about 350 companies and 600 facilities. Information is presented on how to determine whether a facility is a covered entity, thresholds for inclusion, compliance requirements, allowances and offsets, enforcement, and recent litigation activity. For questions or support, Mr. Lormon can be reached at 619-515-3217 or john.lormon@procopio.com. Mr. Westbrook can be reached at 877-486-9257 or jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com.
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation's Executive Director talks about renewable energy markets in North America at the April 18 public forum on North America's Energy Future in Toronto. Find out more at http://www.cec.org/energy2012
In a presentation to Clean Energy Action in May 2010, Charles McGlashan shared the experience of Marin County, CA in taking control of its own energy supply, a challenge now facing Boulder, CO. As a member of the Marin County Board of Supervisors, McGlashan has been instrumental in the creation of Marin County Energy, the entity that has worked to provide the community with renewable energy options and local power.
Dominion Power: New Directions in Energy by Mark Webb, Director-Policy and Business Evaluation, Alternative Energy Solutions
Presented to the Mayor's Energy Task Force-City of Virginia Beach, a series of task force meetings to educate the members on the opportunities and challenges facing us as we search for renewable, sustainable and environmentally sound energy sources.
June 3,2009
Subject:
Presented by:
Presented to:
Energy Markets, Forecast
Richard Newell, Administrator
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Washington, DC – December 16, 2010
Low Carbon Policy and the Cambridgeshire Renewables Infrastructure Framework ...crifcambs
An overview of low carbon policy, the UK energy trilemma and what this means for Cambridgeshire.
Presented to Cleantech members on 10 October 2011 by Sheryl French, CRIF
Procopio and BlueScape Cap-and-Trade Webinar 12-8-11BlueScape
John J. Lormon, Partner with Procopio Law Firm, and James A. Westbrook, President of BlueScape, discuss California's final Cap-and-Trade Rule adopted in October 2011. The rule will impact about 350 companies and 600 facilities. Information is presented on how to determine whether a facility is a covered entity, thresholds for inclusion, compliance requirements, allowances and offsets, enforcement, and recent litigation activity. For questions or support, Mr. Lormon can be reached at 619-515-3217 or john.lormon@procopio.com. Mr. Westbrook can be reached at 877-486-9257 or jwestbrook@bluescapeinc.com.
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation's Executive Director talks about renewable energy markets in North America at the April 18 public forum on North America's Energy Future in Toronto. Find out more at http://www.cec.org/energy2012
In a presentation to Clean Energy Action in May 2010, Charles McGlashan shared the experience of Marin County, CA in taking control of its own energy supply, a challenge now facing Boulder, CO. As a member of the Marin County Board of Supervisors, McGlashan has been instrumental in the creation of Marin County Energy, the entity that has worked to provide the community with renewable energy options and local power.
Dominion Power: New Directions in Energy by Mark Webb, Director-Policy and Business Evaluation, Alternative Energy Solutions
Presented to the Mayor's Energy Task Force-City of Virginia Beach, a series of task force meetings to educate the members on the opportunities and challenges facing us as we search for renewable, sustainable and environmentally sound energy sources.
June 3,2009
Subject:
Presented by:
Presented to:
Energy Markets, Forecast
Richard Newell, Administrator
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Washington, DC – December 16, 2010
Michael P Totten presentation on "Biocomplexity Decisionmaking -- Innovative approaches to the inter-connected challenges of Climate destabilization, Species extinction and Mass poverty" at the 2009 Pew Foundation Annual Meeting, Programs in Biomedical Sciences, San Juan, Puerto, Rico. 125 slides showing connections and common solutions for addressing climate catastrophe, mass poverty, species extinction, and resource wars.
Web Mesh Agrobiodiversity Climate Water And Poverty Solutions 01 09Michael P Totten
Presentation on January 22, 2009, by Michael P Totten, Chief Advisor on Climate and Water at Conservation International, given tot the Los Angeles chapter of Bioneers. Interdisciplinary perspectives on solutions to climate catastrophe threat, species extinction threat, mass poverty, water shortages, oil and resource wars, using the Web tools for generating collective intelligence and social collaboration. Very positive outlook on seemingly intractable and irreversible perils confronting humanity this century. 13 Mb file. No voice over, but one with voice is forthcoming.
Blake Lapthorn Green Breakfast with guest speaker Andrew Mitchell, founder an...Blake Morgan
Blake Lapthorn were pleased to welcome Andrew Mitchell, founder and director of Global Canopy Programme to the first breakfast of the new Autumn 2011 series.
Totten Climate For Life Presentation 02 13 09 Duke Symposium Final UpdateMichael P Totten
"A Climate for Life" presentation by Michael P Totten, Chief Advisor, Climate, Freshwater and Ecosystem Services, Conservation International, on Feb. 13, 2009, at the "A World in Conflict: Tacking Issues of Water, Energy and Biodiversity in the Developing World," held at Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Student International Discussion Group. Presentation makes case for viewing and treating these compartmentalized issues (climate, energy, water, biodiversity, poverty) from an inter-disciplinary, integrated perspective in order to avoid lost opportunities and capture synergistic, leveraging opportunities.
Towards cleaner energy - a collaborative world effortsSampe Purba
Presented in 3rd Asian Pollution Control and Sustainable Energy, May 2021
The bottom line of the messages are : Commitment to cleaner energy should be a real one, by taking into account each country's specific circumstances. One who polluted more, should take more responsibility. Carbon trading mechanism is somewhat more like a tactical trap by polluter producers and huge energy consumers at the expense of conserving O2 countries. This kind of platform may lead to vicious circle of atmosphere pollution
Similar to How to Save a Planet - On a Budget: Hour 1: Carbon Pricing and Cap and Trade (20)
Storytelling Gone Wild: The Key to Creating Viral ContentSocial Media Today
The question marketers have been asking themselves for a few years now is, “Is there a secret to creating viral content?” The answer is yes and no. Yes, there are ways to help boost your content towards the goal of going viral. No, it’s not a secret. In many ways, the tactics to go viral are common sense. What about your content will activate an emotional response in your audience? What kinds of emotions does your audience respond to? Are you providing practical information in a unique way? Are you getting it in the right feeds at the right times?
Join us in this webinar as our content experts discuss:
Examples of content that goes viral, with explanations why
How to ask the right questions of your own content, so each message you send out has potential
Kinds of strategies to apply at different parts of the process for best results
And how to analyze those results in a realistic, goal-appropriate way
Social Listening: Harness Marketing Insights from Consumer ConversationsSocial Media Today
Social channels like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and even Reddit have brought brands and their audiences closer than ever before. If your marketing team is like leading organizations around the world, you’re already using social listening technologies to conduct market research, monitor and measure your campaigns, and support customers.
That’s a great start. But if you and your team aren’t aware of all the other ways that you can use social media to really maximize your marketing investments, you could be missing out on additional channels to exceed your targets, expand your share of voice, and create even more marketing-generated revenue for your organization.
Join our experienced panelists as they discuss how innovative marketing teams are expanding their social monitoring strategies, including:
Using real-time alerts and trends for reputation & crisis management
Distributing social data and insights across the enterprise
Conducting content research to discover topics of interest for targeted influencer and advocate campaigns
Omni-Channel Marketing: Creating the Right Mix for Your BrandSocial Media Today
There is a fine line between an omni-channel marketing strategy and a messy social media presence, and it’s crucial that brands stay squarely on one side of that line. Now that social media has declared its power and is here to stay, there is no need to push your content and message on all channels at once. Good omni-channel marketing tailors content to specific channels and personalizes it for the buyer persona appropriate for that channel. You don’t have to be everywhere at once, but you do have to be several places authentically. In this webinar, you’ll discover that omni-channel is more than a marketing buzzword--that it’s an opportunity to personalize your brand story for more customer loyalty and trust.
Join us as our marketing experts discuss:
The balance between shouting your message across channels and tailoring your content for specific channels;
Tools to help you manage omni-channel marketing campaigns;
How to use customer journey mapping to better understand where and how your customers are active;
And how omni-channel can work not just in sales but also in listening, customer care, and analytics.
In the age of authenticity, there’s no greater tool at a marketer’s disposal than influencer marketing. Consumers no longer blindly trust advertisements. Instead, they trust influencers whose judgment has a proven track record. Done right, influencer marketing can communicate a brand’s culture directly to a target audience in a real way. But how do you justify investment in an influencer program, and how do you measure tangible results? How do you go about finding influencers to engage with in the first place? What are realistic goals to set? Which metrics matter and which are simply vanity metrics?
In this panel, our experts will discuss:
Why influencer marketing is one of the most effective marketing tools
How to find talent that is brand-appropriate and also aspirational
What kind of business goals to set with an influencer program
How to track and understand metrics to measure a program’s effectiveness
How Does Social Listening Change the Way You Do Business (and Create ROI)Social Media Today
You can’t do social marketing well if you aren’t nailing social listening. If you’re crafting and executing a social strategy in a vacuum, your results will probably be equally hollow. The thing is, consumers are on social right now, talking about your brand or talking about issues that are important for developing and selling your products or services. Are you listening to them? Are you listening across platforms? Are you gathering your results from all areas of social? Are you taking that data and and using it to re-formulate your marketing approach? If it sounds like a lot, it’s because it is. But it’s not impossible with the right know-how.
Join us as our panel discusses:
How to know what to listen to and when;
Strategies for integrating social listening into your marketing approach
Ways to aggregate listening across platforms
How to turn listening data into actionable insights for your business plan
It’s easy to let the holiday season bog your organization down in the influx of sales campaigns, but make sure you don’t miss out on forecasting trends in marketing for the coming year. January offers brands a chance to reformulate their marketing approach to fit the new cycle of innovation and tech trends. To that end, Social Media Today ends the year with a webinar that focuses on what’s to come in 2016. Where will live-streaming apps take us next? How important will mobile be? What if you don’t have a video strategy? What will be the next wave of startup innovation? How should the enterprise pivot in the face of unexpected challenges?
Join our panelists as we discuss:
- Predictions for trends and changes to come in social marketing in 2016
- How to use these predictions to shape your social strategy
- And which innovations from 2015 will continue to grow in the coming year.
With viral word-of-mouth recommendations outpacing traditional advertising efforts, there’s no greater buzzword right now than influencer marketing. Yet most influencer marketing news focuses on B2C brands, ignoring the fact that influencer marketing is just as important an investment for B2B companies. In this webinar, we’ll use a B2B case study to look at ways your small business can leverage experts in the field for a better company both internally and externally, from content creation to relationship building.
Join us as our panelists discuss:
why influencer marketing is a crucial way to stay relevant and informed in your industry;
how to find context for your brand and a place to start looking for influencers;
a specific case study that will give you ideas to start your own program;
and tips for measuring results and determining ROI of influencer marketing.
Is Social Media Worth Multi-Million Dollar Investment? Using Social Listening...Social Media Today
There’s no greater quest in social marketing today than the quest to determine the ROI of social media. CEOs and CMOs want to know exactly what the financial investment is earning them in return, and who can blame them? There’s been a massive rush to the social space, but without a strategy for proving ROI, you can quickly find yourself knee-deep in tweets you don’t know what to do with. Specific goal-setting can help determine what kinds of social interactions to pursue, and understanding the value of social listening could change the entire shape of your organization. Social listening might not directly lead to sales all the time, but, used correctly, it will always lead to a better relationship with your customer.
Join us as our panel of experts discuss:
What the social media landscape looks like today and how ROI changes with it.
The inherent value in using social media to expand your reach, and how to measure those benefits.
Why social listening is the anchor of ROI.
Examples of the kinds of goals to set for social campaigns and how to determine their success.
December 1, 2015 Webinar:
In the age of employee advocacy, your brand can be as powerful as your workforce is enthusiastic. If your workforce is motivated, engaged, and socially equipped, you can pull off an appropriate and successful employee advocacy program. In fact, if your organization is mid-sized and doesn’t have at its disposal the marketing tools larger outfits might have, internal brand advocates are often the most powerful and cost-effective marketing tool in your arsenal. Our new report on the current state of employee advocacy finds that 64% of advocates cite a workplace program as the reason for attracting new business, and 45% can directly attribute new revenue streams to formal programs. So while you might not be able to dedicate an entire team to implementing a program, it's good for business to assemble your core of informed, active, and proud employee advocates. A great employee advocacy program knows no size boundaries.
In this webinar, join our panelists as they discuss:
Statistics from our report, including why 84% of employee advocates say it's had a positive effect on their career;
Why employee advocacy is word-of-mouth marketing at its best, and can give your brand an edge in the noisy marketplace;
How to identify the most motivated and engaged employees and activate their personal drive on behalf of your organization;
A content strategy that combines company and employee content for an authentic and relevant mix;
And how to use employee advocacy to amplify your brand beyond the limits of its size.
In an age where marketing currency equals digital consumption, the content marketing game has never been more intense or competitive. And while we can’t all claim to be as viral as a scandalous Kim Kardashian photo spread, we can aim to create and curate content that speaks directly to our audience in a new and incredibly valuable way. In this crowded social landscape, your content must provide serious value to capture the customers’ attention, and must be uber-relevant to stand out among the noise. This webinar isn’t going to give you a magical content formula, but it will help you get into a mindset to design a content strategy that has the potential to “break” the hum drum normalcy of the Internet.
Join us in this webinar as our content experts discuss:
Why content is your organization’s biggest asset when it comes to earned media;
Different content styles and categories, and how your business can produce in each;
How to organize and execute a strategy, including defining your brand story, sticking to an editorial calendar, and understanding performance analytics;
And what kinds of content lead directly to organization growth (and what that even looks like).
According to recent reports, just 8% of companies say they can prove ROI from their social media spending, yet 70% of marketers say they plan to increase their social media spending. CMOs are under the gun now more than ever to show how social media marketing directly impacts bottom line revenue. And while we all know that good social content marketing can foster an engaged community, how should we measure the tangible, financial benefits? What metrics should you be looking for to justify your social budget to the C-Suite? What, really, is the value of a “like?” If you are a marketer who needs help showing your CMO that an active social community actually improves commerce, this webinar is for you.
Hear from our panel of experts as they discuss:
How to use user-generated content to persuade and influence the purchasing decision.
The best ways to quantify positive social sentiment.
Which metrics matter in the connection between digital community and business bottom line.
What CMOs really want to hear and the best ways to deliver those results.
Behavioral Analytics: How Your Customers’ Behaviors and Profiles Can Shape Yo...Social Media Today
If you’re like most marketers, you’re facing a conundrum: sales demands are just as high as ever, but traditional marketing has long lost its momentum. Marketers are scrambling for ways to add value for a potential customer without seeming intrusive or clunky. Luckily, companies that commit to a social presence have mounds of data to help them out, and a particularly important area of data is behavioral analytics. Looking at data that only includes your brand mentions is one thing, but looking at the way your customer behaves online--whether it directly involves your brand or not--can help revamp your lead generation and conversion process. But what kinds of behavioral analytics should you be looking at and exactly how do they lead to insights about your sales cycle? How do you move from numbers to targeted marketing?
In this webinar, we’ll discuss:
Which tools and platforms will help you gather analytics data and wade through analysis;
How to identify behavior that tells you where your potential customer is most susceptible to being converted;
The difference between aggregate and individual analysis, and pros and cons for both;
Why integrating behavior analytics into your marketing strategy is key to finding new sales opportunities.
This year, Entrepreneur said, “the future of new business is social selling.” Statements like that are easy to get employees excited about at first but it can be difficult for companies to maintain that momentum if it doesn’t yield immediate results. Consistency and sticking with it, however, is key to social selling success. So how can you build your social selling dream team and increase your company’s investment in the process? There are a few tips and strategies--such as breaking down silos between sales and marketing as well as getting the C-Suite involved --that can refresh your team’s approach to social selling and help close deals with greater regularity and ease.
In this panel, our sales experts will discuss:
-How to unite your sales and marketing departments so that your social efforts are supported company-wide;
-How to train and internally motivate your team for better morale and better external results;
-Why the c-suite needs to be involved and how to involve corporate leadership sales initiatives;
-Social selling strategies that focus on authentic and well-researched relationship-building.
It's time to pay attention to millennials: a quarter of the total U.S population is made up of millennials and nearly 85% of them own smartphones. If you aren't targeting at least some of your marketing efforts towards this demographic, you're probably missing out on huge opportunities. You must create a marketing campaign for the audience you have, but also the audience you want. Yet what if your brand isn't naturally geared toward millennials? What exactly is a millennial? And won't this marketing strategy shut out other demographics? And how do you speak "millennial," anyway?
In this webinar, learn from our expert panelists:
-How to make sure your content strategy is mobile-friendly for all demographics
-Tips and tricks on spinning the content you already have for the millennial audience
-Ideas for shaping a new content strategy that will appeal to a younger mobile audience
-Information on where B2B intersects with millennials, and why it's important to reach out to that demographic to scale.
To deliver value in today’s business climate and with a new generation of consumers, marketers are increasingly learning that ‘old tricks’ and predictable branding games – might not get the desired impact. Join Nichole Kelly, CEO of Social Media Explorer as she unveils a bold look into how most brand actions can be grouped into 13 'game groups’. These game groups are not all equally well received. Nichole is joined by Pernille Bruun-Jensen, CMO of NetBase, as they review the power of a new Marketing approach that resonates, brought to life through deep dives on brands like:
-Nike
-Mercedes-Benz
-Dollar Shave Club and
-Dyson
Get the tips on how to get your brand ready to win the hearts and minds of today’s consumer – a more savvy consumer than ever.
There’s a reason offices spaces are becoming more "open" these days. Siloed departments are a thing of the past. If your marketing department and sales department aren’t talking to each other and collaborating, you’re doing something wrong. If you don’t have social informing every department, you’re going to be hard-pressed to see significant ROI from social, or improve the customer experience. The very nature of social media requires that it crosses boundaries and informs all campaigns and marketing efforts and customer touchpoints. But it’s difficult to make that happen in your company simply by taking down cubicle walls. You must also set up infrastructure within your organization that allows for convenient communication, and you must invest in the right tools and platforms that are flexible enough to move with your prospect and customer initiatives instead of rigidly defining them.
In this panel, we’ll gather experts to discuss:
-Why integrated social is the only way to go if you’re going to become a social business
-How to measure social ROI when it encompasses many departments and strategies
-Tools and platforms that can help your organization stay socially agile
-How a thorough dedication to social across your organization can help you scale and grow at a manageable rate
-The kind of internal methodology needed to integrate a social-centric approach
It’s true: your best brand advocates are coming from inside the company. Are you leveraging the reach and authentic enthusiasm of your employees? Identifying and mobilizing your employees are the first steps to putting in place a solid advocacy program. But a crucial last step that isn’t often talked about is measuring results and tweaking your program. In this webinar, we’ll talk to experts from brands that have measured the effectiveness of their advocacy programs to identify what’s working and what could work better. Whatever stage of implementing your program you’re in, it’s important to understand how to tell if your efforts are making a difference for your brand’s reputation in the market.
In this webinar, our panelists will talk about:
-How to set up your employee advocacy program with clear goals and KPIs while also remaining agile;
-What parts of your program you should be measuring;
-How to turn data from your program into results that tell a story;
-Which tools will help you consistently measure your results in a clear, helpful way.
In an era where your customers’ attention spans are close to that of a goldfish, you have no time to waste in your marketing efforts. Customers will only respond to campaigns that fit seamlessly into their digital life, and they’ll only respond to content that is uber-relevant to their needs and desires. At the same time, you need to be meeting your own internal KPIs and consider your company’s relevance across media and trends. Anchoring your strategies in the place where audience desires and brand goals overlap can transform your marketing from digital noise to personalized, appealing content. Additionally, taking inspiration from events can make your campaigns useful as they toggle online and off. Approaching each campaign with a set of CX principles will ensure that your company remains relevant as the needs and desires shift.
But where should you begin with all of this?
In this webinar, we’ll discuss:
-Finding the sweet spot where customer desires, industry trends, and brand goals overlap and using that to guide your marketing efforts;
-Ways to create narratives for your campaigns that move seamlessly from online to offline and back again;
-How to discover what kind of content is relevant for today’s online consumer and how your products or services can fit into it;
-How to develop a system of marketing campaign principles that will allow your campaigns to stay fresh and creative.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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contributing editor at FORTUNE magazine, a senior writer at Greenbiz.com, and a leading blogger at
The Energy Collective. Marc is the author or co-author of four books, including Faith and Fortune:
How Compassionate Capitalism is Transforming American Business.
Jesse Jenkins is Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the Breakthrough Institute, and is a leading
energy and climate analyst and advocate. Jesse's work and analysis has been featured in many
media outlets, and he is recently the co-author of Bridging the Clean Energy Valleys of Death:
Helping American Entrepreneurs Meet the Nation's Energy Innovation Imperative
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professionals and business influencers. Robin co-founded the company in 2007 and is a veteran of
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5. How to Save a Planet – On a Budget
Hour 1 (9:15 – 10:15 EST):
• Paying the Cost of Carbon: A Conversation about
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• Can Carbon Markets Drive Green Innovation?
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6. About Our Speakers
Janet Peace is the VP of Markets and Business Strategy at the Center for Climate and Energy
Solutions, managing the Center's engagement with corporate community, its economics program and
its analysis of market-based policy options. Previously, Dr. Peace held the same role at the Pew Center
on Global Climate, C2ES's predecessor organization. Dr. Peace holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics
and an undergraduate degree in Geology.
Lee Thiessenworks for the British Columbia Ministry of Environment as the Executive Director of
Climate Policy in the Climate Action Secretariat. This Secretariat is responsible for developing and
coordinating policy, and its implementation, across the BC provincial government. The policy is aimed
at helping the province progress towards its greenhouse gas targets and adapting to the impacts of
climate change.
Lucas Merrill Brown is a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford who researches consumer behavior around
cleantech adoption. He has worked as a research intern for climate change economics for
Environmental Defense Fund, as Regional Field Director for Virginia Congressman Tom Perriello, as a
budget aide for D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, and as a programmer for ILoveMountains.org.
Gernot Wagner, moderating,is an economist at the Environmental Defense Fund, where he works on
market-based solutions to a wide range of environmental problems. He also teaches energy
economics as adjunct faculty at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, and is the
author of But will the planet notice? How smart economics can save the world.
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10. •is the point—to make the cost of emitting carbon explicit, so that it becomes part of the everyday decision making process.
Accounting For Cost
The point is to make the
cost of emitting carbon
explicit – so that decisions
and investments factor in
this cost
11. Policy Options
• Command and Control (direct regulation)
• Subsidies
• Cap-and-Trade
• Carbon Tax
• Cap and Dividend
• Clean Energy Standard
All with multiple variations….
Cap-and-trade and Tax are the two most often
market based policies discussed
14. For More Information
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15. Carbon Tax in
CLIMATE ACTION IN
British Columbia
BRITISH COLUMBIA
November 30, 2011
www.livesmartbc.ca
www.livesmartbc.ca
16. Carbon Tax Objectives and Features
• Tax objective is to reduce provincial GHG
emissions via financial incentive
• All carbon tax revenue is recycled through tax
reductions
• Tax rate started low and increases gradually
– 2008: $10/T CO2e 2012: $30/T
• Tax has the broadest possible base, given data
• Tax is one of various other climate measures
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17. Broader Actions: BC’s Climate
Action Plan
• Provincial-wide approach to adapt to
impacts, reduce emissions, and promote
low-carbon economy
– Legislated targets
– BC Adaptation Strategy
– Revenue neutral carbon tax
– Western Climate Initiative
– Industry GHG reporting
– Carbon Neutral Government 2010
– Local governments GHG targets
– LiveSmart BC housing incentives
– Green Building Code
– Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel
standards
– Landfill gas collection standards
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18. BC’s GHG Targets and Distribution by
Sector
07 Baseline 68MT
Interim
2012 64MT (-6%)
B.C. Greenhouse Gas Emissions - 2009
Total: Approx. 66 800 kilotonnes CO₂e
Residential Other
Interim
2016 56MT (-18%) and Industry
Commercial 19%
11% Agriculture
Legislated 3%
2020 46 MT (-33%) Waste
6%
Electricity
2%
Transportation Net
35% Deforestation
5%
Fossil Fuel
Production
19%
2050 Legislated 14MT (-80%)
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19. BC’s Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax
• Applies $30 per tonne of CO2e in 2012 to
combustion of fossil fuel
• Non-combustion GHG emissions not covered
• BC has tailored tax benefits to balance costs Tax covers ~70% of emissions
$1.5 billion
Other
$1.2 billion $226 Personal income tax cuts
Process,
$182 Low income tax credit venting
etc.
$85 Northern and Rural Fossil Fuel
Combust.
Homeowner Benefit
$1,001 Business tax cuts
*Projected total
revenue and
Carbon tax Tax reductions* reductions for fiscal
revenues* 2012/13 19
20. Selected Carbon Tax Rates by Fuel
Type
Fuel Units Tax Rate Tax Rate Current BC 2011 Tax as
2011 2012 Market Percent of
($25/T ($30/T Price (ex Market
CO2e) CO2e) carbon tax) Price
Gasoline Litre $0.06 $0.07 $1.25 5%
Diesel Litre $0.07 $0.08 $1.35 5%
Natural gas Gigajoule $1.24 $1.49 $8.50 15%
Thermal Tonne $44.30 $53.16 >$100 <44%
Coal
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21. Greenhouse Gas Impacts
• No historical attribution has been done because
of limited data
• Effects must be modeled since many variables
affect GHG emissions
• Projected reduction of current tax: 3+ MT by
2020 or about 1/10 of emissions gap to target
• Expectation of carbon tax rates affect energy-
related investment, especially in industry
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22. Carbon Tax Discussion
• Carbon tax main purpose is influencing
decisions, unlike most other taxes
– Revenues of tax can be seen as co-benefit
• Carbon tax and cap and trade can be
complements or substitutes
– Tax can help prepare economy for C&T
• Design simplicity and administrative capacity
in implementing carbon tax
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23. The EU Emissions Trading
System
Impacts and Lessons Learned
Chemrec, biofuel
from pulp-and-paper
24. Outline:
Whirlwind tour of the EU ETS
1. Disclaimer:
– Views are my own and only my own
2. Acknowledgments:
– Denny Ellerman, Bonnie Greenfield, Alex Hanafi
3. Emissions reductions
4. Costs
5. Impacts of the recession
6. Price volatility
7. Windfall profits
8. Theft and fraud
9. Low-carbon innovation
25. Emissions reductions
• 2005, 2006, and 2007:
– Between 120 and 300m tonnes of CO2
– 2–5% fewer emissions than BAU
• 2008 and 2009:
– Roughly 350m tonnes
– 8% fewer emissions than business as usual
• 470m tonnes is more than Mexico or
Australia
• On track to meet and beat Kyoto targets
Source: Ellerman, Pricing Carbon, and unpublished manuscript.
27. Costs
• Minimal:
– Roughly 0.01% of Europe’s GDP (Ellerman)
– Back of the envelope: 0.02% of EU GDP
– Minimal effects even on power, steel, pulp &
paper (McKinsey, IEA)
28. Impacts of the recession
• The ETS is responsible for a larger share
of emissions reductions than the economic
recession
• Over-allocation:
– Projected and unverified emissions data
– Net long by roughly 2.5%
Sources: New Carbon Finance 2009, Ellerman 2010, Frank Watson 2011, Anderson and DiMaria 2011
29. Price volatility
• Phase I permits were not “bankable”
– Thus Phase I was forced to end either in deficit
(high price, met by CERs) or surplus (zero price)
– Price went to zero
• “Bankable” Phase II permits maintained stable
value
31. Price volatility
• Since 2007:
– Oil prices: 19% more volatile than EUAs
– Coal prices: 25% more volatile than EUAs
Source: Black-Scholes calculations by the author, price data: World Bank, Point Carbon.
33. Windfall profits
• Phase I:
– €11.4 billion for coal, gas, oil power
– €7.9 billion for renewables, hydro, nuclear
• EU utilities market: €730 billion in total
• Will be eliminated by auctioning
Source: Ellerman, Pricing Carbon.
34. Windfall profits
• Concentrated in countries with:
– Fewer regulations controlling end-user prices
– High-carbon peak electricity supply
• The carbon intensity of the marginal cost plant is
crucial
• For instance:
• German utilities have windfall profits/kWh four times
larger than Spanish utilities
• German utilities have ETS-induced price increases four
to thirteen times larger than French utilities
• Implications for California and others
Sources: Ellerman, JosSijm, Point Carbon/WWF.
35. Theft and fraud
• Theft:
– €50 million
– Approximately 0.06% of annual value
– EU credit card theft: 0.12% of annual value
• VAT fraud:
– Europol: widely repeated projection of €5 billion
• World Bank argued this cannot be true
– VAT fraud on other EU commodities: €100 billion/yr
– Not possible in jurisdictions with harmonized tax
regimes
Sources: European Commission, Nilson Report, Ernst & Young, World Bank, Joshua Chaffin.
36. Theft and fraud
• Spot markets account for 10% of ETS carbon
trading
• Futures markets stayed open and maintained
stable prices
Source: Joshua Chaffin.
37. Low-carbon innovation
• Patent data
• Renewables in Germany employ 367,000
people
– Net gain of 70,000 to 90,000 jobs
• Of the 500 largest companies in the
world, those focused on low carbon growth
experience double the financial return
Sources: Dechezleprêtre 2011, German Federal Env’t Ministry, PricewaterhouseCoopers
2050 target set on the basis of climate scienceTargets set for 2012, 2016, and 2020Purpose to drive early action, measure progress of decisions, and establish political accountability
Right now our main climate policy approach in BC is our revenue neutral carbon tax.It’s a significant climate policy instrument because it applies as of next year a $30/tonne price on carbon that drives investment decisions in the economy and brings in $1.2B each year in revenue.It’s also a significant tax policy instrument in that it returns all that money (and more) in tax cuts and benefits. Partially because of the carbon tax, British Columbians earning less that $118k/year pay the lowest personal income tax in Canada BC has one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the OECD BC families benefit from low income tax credits and Northern and Rural Homeowner Benefits that in most cases are greater than the carbon costs they pay.The carbon tax applies to the combustion of fossil fuels, and is applied equally to everyone. That equals about 72% of BC’s current emissions.The red section of the pie chart shows industrial process emissions, largely from natural gas, aluminum smelting and cement processing. The original intent was that these emissions would be covered by a regional cap and trade system. Jurisdictions like Alberta, California and Australia now have a carbon price on these emissions.Increasingly, we are seeing public attention that BC has not put a carbon price on these emissions. In particular given that the natural gas emissions are projected to be the fastest growing source of emissions in BC.