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A very special thank you to our cohort participants and speakers, and all the contributors, to this year's 9-part Terranaut Minologues series on critical minerals and mining. Earthshot Foundation and OurEnergyPolicy look forward to hosting our speakers and special guests during the finale at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at the REACH in a few days, on Monday, October 7th. There are too many persons to list and link here, so we express our gratitude in this video short below. #criticalminerals #responsiblemining #intelligentpolicy #gridmodernization

At Earthshot Foundation, we believe nonzero is the driving logic of our energy destiny. Elisa Wood with Energy Changemakers will explore this topic in the context of smart energy abundance with Jana Gerber, Paula Glover and Mariko Geronimo Aydin on October 7th at the finale of the 2024 Minologues in the Justice Theater at the REACH in Washington, DC. Our 2025 dialogues will move further downstream in the minerals value chain - to the grid. Our whole of system, whole of industry and policy dialogue series will explore the challenges we confront as markets look to modernize the grid while decarbonizing the power generation and energy capital assets that power our lives. #gridmodernization #decarbonization #nonzeroenergy #smartenergy #abundantplanet

Earthshot Foundation looks forward to welcoming our guests to the finale of the 2024 Minologues at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at The REACH in Washington, DC, on October 7th. A very special thank you to our co-host, OurEnergyPolicy, and to all those who volunteered their ears and expertise and voices over the past year to engage with one another in these vital conversations. For program inquiries from registered guests, please contact: jcrowe@ourenergypolicy.org For the latest agenda, please click here: https://lnkd.in/e5ZDkgye For media or waitlist inquiries, please contact: terranauts@earthshot.foundation. Our warmest welcome and wishes for safe travels to our finale participants: Amanda Bryan MICFor, Rich Powell, Richard Herrington, Ernest Scheyder, Stefan Debruyne, Roger Atkins, Justin Worland, Jana Gerber, Elisa Wood, Paula Glover, Tom Einar Jensen, Mariko Geronimo Aydin, Abigail Hunter, Danny Kennedy, Alina Zagaytova, Robbie Diamond, Gracelin Baskaran, PhD, Jamil Jaffer, Joseph Sopcisak, Fabian Villalobos, PhD, Kristin Hengstebeck, Peter Stahley, Dr. Steve Feldgus, Judy Brown, Aimee Boulanger, Sarah Ladislaw, Todd Malan, Seth Levey, and others to be announced next week. For more information on the 2024 Terranaut Minologues series, white-papers, webinars and a full list of all 68 cohort participants, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eUhvSCYv ***** Earthshot Foundation and OurEnergyPolicy are 501c3, non-profit, non-partisan organizations.

Today is Amazon Rainforest Day 🌈 To mark the occasion, here are a few facts and figures about the world’s largest tropical rainforest: 🌳 The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest, bigger than the next two largest rainforests — in the Congo Basin and Indonesia — combined. 🌳 At 6.9 million square kilometers, the Amazon Basin is roughly the size of the contiguous United States and covers about 40 percent of the South American continent. The Amazon rainforest — biogeographically defined to include the rainforest in the Guianas, which lie outside the Amazon Basin — spans about 8 million square kilometers, with just over 80 percent forested 🌳 The Amazon River is by far the world's largest river by volume, carrying more than five times the volume of the Congo and twelve times that of the Mississippi. It has over 1,100 tributaries, 17 of which are longer than 1,000 miles (1,600 km). 🌳 The Amazon River once flowed westward instead of eastward as it does today. The rise of the Andes caused it to flow into the Atlantic Ocean. 🌳 The Amazon is estimated to host 16,000 tree species and 390 billion individual trees. 🌳 30% of the world's species are estimated to live in the Amazon, including over 40,000 plant species, 3,000 fish species, 1,300 bird species, 430 mammals, 1,000 amphibians, and 400 reptiles. More than half of the Amazon’s species are thought to reside in the canopy. 🌳 Nearly two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil. 🌳 About 70% of South America's GDP is produced in areas that receive rainfall or water from the Amazon. The Amazon influences rainfall patterns as far away as the United States. 🌳 Amazon Conservation estimates the Amazon contains 71.5 billion metric tons of above and belowground carbon. See the attached map. 🌳 Cattle ranching and feed production for livestock account for more than 80 percent of deforestation in the Amazon. 🌳 On paper, nearly half the Brazilian Amazon is safeguarded in Indigenous territories and protected areas. 🌳 Deforestation in the Amazon declined between 2004 and 2012, largely driven by Brazil's falling deforestation rate. This decline was attributed to macroeconomic trends, the establishment of new protected areas and indigenous territories, improved law enforcement, satellite-based deforestation monitoring, pressure from environmental groups, and private sector initiatives. Deforestation increased from 2013 to 2022 but reversed in 2023, dropping to its lowest level since 2018. Mongabay's Amazon coverage: https://lnkd.in/gNrwE-MZ

SAVE THE DATE October 7, 2024 Earthshot Foundation is proud to present the finale of the 2024 Terranaut Minologues at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at The REACH in Washington, DC, on October 7th. Co-hosted with OurEnergyPolicy, the critical dialogues on critical minerals series convened its fourth and final cohort of 2024 earlier this month on the topic of Recycling and Innovation in Mining - the future of mining. Prior themes include national security, supply chains and responsible mining. Our special guests, discussants and keynote speakers will be announced soon. There is no cost to attend this invitation-only event. Seating for the morning, luncheon, afternoon and reception programs is limited. For more information, please message terranauts@earthshot.foundation. On behalf of the Terranaut Programs, we want to thank each and all of the amazing discussants, moderators and contributors so far to the 2024 workshops, webinars and whitepapers: Adele R., Ruth Demeter Hayes, Kirsten Hund, Abigail Hunter, Todd Malan, Travis Miller, Daniel Kammen, Alina Zagaytova, Julie Neilson, Matthew Ross, Richard Herrington, Danny Kennedy, Morgan Bazilian, Adam Simon, Lauren Stowe, Elisa Alonso, Michael Toman, Drew Bond, Chris Davy, Cullen Hendrix, Zoe Oysul, Jamil Jaffer, Judy Brown, Karthik Valluru, Zongyuan Zoe Liu, PhD, CFA, Jane Nakano, Nedal Nasser, Elizabeth Press, Van Romero, Elizabeth Tate, Gerard Barron, Aimee Boulanger, Brent Berg, Julie Neilson, Matanya Horowitz, Steve Feldgus, Stefan Debruyne, Michael Rowley, Boris Chumak, Fabian Villalobos, PhD, Roshan Pujari, Zack Valdez, Ph.D., Peter Stahley, Ke Wang, Stephanie Gagnon, John Jacobs, Zak Fang, Riyaz Dattu and Kristin Hengstebeck. For more information on the 2024 Terranaut Minologues series and a full list of participants, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eUhvSCYv ***** Earthshot Foundation and OurEnergyPolicy are 501c3, non-profit, non-partisan organizations.

Earthshot Foundation is thrilled to announce its support for the UBC Faculty of Forestry’s (TRANSFOR-M) program by providing scholarships for two graduate students annually. These students have a unique opportunity to complete a 2-year dual degree from The University of British Columbia and 1 of 5 participating European universities with support from Earthshot Foundation. This course-based master’s degree gives students the opportunity to develop a globally-minded view of forestry and natural resource management challenges and approaches in both Canada and Europe. Earthshot is committed to protecting and preserving natural capital and our abundant, livable planet. Forests - and future generations of foresters - are key among our evergreen missions. A special thanks to Amanda Bryan MICFor and all those who inspire our first principles. If you are interested in joining our truForest dialogue, or another of our odysseys, please do not hesitate to reach out! #terranautmission #earthshotfoundation #sustainableforestry #scholarships #ubc #graduateprogram #truforest

Earthshot Foundation is pleased to announce the third webinar in the 2024 Minologues, a Terranaut Dialogues series. Participants from our Responsible Mining cohort will discuss issues that inform stakeholder, and societal, 'trust in mining.' The webinar will be broadcast online live to registered attendees on Wednesday, July 17. The mining series is co-hosted by our partner in policy dialogues, OurEnergyPolicy. Panelists this week include leading voices and expert practitioners - Judy Brown with South32, IRMA Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance Executive Director Aimee Boulanger, Michael Rowley, CEO of Stillwater Critical Minerals, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Land & Minerals Management at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Steve Feldgus. A published whitepaper will follow. The fourth cohort is now filled, and assembles in August for a deep dive in topics driving the future of mining - breakthrough technologies and chemistries, circular supply, urban or 'above ground' mineral and material supplies, and battery recycling. Our in-person event, The Finale, will be held on October 7th in Washington, DC. An iconic venue has been selected and will be announced soon. #trumining #responsiblemining #cradletocradle #regenerativemining #decarbonization

Earthshot Foundation and OurEnergyPolicy will host the next webinar in the 2024 Minologues Series on Thursday, June 13. [to join, please click the link below] Participants from our second cohort will explore key topics on Critical Mineral Supply Chains and takeaways from the latest working session. More details below. #criticalminerals #decarbonization #miningpolicy #energytransition

Earthshot Foundation is proud to co-host next week's dialogue on National Security & Critical Minerals with OurEnergyPolicy - the first webinar in our 2024 Minologues series. For more information and registration, please view the event details below. #criticalresources #nationalsecurity #energysecurity #energytransition

The Minologues 2024 begin today! Earthshot Foundation and OurEnergyPolicy (OEP) co-host the first event of the Minologue Series on Intelligent Mining Policy, on the topic of National Security and Critical Minerals. The first cohort for this working session is locked-in, but invitations for the upcoming cohorts on supply chains, responsible and regenerative mining open this week. For more information, please reach out to Jordan Crowe: jcrowe@ourenergypolicy.org at OEP. #minologues #earthshotfoundatioon #ourenergypolicy #responsiblemining #criticalminerals