Climate Policy Primer
Climate policy--at the national, state, and international level--is one of the most important drivers in shaping market dynamics and the cost of capital for clean energy and climate tech projects. Policy also dictates whether and how companies have to disclose climate risks. In this session, you'll get caught up to speed on fundamental climate policy issues, terminology, and trends in this session.
Speaker: Bethany Patten, Executive Director, MIT Climate Policy Center; Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
This ClimateCATALYST event is open only to current MBA students and incoming MBA students (students who have accepted & deposited but who haven’t started their program yet) and MBA educators.
Speaker Bio:
Bethany Patten is the inaugural Executive Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Climate Policy Center–MIT’s “front door” to provide evidence-based climate research for local, state, national, and international policymakers. Previous to this, she served as the Director of Policy and Engagement for the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative where she cofounded MIT Climate Pathways Project bringing together faculty, staff, and researchers to advance the adoption of evidence-based climate policy through top tier decision-makers. In addition to leading MIT’s Climate Policy Center, Bethany is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Her work centers on the translation of academic research into real-world impact in the public and private sector.
Bethany is recognized as a national sustainability leader and serves as a board member and treasurer for the Environmental League of Massachusetts and board member of the Climate Beacon Project. She is committed to her community and actively serves on the executive committee and was a past president of Boston’s Bay Village Neighborhood Association.
Prior to MIT, Bethany worked for more than a decade in business and financial operations in the book publishing industry. She holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a MPA at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a BA from Boston College.