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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Global Stocktake: An Opportunity for Ambition

The GST process can provide the foundation necessary to progressively and effectively enhance climate ambition.

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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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How policymakers should absorb the IPCC’s latest warning

The IPCC lays out stark evidence the planet is in crisis. What should policymakers do about it?

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Global Stocktake: An Opportunity for Ambition

The GST process can provide the foundation necessary to progressively and effectively enhance climate ambition.

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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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How policymakers should absorb the IPCC’s latest warning

The IPCC lays out stark evidence the planet is in crisis. What should policymakers do about it?

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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.

Webinar
The Corporate Case for Climate Ambition in Reconciliation

November 4, 2021

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Tags CongressIndustryRenewable StandardsBusiness PracticesBusiness Leadership

Live Event
Pre-COP 26 Media Briefing

October 22, 2021

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Blog Post
How federal policy can accelerate community resilience to climate change

Amy Bailey

October 6, 2021

Topics US Federal

Tags CitiesResilience

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Publication
Investing in West Virginia’s Future: Aligning Climate and Economic Development

The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions is hosting a series of regional roundtables to bring together local, state, and federal policymakers; businesses of all sizes; community organizations; leading academics and issue experts; trade associations; investors; and philanthropy. These conversations …

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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.

Webinar
The Path from Pledges to Progress

September 23, 2021

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Webinar
Scaling Carbon Dioxide Removal: Limitations and Potential

September 21, 2021

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Webinar
Reducing Embodied Carbon from Industry: Business Voices on the Role of Federal Procurement

September 9, 2021

1:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Tags BusinessEmissionsRegulationProcurement

Top Companies Call for Net-Zero Infrastructure Investments

Topics Business Leadership

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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.

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Topics Extreme Weather

Tags ImpactsResilienceScienceExtreme Weather

Press Release
Nat Keohane on the IPCC Working Group I findings

August 9, 2021

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Wildfires and Climate Change

Topics Extreme Weather

Tags ImpactsScienceExtreme Weather

Heat Waves and Climate Change

Topics Extreme Weather

Tags ImpactsScienceExtreme 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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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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International Dialogue

We helped negotiators from key countries achieve the Paris Agreement, and are now working closely with them to ensure its success.

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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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