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Henriques writes about Los Angeles basic income pilot

Paloma Henriques explains the program design, research plans, and significance of the Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot (BIG: LEAP), which began providing $1,000 per month to 3,200 residents of LA for one year, starting January 2022.
February 8, 2022
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Switzer Foundation transitions to fossil-free and socially responsible bank

Last year, the foundation committed to transitioning our checking account and credit cards to a new bank as part of an ongoing effort to align all of our practices, from programmatic to administrative, with our values to improve...
January 27, 2022
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Stabinsky quoted in launch of world's first Net-Zero Corporate Standard

The standard is the world’s first science-based certification of companies’ net-zero targets in line with the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping planetary warming to 1.5°C.
November 11, 2021
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Patterson authors policy brief on autonomous vehicles and a just transition for Black drivers

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation has released a policy brief entitled Driverless Jobs: Autonomous Vehicles & A Just Transition for Black Drivers, authored by Regan Patterson. This report:
October 27, 2021
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Law Students for Climate Accountability release 2021 Climate Scorecard

The Law Students for Climate Accountability (LSCA) have released an updated Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard for 2021. Switzer Fellow Camila Bustos is co-founder of LSCA, and Switzer Fellow AJ Hudson is on the 2021-2022 LSCA Board.
September 16, 2021
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Perrault writes op-ed on the mounting costs of climate risk for imperiled cities

Anne Perrault's op-ed in the Hill argues for a bold reimagining of financial risk and responsibility in the era of climate change. Imperiled cities, mounting costs: Facing the big climate risk blindspot
April 5, 2021
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Kramer quoted on Planet Texas 2050 efforts to build resilience into infrastructure and cities

The population of Texas today stands at almost 28 million. By 2050, that number is predicted to nearly double to 55 million, with most people clustered in already-dense urban centers like Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin.Over the next several decades, researchers also project an increase in the frequency and intensity of storms like Hurricane Harvey, as well as more heat, droughts, and floods.
March 10, 2021
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A New Year and New Momentum for Decarbonizing Bank Lending

A week before the inauguration of the Biden-Harris administration, the Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation invited the Climate Solutions Collaborative (C2C) of Confluence Philanthropy and the Rainforest Action Network to present a webinar on decarbonizing bank lending to the Switzer and Confluence members.
February 10, 2021
Foundation News

A New Year and New Momentum for Decarbonizing Bank Lending

A week before the inauguration of the Biden-Harris administration, the Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation invited the Climate Solutions Collaborative (C2C) of Confluence Philanthropy and the Rainforest Action Network to present a webinar on decarbonizing bank lending to the Switzer and Confluence members.
February 10, 2021
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Parekh listed in "100 People Transforming Business" for Facebook's renewable energy transformation

Under the hood, Facebook — the sixth most visited website, according to Alexa — is basically a bunch of data centers. Those data centers use up loads of energy, consuming up to 50 times the energy of a typical commercial office building of the same size, the US Department of Energy says. In fact, they account for more than 95% of the energy that Facebook consumes. Urvi Parekh’s job is to make sure the energy they use is clean.
September 15, 2020