RMI Outlet explores topics critical to RMI’s mission to transform global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.
RMI Outlet
How Digitally Native GHG Tracking Can Drive Faster Climate Action
Companies around the world—not to mention their investors, shareholders, and supply chain partners—are more focused than ever on drastically reducing, or even zeroing, their…
Powering Rural Economic Development with Renewables
Despite serving only 13 percent of US electricity load, electric cooperatives loom large in conversations about the US energy system’s past, present, and future. The…
Opportunities for Cleaner, More Efficient Freight Transport in India
India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Driven by the rising demand for goods and services in India, demand for freight transport is expected to grow fivefold over the next three decades.
Colorado Passes Embodied Carbon Legislation
It is unlikely that you know how much carbon was produced by making your driveway. But if you did, you might think about ways to build it better.
Financing 1.5°C: The Big Banks have Set Climate Targets—Now What?
A lot has happened in the financial sector since RMI launched the Center for Climate-Aligned Finance (the Center) a year ago. Particularly in North America, banks increased their climate ambitions: As of June 2020, not one of the 10 largest private banks (by total assets) across the United States and Canada had made a 2050 net-zero commitment.