On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a look at green technology, reducing carbon emissions, and climate action in a pandemic.
| How new technologies can combat climate change “Change will be slower than advocates and scientists would like. But it will accelerate if the leaders most willing to act on climate change stop moralizing and start seeing deep decarbonization as a matter of industrial engineering.” David Victor and other researchers explain how a global push to adopt low-emission energy technologies could help save the planet. Read in Foreign Affairs |
| Watch: How to reduce emissions as much as possible at the lowest cost The 50th anniversary of Earth Day presents a unique opportunity to envision a future where dramatic reductions in pollution across the globe are the status quo. Melanie Gilarsky, Kriston McIntosh, and Jay Shambaugh highlight a new video explaining how existing emissions policies could be updated once a sufficiently high carbon price is in place. Watch the video |
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