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Net Zero by 2050 Is Achievable, Affordable, and Will Improve Lives
A net-zero global economy is technically and economically possible by the middle of this century. The technologies and business solutions needed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero are already available or close to being brought to market. That is the encouraging conclusion of the latest report, Making…
Systems Mapping: A Vital Ingredient for Successful Partnerships
The number of multi-stakeholder partnerships (including organized collaborations between governments, businesses and civil society organizations) that address the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has rapidly expanded since 2015. Many of these partnerships are working to transform complex systems from an unsustainable to a sustainable pathway, such as moving from…
Celebrating LGBTQ+ Climate Leaders and Changemakers
RMI STATEMENT FOR PRIDE MONTH: We at RMI proudly stand with our LGBTQ+ staff, contractors, partners, and supporters in celebrating Pride Month. We believe this is an opportunity to acknowledge the LGBTQ+ community’s contributions to the energy transition and the fight against climate change. Pride Month is a time of…
Shareholders Keep Up the Pressure on Corporate Climate Action
This year marks the first annual general meeting (AGM) season since the flurry of investor commitments to climate action and stewardship in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. AGMs, which are yearly meetings of a company’s shareholders and its board of directors, provide an opportunity for…
A Clean Electricity Future is Affordable and Attainable—It’s Time to Act
For a decade or more, even as renewables have gained market share within the US power grid, accelerated progress toward a lower-carbon grid has been held up by two dominant–but outdated–narratives. First, utilities and others have long argued that renewables, in particular wind and solar, are costly compared to fossil…