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Clearing the AIR: Introducing a Climate Alignment, Impact, and Risk Toolbox for Financial Institutions
As of July 2022, the Toolbox has been updated with approximately 20 new climate tools, to create a total of almost 50 tools to help…

Ensuring an Equitable Energy Transition
Caribbean island nations are on the front lines of climate change. At the same time, they are also first movers in carrying out the energy transition on a national scale.

Why We Need to Standardize Emissions Tracing to Get to Net Zero
When it comes to fighting climate change, we don’t have time for false starts—in the decisive decade, we have to get it right the first time around. That knowledge has guided our work building the COMET Framework, together with our partners at MIT’s Sustainable Supply Chains Initiative, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, and the Colorado School of Mines.

One Simple Tax Change Could Unlock Critical Clean Energy Infrastructure
A simple change in the tax rules for stand-alone battery storage and transmission could make the Build Back Better bill more effective for both customers and the electricity grid.

Reality Check: Proposed Clean Energy Incentives Would Save Electricity Customers Billions
Opponents of the Build Back Better proposal have repeatedly amplified the myth that the financial incentives for clean energy will burden Americans with higher electricity…