Building common ground for practical climate solutions

From the local to the global, C2ES is teaming up with policymakers, businesses, and other stakeholders to meet our critical climate and energy challenges.

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New hope on climate – Here’s what we know

The post-election landscape offers opportunities to work toward ambitious, durable, and bipartisan climate solutions.

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Getting to Zero: A U.S. Climate Agenda

Policies needed over the coming decade to put the United States on the path to carbon neutrality by 2050.

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The Competitive Edge of Resilient Cities

Policies and practices for policymakers and private sector stakeholders that can better position cities to manage climate impacts, and thrive despite them.

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New hope on climate – Here’s what we know

The post-election landscape offers opportunities to work toward ambitious, durable, and bipartisan climate solutions.

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Getting to Zero: A U.S. Climate Agenda

Policies needed over the coming decade to put the United States on the path to carbon neutrality by 2050.

View

The Competitive Edge of Resilient Cities

Policies and practices for policymakers and private sector stakeholders that can better position cities to manage climate impacts, and thrive despite them.

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Policy Hub

Lasting climate solutions hinge on innovative policies at all levels – local, state, federal and international. Market-based approaches like carbon pricing are a cornerstone of practical, cost-effective climate policy.

Press Release
Bob Perciasepe on the election of Joseph R. Biden as President of the United States

November 7, 2020

Tags Congress

Press Release
Bob Perciasepe on today’s formal withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement

November 4, 2020

Tags Paris AgreementUN Talks

Blog Post
Paris withdrawal and reentry—the basics

Daniel Bodansky, Elliot Diringer

November 3, 2020

Tags Paris AgreementUN Talks

Blog Post
Developing a foundation for science-based decision-making on climate intervention

Elliot Diringer, Kelly Wanser

October 26, 2020

Tags ScienceParis Agreement

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Climate Solutions

Cutting carbon emissions takes smart policies, innovative technologies, business leadership, and simple steps to shrink our own carbon footprint. Other solutions focus on strengthening our climate resilience.

Blog Post
Sustainable street initiatives help U.S. cities cope with COVID

Kathryn Maloney

November 19, 2020

Tags CitiesResilience

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Publication
The Resilience Factor: A Competitive Edge for Climate-Ready Cities

Increasingly, U.S. cities and regions are facing costly climate impacts that are having significant effects on local businesses and communities. This report explores how the economic competitiveness of U.S. cities will be impacted as climate impacts worsen – and how …

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Webinar
CEO Perspectives: Delivering Climate Ambition

September 21, 2020

1:10 pm – 2:00 pm

Tags BusinessBusiness PracticesClimate Innovation

Blog Post
Carbon capture and the race to net zero

Mahmoud Abouelnaga

September 14, 2020

Tags Carbon CaptureElectricityEmissionsEnergy

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Climate Basics

Here you'll find the basics on climate science, key energy and emissions trends, extreme weather, and other climate impacts. Students, teachers: check out the Climate Classroom.

Wildfires and Climate Change

Topics Extreme Weather

Tags ImpactsScienceExtreme Weather

Blog Post
Sports can unify us to fight climate change

Jessica Schlueter

August 27, 2020

Topics Climate Impacts

Tags ImpactsEfficiencyEmissionsExtreme WeatherEnergy

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Topics Extreme Weather

Tags ImpactsResilienceScienceExtreme Weather

Hurricanes and Climate Change

Topics Extreme Weather

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Our Work

C2ES is known worldwide as a thought leader and trusted convener on critical climate and energy challenges. Here is a sampling of our key initiatives:

Business Environmental Leadership Council

We work with Fortune 500 companies across key sectors to strengthen business action and support for effective climate policies.

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Climate Resilience

C2ES is helping businesses and cities assess and address the growing risks presented by climate change.

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Carbon Capture Coalition

C2ES is a participant and co-founder of a broad coalition of business, labor, and environmental groups working to accelerate commercial deployment of carbon capture technologies.

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Events

C2ES regularly organizes events with top experts, policymakers and business leaders advancing the public debate on climate challenges and solutions. Check out past and upcoming events.

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Library

For a closer look at the issues and our work, here’s a searchable collection of C2ES reports, briefs, maps, videos, speeches, articles, testimony and other public comments.

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