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 RoundtablesThe Net-Zero Pathways Initiative advances our work with leading companies since 2018 to identify and advocate for policies that can accelerate the transition to a thriving, just and equitable net-zero emissions economy. We engage more than four dozen leading companies across the economy. Sectors include power, transportation, finance, tech, oil and gas, chemicals, cement, manufacturing, and food/agriculture.
Net-Zero PathwaysC2ES Technology Working Groups focus on four “critical-path” technologies that will play an outsized role in helping to meet our long-term climate goals: engineered carbon removal, sustainable aviation fuels, long-duration energy storage, and clean hydrogen. These working groups provide a regular venue for stakeholders to discuss the technical, market, and policy solutions needed to rapidly scale these technologies.
Technology Working GroupsThe 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.
Market-Based StrategiesC2ES recognizes that the shift to a low-carbon economy, while necessary to address climate change, can have significant impacts on stakeholders such as workers and communities. We advocate for a “just transition” approach that ensures the benefits of clean energy are widely shared and that vulnerable populations are not left behind.
Just Transition