RECS Highlighted at Columbia Climate Center
The Columbia Climate Center convened a workshop, “Carbon Management Education and Practice” at Columbia University on November 3-4, 2011. Pamela Tomski, RECS Founder and Director joined over 30 participants from academia, NGOs, the private sector and government to discuss the emergence and contours of carbon management as a new educational and professional field. She provided a briefing on the RECS program and its unique approach to building a diverse CCUS workforce and supporting young scientists, engineers and professionals to help keep the U.S. on the leading edge of CCUS innovation. Dr. Klaus Lackner and Dr. Juerg Matter, RECS faculty from Columbia University also participated in the event. Other presentations provided insight into the challenges of managing carbon and the role of education to address these challenges. Participants agreed on the need for a workforce trained at the intersection of economics, finance, natural science, engineering and governance with an understanding of the complexity of the relationships between these elements. A full summary of the workshop will be posted here followed by a white paper by the Columbia Climate Center to further explore the topic of education for carbon management.
