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April 2, 2024, 4:30 PM EDT

Shift Key podcast: ‘Can Capitalism Save the Planet?’

Please join us on Tuesday, April 2 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in Arthur Lewis Auditorium (Robertson Hall) for a special panel event and live recording of Prof. Jesse Jenkins and Robinson Meyer’s “Shift Key” podcast to discuss “Can Capitalism Save the Planet? Financing the Energy Transition.” 

Speakers include: “Shift Key” co-hosts Jesse Jenkins, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and Robinson Meyer, Heatmap News.

Guests: Akshat Rathi, senior reporter at Bloomberg News and author of “Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions,” and Sophie Purdom, managing partner of Planeteer Capital. 

This panel discussion is co-sponsored by Planeteer, the Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. It will be recorded and re-aired as an episode on the “Shift Key” podcast. The event is open to the public. RSVP here.