Yale Sustainability Leadership Forum

The Yale Sustainability Leadership Forum (September 12-15, 2017) is a three-day program exploring sustainability as an overarching framework for life in the 21st century. An integrated policy concept, sustainability diverges from approaches to environmental protection and economic development that were pursued in the 20th century. The program focuses specifically on the megatrends distinguishing sustainability from its 20th century precursors. Team-taught, the Forum will be organized around modules that each provide in-depth topical study, and will bring together a diverse set of thought leaders, industry practitioners, policy experts, and scholars working on the leading edge of sustainability. 

The Forum is directed by Daniel C. Esty, the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University and Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy.

Forum speakers are carefully selected for their expertise and teaching skills and will include: 

  • Susan Biniaz, Lecturer, Yale Law School; Senior Fellow, UN Foundation; formerly with the U.S. State Department, Legal Adviser’s Office
  • Gary Brudvig, Benjamin Silliman Professor and Chair of Chemistry, Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, and Director of the Yale Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University 
  • Marian Chertow, Yale Associate Professor of Industrial Environmental Management, Director of the Program on Solid Waste Policy, and Director of the Industrial Environmental Management Program, Yale University 
  • E. Donald Elliott, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
  • Bradford Gentry, Associate Dean for Professional Practice, Professor in the Practice, Co-Director of the Center for Business & the Environment at Yale, and Director of the Research Program on Private Investment and the Environment, Yale University 
  • Kenneth Gillingham, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Energy Economics, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 
  • Anthony Leiserowitz, Senior Research Scientist, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Director, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC)
  • David Lubin, Managing Director, S3
  • Andrew Winston, Founder, Winston Eco-Strategies  
  • Julie Zimmerman, Professor of Green Engineering, Yale University; Assistant Director for Research, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale  

Learn more at sustainability-forum.yale.edu. The scholarship application ends August 7th.