Category: Briefing Highlights
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Congressional Climate Camp: Federal Policies for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Win-Wins
This briefing looked at a suite of climate solutions that simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase resilience to climate impacts. Briefing speakers discussed how these solutions also advance environmental justice, job creation, and conservation.
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Rethinking Reduce, Reuse, and Recycling Policies and Programs to Address Waste
This briefing highlights local, state, and federal policies and programs as well as new technologies that will make you rethink waste management, who is responsible for waste, and whether waste is worthless. Speakers from cities, states, and the private sector discuss their programs and policies that are helping them succeed to reduce and reuse a…
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Climate Adaptation and Resilience: The Road to COP26
This briefing highlights the complementary global efforts to advance climate adaptation and resilience in the lead-up to COP26. Speakers discussed the key roles of financing, implementation, disaster preparedness, and the need for systemic action in building resilience.
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Towards an Evidence-Based Nuclear Energy Policy
To help inform major decisions on nuclear energy policy facing Congress, presenters offered practical recommendations to help make pending U.S. policy and regulatory decisions about nuclear energy more evidence-based, and better aligned with science and environmental justice.
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2021 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook
In this briefing, presenters discussed the impacts of COVID-19 on the U.S. energy sector, with an in-depth look at the energy efficiency, natural gas, and renewable energy sectors, as well as emerging areas such as digitalization, micro-grids, offshore wind, hydrogen, and renewable natural gas.
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Congressional Climate Camp: Federal Policies for High Emitting Sectors
In this briefing, presenters discussed the sectors with the highest carbon emissions, and highlighted policy mechanisms to reduce emissions in each sector—power generation, industry, buildings, transportation, and agriculture. Presenters highlighted how federal policymakers address these challenges through coordinated action, thereby maximizing impact across sectors.
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Congressional Climate Camp: Budget, Appropriations, and Stimulus
In this briefing, presenters highlighted key areas and opportunities for achieving near-term and long-term carbon reductions through policy. Presenters outlined what to expect in the upcoming months as the new administration and the 117th Congress work to address the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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