Join us for a conversation with award-winning producer-director Leila Conners about her latest feature documentary Legion 44, which chronicles dozens of visionary innovators worldwide advancing groundbreaking carbon removal technologies. From the vulnerable islands of Tuvalu to the Hajar mountains in Oman, the film showcases human ingenuity and collaboration in the face of our unfolding climate emergency.
Leila will share the story and goal of Legion 44's conception and production, and information on how you can help spread the word and bring the film to your local cinema.
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Join us for a conversation with award-winning producer-director Leila Conners about her latest feature documentary Legion 44, which chronicles dozens of visionary innovators worldwide advancing groundbreaking carbon removal technologies. From the vulnerable islands of Tuvalu to the Hajar mountains in Oman, the film showcases human ingenuity and collaboration in the face of our unfolding climate emergency.
Leila will share the story and goal of Legion 44's conception and production, and information on how you can help spread the word and bring the film to your local cinema.
This Is CDR Ep. 91: RMI’s Applied Innovation Roadmap with Rudy Kahsar and Gloria See
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This Is CDR Ep. 91: RMI’s Applied Innovation Roadmap with Rudy Kahsar and Gloria See
In this episode of This Is CDR week we are pleased to welcome Rudy Kahsar and Gloria See to present and discuss RMI's November 2023 Applied Innovation Roadmap (AIR) for CDR that a provides comprehensive, objective, and action-oriented perspective on how to best advance the technical readiness of 32 carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches this decade.
Roadmap Link https://rmi.org/insight/the-applied-innovation-roadmap-for-cdr/
About Rudy:
Dr. Rudy Kahsar is a Manager on RMI’s Climate-Aligned Industries CDR team. Prior to joining RMI, Rudy led the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Track in the Masters of Environment program at CU Boulder where he taught classes in energy policy, energy systems and technologies, data science and visualization in energy, the energy water nexus, and international energy and sustainability. Before that, he served as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Policy Fellow in the US Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., first in the Office of International Climate and Clean Energy and then in the Advanced Manufacturing Office on the Strategic Analysis Team. He has also worked in energy consulting, focusing on measurement and verification, energy efficiency, and renewables integration for the oil and gas and electricity sectors.
Rudy’s Ph.D. focused on heterogenous catalysis with applications in bio based fuels and chemicals.
About Gloria:
Dr. Gloria See is a Senior Associate on RMI's Climate-Aligned Industries Team, working on CDR pathways with a focus on biogenic approaches. Gloria is an electrical engineer and has worked on hardware and model development for precision agriculture, photovoltaic devices, environmental monitoring in museums, and wearable sensors. She also has experience in business development, academic research, entrepreneurship, and sustainable product development, including field research in India and Tanzania. Gloria earned a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.'
This is CDR
Join us for a conversation with award-winning producer-director Leila Conners about her latest feature documentary Legion 44, which chronicles dozens of visionary innovators worldwide advancing groundbreaking carbon removal technologies. From the vulnerable islands of Tuvalu to the Hajar mountains in Oman, the film showcases human ingenuity and collaboration in the face of our unfolding climate emergency.
Leila will share the story and goal of Legion 44's conception and production, and information on how you can help spread the word and bring the film to your local cinema.
