In late 2020, Joshua Cortez and Pia Faustino became the first two Filipinos to complete Terra.do’s Climate Change: Learning for Action fellowship. At the time, they were data science professionals working for competing Manila-based firms. Fast forward three years, and they’ve become collaborators on groundbreaking projects that leverage Geospatial AI to tackle climate challenges in one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries.

In this session, Joshua and Pia will share how they created their own pathways into climate work, highlight lessons from their journey, and showcase impactful projects, including a first-of-its-kind nationwide rooftop solar inventory for the Philippines, built using computer vision and satellite imagery.

Join us to hear their story of turning skills into solutions for climate resilience.

Join us for a live Q&A event where you'll delve deeper into our flagship Learning for Action course. Learn about its significance, why it could be the perfect fit for you, and get insights directly from a Terra.do alumnus and our Director of Learning, Seth Collins.

Join Sharon Reishus for a unique inside look at how USA's first multi-state carbon credit trading market was born and why those hard-won lessons are crucial for navigating today's unprecedented electricity demand surge. 

As a founding board member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and former Chairman of the Maine Public Utilities Commission, Sharon will share the story of creating the nation's first mandatory regional carbon market, from the political negotiations to the pushback from stakeholders, to set up a carbon regime that delivered millions in consumer savings over two decades and helped cut regional power plant emissions in half.

But this isn't just a history lesson. With electricity demand growing at rates not seen in decades, driven by AI data centers and rapid electrification of the economy, Sharon will decode what this means for climate goals, energy costs, and grid reliability. Drawing from her 35 years of power sector expertise, she'll connect the strategic thinking that made RGGI successful to the market dynamics reshaping America's energy landscape today.