Policy and Equity

Policy and Equity – Covers civic responsibility, policies to advance social and environmental resilience and to protect vulnerable, underserved communities, and leadership.

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Protected: Trust in a Fractured World: How It Is Built, Broken, and Repaired

March 12, 2026 Trust shapes every major decision we make — whether in business, public ...
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Protected: Meet the U.S. and EU Officials Shaping Energy Security Policy

October 29, 2025 — National Press Club, Washington D.C.Transatlantic Energy Security Symposium. In-person event. Energy ...
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The Resilience Advantage: A Blueprint for Small Business Survival and Success in a Changing Climate

Originally aired October 23, 2025 https://vimeo.com/1130347313 Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and ...
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Applying Technology to Reduce the Risk of Catastrophic Wildfires: Real Pathways for Turning Forest Waste into Products

Originally aired September 11, 2025 https://vimeo.com/1118122310 Wildfires continue to escalate in scale and severity, driven ...
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Doing More With Less, The Ben Franklin Way

Originally aired September 17, 2025 https://vimeo.com/1119222858 Ben Franklin is having a cultural comeback. Ken Burns ...
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Decentralizing Climate Action: The Role of Blockchain in State, Local, and Corporate Leadership

Originally aired March 18, 2025 https://vimeo.com/1067560276 The United States faces mounting climate challenges. Intensifying wildfires, ...
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Protected: Trump’s Second Act: Power, Resistance, and the Limits of Governance

Originally aired March 6, 2025 https://vimeo.com/1067171867 Donald Trump’s return to the White House raises urgent ...
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Protected: Guardrails of Governance: Legal and Administrative Resilience in Trump 2.0

Originally aired February 21, 2025 https://vimeo.com/1059139954 This webinar delves into potential risks to the rule ...
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Protected: Capitalism to Peopleism: Inspiring a Leadership Transformation

Originally aired January 16, 2025 Ravi Chaudhry, author of Capitalism to Peopleism: Inspiring a Leadership ...
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Protected: Navigating the Trump 2 Deregulatory Agenda: Lessons From Environmental Officials in Trump 1

Originally aired December 2024 Three federal environmental officials who served during the first Trump administration ...
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Protected: Industrial Evolution in America: Building a Future-Ready Workforce

Originally aired July 28, 2024 As America reindustrializes through federal initiatives like the CHIPS Act, ...
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Protected: A New Era of Federal Procurement: Managing Climate Risks and Promoting Sustainable Supply Chains

Originally aired April 29, 2024 As the world’s largest buyer of goods and services — ...
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US Hydrogen Policy – Imperative for Global Security and Sustainability

Originally aired September 25, 2023 Ambassador András Simonyi and SSF Executive Director Edward Saltzberg sit ...
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Protected: From Budapest to Washington: Examining the Erosion of Democracy

Originally aired June 30, 2024 Co-hosted by GWU’s Environmental and Energy Management Institute and the ...
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Protected: Climate Risks and Opportunities in Ending EU Dependency on Russian Fossil Fuels

Originally aired June 17, 2022 What is in the European Commission’s REPowerEU Plan? This webinar ...
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Protected: Current Global Outlook on Planet Earth

Originally aired April 2022 In this 90-minute educational lecture, Dr. Karim Ahmed — a planetary ...
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Protected: Public Health Lessons From the European Union

Originally aired March 2, 2022 Only 23% of Americans believe they receive the best healthcare ...
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Protected: Challenges Facing the European Union… Why It Matters to America

Originally aired February 17, 2022 A conversation with Daniel Calleja, Director-General of the Legal Service ...
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Protected: Sixty Minutes with Jean-Eric Paquet

Originally aired January 20, 2022 András Simonyi hosts Jean-Eric Paquet, European Commission Director-General of DG ...
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Energy Democracy and Empowerment

Originally aired January 19, 2022 One of the unique opportunities of the clean energy transition ...
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Protected: Norway Shows the Way: How Social Inclusion Pays Off

Originally aired December 3, 2021 Part of the GWU Leadership in Our Time series, host ...
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Protected: Sixty Minutes with Richard Heinberg

Originally aired November 29, 2021 The second episode in SSF’s Implications for the Future series. ...
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Protected: Sixty Minutes with Fiona Hill

Originally aired October 19, 2021 The tenth webinar in the Leadership in Our Time series. ...
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From Vikings to Wind Turbines – Denmark’s journey toward sustainability

Originally aired August 3, 2021 Denmark has become a global leader in wind energy and ...