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Resilience Hub Toolkit For a Climate-Ready North Front Range

As communities face increasing disruptions from extreme weather and other emergencies, residents need safe and accessible places to go. Resilience hubs—enhanced community centers or spaces that support the community daily, as well as before, during, and after emergencies—are one solution.  Many organizations and local governments already operate resilience hubs or hub-like facilities. Increasing climate impacts […]

The Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T: Building an effective diplomatic strategy (Discussion Paper)

The context for reaching agreement on the new collective quantified goal (NCQG) at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) was challenging. The coming year will be no easier—the high cost of capital combined with significant upfront capital requirements for renewable energy technologies and regulatory barriers are among the main challenges to scaling up climate finance […]

U.S. State Carbon Pricing Policies

Compared to command-and-control regulations, carbon pricing is a market-based mechanism that creates financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Thirteen states that are home to over a 30 percent of the U.S. population and account for more than 36 percent of U.S. gross domestic product have active carbon-pricing programs and are successfully reducing emissions. […]

The Paris Agreement: A Moment for Reflection

There is introspection in the aftermath of every Conference of Parties (COP) as to whether the Paris Agreement (PA), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate regime more widely, are working. COP29 is no exception, and has resulted in more commentary than usual on the functioning of the Paris Agreement. There […]

Building Community Resilience: How Local Leaders are Advancing Resilience Hubs & Bolstering Critical Infrastructure

The latest report from the Alliance for a Sustainable Future – a joint effort of C2ES and The U.S. Conference of Mayors to help cities and businesses collaborate on sustainable development— highlights city-oriented case studies that advance climate resilience. One of the goals of the Alliance is to inform mayors, local officials, and business leaders […]

Key Negotiations & Related Outcomes of the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku

Dubbed the “finance COP” for the milestone adoption of a New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance (NCQG), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) held in Baku, Azerbaijan, achieved some success but left a number of important issues open. More specifically, COP29 delivered on its two main […]

Billion-Dollar Extreme Weather Events

This map and related materials pertaining to all types of extreme weather can be found here. Last updated January 2025.

Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Policy Recommendations to Enable a Low-carbon Fuel Mix

Click here for a factsheet summarizing the Sustainable Aviation Fuel recommendations. From pioneering technical advancements to commercial aviation dominance, the United States has been a leader in the aviation sector since the industry’s inception. In today’s era of global economic development, the aviation industry is projecting major growth and, with it, major challenges in the […]

Comments on the DOE Carbon Management Strategy Draft

These comments were submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy on December 10, 2024.

Policy Recommendations to Unlock the Value of Long-Duration Energy Storage

Click here for a factsheet summarizing the Long-Duration Energy Storage Recommendations. Long-duration energy storage (LDES) will play an increasingly important role in decarbonizing the power sector as more variable renewable energy is added to the electric power grid. LDES is defined by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as any system that can store energy […]