We are so excited about our Summer 2020 Climate Policy Lab Strategic Interns. For further information about the CPL Strategic Internship program, please visit this page. If you would like to learn more about the application process and what types of opportunities are available, feel free to email Mieke van der Wansem at mieke.wansem@tufts.edu. Find out more about their projects below:
 | Lucia Lombardo, Sustainable Infrastructure Fellow CDP Cities, CDP North America Lucia is supporting the Matchmaker initiative which showcases municipal sustainable infrastructure projects that are seeking investment to the financial community. Tasks include: conducting outreach to engage municipal governments to explain the benefits of providing project data to Matchmaker and provide project disclosure support; recruiting city staff to attend workshops and educational webinars; assisting with workshop planning and development; researching cities, investors, and sustainable finance topics; and analyzing municipal and other data. |
 | Timothy X. Hu, Investor Program Associate Greentown Labs Tim supports the unique capital raising needs of the growing Greentown Labs community of 100+ cleantech and climate-oriented startups. He connects member companies to the financial resources they need to develop, deploy, and scale their technologies. His tasks include: gathering business intelligence on the fundraising needs of members; maintaining and building the investor list through outreach and research; supporting investor programming such as networking events, newsletters, and panels; and facilitating direct connections between members and investors. |
 | Seth Owusu-Mante, Strategic Intern Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School Seth is developing an Ethiopia Climate Policy Inventory, a database of climate policies since 2000 to provide access to information on past, current and planned government policies on Ethiopia’s ambition to limit GHG emissions across all economic activities and to build a climate-resilient green economy development path. The database tracks policies, programs and plans on energy and renewable energy targets, agricultural targets that are resilient to climate change and have positive contributions for climate resilient green economy, policies to protecting forests and re-afforestation including carbon stocks and policies to advance energy efficient technologies in transport, industry and construction. As well, Seth is conducting research for his capstone on policies and implementation strategies to ascertain how Morocco advanced from 50% energy access to universal access and the country’s current exponential growth in renewables. Comparing Ethiopia’s electrification efforts at a current access rate of close to 50% with that of Morocco, his research will seek to identify whether Morocco provides policy lessons for Ethiopia and other developing economies in Africa on how to realize clean universal energy access goals. |