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January 30, 2025 • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm est

Can AI Help Reduce Emissions of Greenhouse Gases?

Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs for a special webinar "Can AI Help Reduce Emissions of...

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Can AI Help Reduce Emissions of Greenhouse Gases?

Avril Haines

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Avril Haines is the former deputy director of Columbia World Projects. She is currently serving in the Biden-Harris administration. Avril served as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama. Before that, she served as the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council.  Avril received her bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Chicago and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

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