Meeting the climate challenge and accelerating the transition to a thriving net-zero U.S. economy is an urgent task. C2ES works to build broad, durable support for effective and ambitious climate policies, built on partnerships and equity, and anchored in deep understanding among communities, businesses, and policymakers throughout the country of the tangible economic opportunities that the net-zero transition will create.
C2ES is hosting a series of regional roundtables to elevate a diverse set of local perspectives that can help strengthen state and federal climate policy outcomes and, importantly, identify concrete steps to better align the long-term vitality of these communities with the urgent task of facilitating economy-wide decarbonization.
Regional RoundtablesClimate Innovation 2050 brings together more than four dozen leading companies to examine pathways toward decarbonizing the U.S. economy. Sectors represented include power, transportation, finance, tech, oil and gas, chemicals, cement, manufacturing, and food/agriculture.
Climate Innovation 2050The costs of climate impacts – such as higher sea levels and more frequent and severe heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and downpours – are not reflected in the price of goods and services that emit greenhouse gases. Putting a price on those emissions gives businesses an incentive to reduce them. By giving them flexibility to choose the most economical way to reduce emissions, rather than mandating one approach, pricing also encourages businesses to innovate.
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