Center For Climate And Energy Solutions

TO ADVANCE STRONG POLICY AND ACTION TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, PROMOTE CLEAN ENERGY, AND STRENGTHEN RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE IMPACTS.

DOMESTIC POLICY: C2ES WORKS WITH COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THE U.S. TO FORGE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS. WE CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND PRODUCED REPORTS AND WEBINARS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM CARBON PRICING TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND CLIMATE MITIGATION TO DIGITAL DECARB: USING SMART TECHNOLOGIES TO CUT EMISSIONS TO LEVERAGING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS. IN THE PAPER CLIMATE INTERVENTION: THE CASE FOR RESEARCH WE ADDRESSED THE URGENT NEED FOR RESEARCH TO SUPPLY GOVERNMENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE PUBLIC WITH THE INFORMATION TO ASSESS AND MAKE EVIDENCE-BASED DECISIONS ABOUT CLIMATE INTERVENTIONS. AS PART OF OUR RESILIENCE WORK, WE PUBLISHED THE RESILIENCE FACTOR: A COMPETITIVE EDGE FOR CLIMATE-READY CITIES WHICH HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING RESILIENCE PRACTICES, IDENTIFIES CROSS-CUTTING CHALLENGES, AND RECOMMENDS GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE-SECTOR ACTIONS TO STRENGTHEN CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS AND COMPETITIVENESS AMONG U.S. CITIES.IN MAY 2020, AS PART OF OUR CLIMATE INNOVATION 2050 INITIATIVE, WE PUBLISHED RESTORING THE ECONOMY WITH CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONGRESS WHICH WAS DEVELOPED WITH INPUT FROM A WIDE RANGE OF COMPANIES AND RECOMMENDS A RANGE OF MEASURES THAT CONGRESS SHOULD CONSIDER INCORPORATING INTO FUTURE ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS. IN DECEMBER 2020, IN LIGHT OF THE UPCOMING ADMINISTRATION CHANGE, WE ORGANIZED A STATEMENT BY 42 LEADING U.S. COMPANIES JOINTLY URGING PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AND THE NEW CONGRESS TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENACT AMBITIOUS, DURABLE, AND BIPARTISAN CLIMATE POLICIES.THEN IN JANUARY 2021, ALSO AS PART OF OUR CLIMATE INNOVATION 2050 INITIATIVE, WE PUBLISHED CLIMATE POLICY PRIORITIES FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS RECOMMENDING A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF POLICY PRIORITIES TO DRIVE CLIMATE INNOVATION, REDUCE EMISSIONS, STRENGTHEN CLIMATE RESILIENCE, REMEDY INEQUITIES ANDIN MANY CASESSUPPORT THE POST-PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

INTERNATIONAL POLICY: C2ES REMAINS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE TALKS AS WE HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS, PRODUCING EXPERT ANALYSIS ON ISSUES BEFORE NEGOTIATORS AND FACILITATING INFORMAL DIALOGUE AMONG KEY COUNTRIES. LEADING UP TO COP26, WE ALSO PRODUCED TWO FACT SHEETS: PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT Q&A AND UNDERSTANDING 'NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS' UNDER THE PARIS AGREEMENT. WE RELEASED A BRIEF, THE 'SIGNALING EFFECT OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT, HIGHLIGHTING A BROAD RANGE OF CLIMATE ACTIONS ACROSS MANY SPHERES OF SOCIETY INSPIRED BY THE PARIS AGREEMENT. WE ALSO PUBLISHED THE REPORT SOLAR CLIMATE INTERVENTION: OPTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND DECISION-MAKING. C2ES WAS HONORED TO ONCE AGAIN RANK AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP ENVIRONMENTAL THINK TANKS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S GLOBAL GO TO THINK TANK INDEX.

BUSINESS INNOVATION: C2ES CONVENES BUSINESS CLIMATE LEADERS, HELPING THEM SHARE BEST PRACTICES, AND ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES TO ENGAGE POLICYMAKERS. AS PART OF THESE ACTIVITIES, IN APRIL 2020, WE RELEASED A BRIEF IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES KEY TO IMPROVING CORPORATE REPORTING FOR CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES. THE PAPER, IMPLEMENTING TCFD: STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING DISCLOSURE, SEEKS TO IMPROVE REPORTING BY ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN CORPORATE SCENARIO ANALYSIS INCLUDING BOTH PHYSICAL AND TRANSITION RISK. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRIEF, WE CONDUCTED THE WEBINAR CLIMATE DISCLOSURE: TRANSPARENCY AS A CORPORATE STRATEGY. WE ALSO HOSTED THE IMPLEMENTING NET ZERO COMMITMENTS WEBINAR. WE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE RENEWABLE THERMAL COLLABORATIVE TO HELP COMPANIES EXPAND THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO MEET THEIR THERMAL NEEDS AND PUBLISHED RESOURCES TO HELP COMPANIES IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES IN REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM HEAT GENERATION.

DOMESTIC POLICY: C2ES WORKS WITH COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THE U.S. TO FORGE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS. WE CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND PRODUCED REPORTS AND WEBINARS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM CARBON PRICING TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND CLIMATE MITIGATION TO DIGITAL DECARB: USING SMART TECHNOLOGIES TO CUT EMISSIONS TO LEVERAGING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS. IN THE PAPER CLIMATE INTERVENTION: THE CASE FOR RESEARCH WE ADDRESSED THE URGENT NEED FOR RESEARCH TO SUPPLY GOVERNMENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE PUBLIC WITH THE INFORMATION TO ASSESS AND MAKE EVIDENCE-BASED DECISIONS ABOUT CLIMATE INTERVENTIONS. AS PART OF OUR RESILIENCE WORK, WE PUBLISHED THE RESILIENCE FACTOR: A COMPETITIVE EDGE FOR CLIMATE-READY CITIES WHICH HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING RESILIENCE PRACTICES, IDENTIFIES CROSS-CUTTING CHALLENGES, AND RECOMMENDS GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE-SECTOR ACTIONS TO STRENGTHEN CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS AND COMPETITIVENESS AMONG U.S. CITIES.IN MAY 2020, AS PART OF OUR CLIMATE INNOVATION 2050 INITIATIVE, WE PUBLISHED RESTORING THE ECONOMY WITH CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONGRESS WHICH WAS DEVELOPED WITH INPUT FROM A WIDE RANGE OF COMPANIES AND RECOMMENDS A RANGE OF MEASURES THAT CONGRESS SHOULD CONSIDER INCORPORATING INTO FUTURE ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS. IN DECEMBER 2020, IN LIGHT OF THE UPCOMING ADMINISTRATION CHANGE, WE ORGANIZED A STATEMENT BY 42 LEADING U.S. COMPANIES JOINTLY URGING PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AND THE NEW CONGRESS TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENACT AMBITIOUS, DURABLE, AND BIPARTISAN CLIMATE POLICIES.THEN IN JANUARY 2021, ALSO AS PART OF OUR CLIMATE INNOVATION 2050 INITIATIVE, WE PUBLISHED CLIMATE POLICY PRIORITIES FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS RECOMMENDING A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF POLICY PRIORITIES TO DRIVE CLIMATE INNOVATION, REDUCE EMISSIONS, STRENGTHEN CLIMATE RESILIENCE, REMEDY INEQUITIES ANDIN MANY CASESSUPPORT THE POST-PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

INTERNATIONAL POLICY: C2ES REMAINS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE TALKS AS WE HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS, PRODUCING EXPERT ANALYSIS ON ISSUES BEFORE NEGOTIATORS AND FACILITATING INFORMAL DIALOGUE AMONG KEY COUNTRIES. LEADING UP TO COP26, WE ALSO PRODUCED TWO FACT SHEETS: PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT Q&A AND UNDERSTANDING 'NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS' UNDER THE PARIS AGREEMENT. WE RELEASED A BRIEF, THE 'SIGNALING EFFECT OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT, HIGHLIGHTING A BROAD RANGE OF CLIMATE ACTIONS ACROSS MANY SPHERES OF SOCIETY INSPIRED BY THE PARIS AGREEMENT. WE ALSO PUBLISHED THE REPORT SOLAR CLIMATE INTERVENTION: OPTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND DECISION-MAKING. C2ES WAS HONORED TO ONCE AGAIN RANK AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP ENVIRONMENTAL THINK TANKS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S GLOBAL GO TO THINK TANK INDEX.

BUSINESS INNOVATION: C2ES CONVENES BUSINESS CLIMATE LEADERS, HELPING THEM SHARE BEST PRACTICES, AND ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES TO ENGAGE POLICYMAKERS. AS PART OF THESE ACTIVITIES, IN APRIL 2020, WE RELEASED A BRIEF IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES KEY TO IMPROVING CORPORATE REPORTING FOR CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES. THE PAPER, IMPLEMENTING TCFD: STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING DISCLOSURE, SEEKS TO IMPROVE REPORTING BY ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN CORPORATE SCENARIO ANALYSIS INCLUDING BOTH PHYSICAL AND TRANSITION RISK. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRIEF, WE CONDUCTED THE WEBINAR CLIMATE DISCLOSURE: TRANSPARENCY AS A CORPORATE STRATEGY. WE ALSO HOSTED THE IMPLEMENTING NET ZERO COMMITMENTS WEBINAR. WE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE RENEWABLE THERMAL COLLABORATIVE TO HELP COMPANIES EXPAND THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO MEET THEIR THERMAL NEEDS AND PUBLISHED RESOURCES TO HELP COMPANIES IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES IN REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM HEAT GENERATION.

DOMESTIC POLICY: C2ES WORKS WITH COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THE U.S. TO FORGE CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS. WE CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND PRODUCED REPORTS AND WEBINARS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM CARBON PRICING TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND CLIMATE MITIGATION TO DIGITAL DECARB: USING SMART TECHNOLOGIES TO CUT EMISSIONS TO LEVERAGING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS. IN THE PAPER CLIMATE INTERVENTION: THE CASE FOR RESEARCH WE ADDRESSED THE URGENT NEED FOR RESEARCH TO SUPPLY GOVERNMENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE PUBLIC WITH THE INFORMATION TO ASSESS AND MAKE EVIDENCE-BASED DECISIONS ABOUT CLIMATE INTERVENTIONS. AS PART OF OUR RESILIENCE WORK, WE PUBLISHED THE RESILIENCE FACTOR: A COMPETITIVE EDGE FOR CLIMATE-READY CITIES WHICH HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING RESILIENCE PRACTICES, IDENTIFIES CROSS-CUTTING CHALLENGES, AND RECOMMENDS GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE-SECTOR ACTIONS TO STRENGTHEN CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS AND COMPETITIVENESS AMONG U.S. CITIES.IN MAY 2020, AS PART OF OUR CLIMATE INNOVATION 2050 INITIATIVE, WE PUBLISHED RESTORING THE ECONOMY WITH CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONGRESS WHICH WAS DEVELOPED WITH INPUT FROM A WIDE RANGE OF COMPANIES AND RECOMMENDS A RANGE OF MEASURES THAT CONGRESS SHOULD CONSIDER INCORPORATING INTO FUTURE ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS. IN DECEMBER 2020, IN LIGHT OF THE UPCOMING ADMINISTRATION CHANGE, WE ORGANIZED A STATEMENT BY 42 LEADING U.S. COMPANIES JOINTLY URGING PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AND THE NEW CONGRESS TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENACT AMBITIOUS, DURABLE, AND BIPARTISAN CLIMATE POLICIES.THEN IN JANUARY 2021, ALSO AS PART OF OUR CLIMATE INNOVATION 2050 INITIATIVE, WE PUBLISHED CLIMATE POLICY PRIORITIES FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS RECOMMENDING A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF POLICY PRIORITIES TO DRIVE CLIMATE INNOVATION, REDUCE EMISSIONS, STRENGTHEN CLIMATE RESILIENCE, REMEDY INEQUITIES ANDIN MANY CASESSUPPORT THE POST-PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY.

INTERNATIONAL POLICY: C2ES REMAINS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE TALKS AS WE HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS, PRODUCING EXPERT ANALYSIS ON ISSUES BEFORE NEGOTIATORS AND FACILITATING INFORMAL DIALOGUE AMONG KEY COUNTRIES. LEADING UP TO COP26, WE ALSO PRODUCED TWO FACT SHEETS: PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT Q&A AND UNDERSTANDING 'NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS' UNDER THE PARIS AGREEMENT. WE RELEASED A BRIEF, THE 'SIGNALING EFFECT OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT, HIGHLIGHTING A BROAD RANGE OF CLIMATE ACTIONS ACROSS MANY SPHERES OF SOCIETY INSPIRED BY THE PARIS AGREEMENT. WE ALSO PUBLISHED THE REPORT SOLAR CLIMATE INTERVENTION: OPTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND DECISION-MAKING. C2ES WAS HONORED TO ONCE AGAIN RANK AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP ENVIRONMENTAL THINK TANKS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S GLOBAL GO TO THINK TANK INDEX.

BUSINESS INNOVATION: C2ES CONVENES BUSINESS CLIMATE LEADERS, HELPING THEM SHARE BEST PRACTICES, AND ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES TO ENGAGE POLICYMAKERS. AS PART OF THESE ACTIVITIES, IN APRIL 2020, WE RELEASED A BRIEF IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES KEY TO IMPROVING CORPORATE REPORTING FOR CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES. THE PAPER, IMPLEMENTING TCFD: STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING DISCLOSURE, SEEKS TO IMPROVE REPORTING BY ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN CORPORATE SCENARIO ANALYSIS INCLUDING BOTH PHYSICAL AND TRANSITION RISK. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRIEF, WE CONDUCTED THE WEBINAR CLIMATE DISCLOSURE: TRANSPARENCY AS A CORPORATE STRATEGY. WE ALSO HOSTED THE IMPLEMENTING NET ZERO COMMITMENTS WEBINAR. WE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE RENEWABLE THERMAL COLLABORATIVE TO HELP COMPANIES EXPAND THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO MEET THEIR THERMAL NEEDS AND PUBLISHED RESOURCES TO HELP COMPANIES IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES IN REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM HEAT GENERATION.