Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate
2021
Mar
31
Past Event
The rising impacts of climate change: Implications for science, law, capital markets, and policy
Online Only
Presented in partnership with
2020
Oct
15
Past Policy 2020 Event
How will the election impact US engagement on climate change?
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Online only
2020
Apr
20
Past Event
Webinar: Confronting climate change in the global COVID-19 recovery
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Online only
2020
Jan
24
Past Event
Climate threats and climate justice: Action and adaptation for sustainable development
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Washington, DC
[On corporate climate risk disclosure] The big blind spot is the physical risk of climate change.
[On recent corporate climate pledges] There is a difference between energy efficiency and this. This is looking far beyond that. Net zero does not mean efficiency; it means complete transformation, and that’s the challenge.
There’s a highly uneven response to the climate challenge from the oil and gas industry. The European companies are out in front, and the American ones—Exxon in particular—are lagging far behind.