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A thermosolar power plant is pictured at Noor II near the city of Ouarzazate, Morocco, November 4, 2016. Picture taken November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Future Development

Fiscal policies for a low-carbon economy

Marcello Estevão

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Volunteer Elizabeth Murray helps hand water to local residents at Butler Stadium after the city of Houston implemented a boil water advisory following an unprecedented winter storm in Houston, Texas, U.S., February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Planet Policy

How the SEC can protect investors, companies, and the public from another Texas power crisis

Gabriel Malek, Stephanie H. Jones, Michael Panfil, and David G. Victor

Friday, June 18, 2021

Chongqing, China – May 28, 2018: New Energy Electric Vehicle, New Energy Vehicle Charging at Charging Station Using Charging Pole

Future Development

What can the G-7 learn from China’s transition to climate-smart growth?

Ed Araral

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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Events

Prioritizing clean energy investments in emerging and developing economies

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

Building climate cooperation: The critical role for international carbon price floors

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Bolstering Africa’s green transitions: The role of an African-European partnership

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Online only

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Related Books

Making Climate Policy Work

By Danny Cullenward and David G. Victor

2020

Leave No One Behind

Edited by Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Izumi Ohno

2019

The Role of Business in the Circular Economy

By Vasileios Rizos, Arno Behrens, Eleanor Drabik, David Rinaldi, and Katja Tuokko

2018

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Experts

Sanjay Patnaik

Director - Center on Regulation and Markets

Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development

Fellow - Economic Studies

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Samantha Gross

Director - Energy Security and Climate Initiative

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

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David G. Victor

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

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Multimedia

A supply depot servicing the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline lies idle in Oyen, Alberta, Canada February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Todd Korol

Podcast Episode

What does the end of the Keystone pipeline mean for US energy?

Samantha Gross and Adrianna Pita

Friday, June 11, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Holding tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at Colonial Pipeline's Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland, U.S. May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Drone Base/File Photo/File Photo

Podcast Episode

Regulating markets most efficiently

Sanjay Patnaik and Fred Dews

Friday, May 28, 2021

Infrastructure

A new vision for American infrastructure

Adie Tomer and David Dollar

Monday, May 10, 2021

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More on Climate Change

FILE PHOTO: Wind turbines are seen at Mynydd Portref Wind Farm near Hendreforgan in South Wales, Britain, March 26, 2021. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo

Climate policy models need to get real about people — here’s how

David G. Victor, Wei Peng, Gokul Iyer, Valentina Bosetti, Vaibhav Chaturvedi, James Edmonds, Allen A. Fawcett, Stéphane Hallegatte, Detlef van Vuuren, and John Weyant

Nature Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks at a meeting of finance ministers from across the G7 nations ahead of the G7 leaders' summit, at Lancaster House in London, Britain June 4, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS

Around the halls: What to watch in Biden’s week of summits in Europe

Pavel K. Baev, Célia Belin, James Goldgeier, Samantha Gross, Syaru Shirley Lin, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Patrick W. Quirk, Douglas A. Rediker, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Thomas Wright

Monday, June 7, 2021

Low angle shot of modern glass buildings and green with clear sky background

The new climate narrative

Kemal Derviş

Monday, June 7, 2021

**VIDEO AVAILABLE. CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE.**A giant hybrid sailboat has been created to reinforce the battle against plastic pollution in our oceans.Manta by SeaCleaners is the first-of-its-kind processing ship designed to collect, treat and repurpose large numbers of plastic debris floating in polluted waters, along the coasts, in estuaries, and in the mouths of large rivers.Relying primarily on renewable energy sources, the deep-sea vessel is eco-friendly and able to cross the oceans, intervening rapidly wherever it’s needed. Poised for launch in 2024, the Manta will operate autonomously 75% of the time without the use of fossil fuels, and it will have the ability to extract between 5,000 and 10,000 tons of floating plastic each year.Its design allows the Manta to extract microplastics from 10 mm upward and up to 1 meter deep. Depending on the density and closeness of the layers of waste, the catamaran can collect between 1 to 3 tons of waste each hour. Even more impressive, its hybrid abilities means that this catamaran can operate for up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Each boat is equipped with multiple collection systems, including a set of waste-collecting conveyor belts to bring the plastic from the ocean to the boat, three floatable systems to pick up surface waste, two smaller multipurpose collection rafts for shallower and narrower parts of the ocean that the larger catamaran can’t access, and two lateral cranes to pull larger pieces of debris from the water.According to the designers, led by the company’s founder Yvan Bourgnon, the first mission of the Manta will take place in Southeast Asia. After that, the Manta will operate in Africa and South America but will also intervene in temporarily polluted areas following climatic or natural disasters.The project is three years in the making and will mark the world’s only work boat capable of managing 100% of the plastic waste it collects. An onboard factory will he

Marking the decarbonization revolutions

David G. Victor and Ryan Hanna

Nature Thursday, June 3, 2021

Students protesting for climate change education

Will 2021 be the year governments commit to quality climate education? A growing call for action ahead of the G-20

Kathleen Rogers and Rebecca Winthrop

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

During a Greenpeace action, a CO-2 sign stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate with flames coming out of it. Two demonstrators hold a banner with the words "Before you go Mrs Merkel: Secure the future". With the action, activists of the environmental protection organization call on the German government to further reduce CO-2 emissions in Germany and to ensure compliance with the goals of the world climate summit in Paris.

Germany is becoming ground zero for the challenges of deep decarbonization

Samantha Gross

Friday, May 28, 2021

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Reports

Prioritizing clean energy investments in emerging and developing economies

Building climate cooperation: The critical role for international carbon price floors

Bolstering Africa’s green transitions: The role of an African-European partnership

Director - Center on Regulation and Markets

Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development

Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Energy Security and Climate Initiative

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative