Stanford's Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy & Finance explores economically sensible policy and finance solutions to advance cleaner, more secure energy.
Inside the high-dollar race to sell natural gas as low-carbon in a warming world. Part one, out today, of a two-part series I've written for @CanaryMediaInc. I think it’s an important read. Part two out tomorrow. https://t.co/NLwanZCTNB
Net Zero is the new organizing principle for climate action. @aaseiger & Thomas Heller share a collection of essays by @Stanford researchers that explore whether Net Zero is going to carry climate action far enough. Read an excerpt from the book: https://t.co/azcNhhBFXC
Congrats to @aaseiger Professor Thomas Heller & the rest of the STC and @StanfordEnergy researchers who contributed to this important volume of work.
You can catch Tom & Alicia talking about the book at 4pm today @Stanford Energy Seminar (or recorded)
https://t.co/pZJYuA3DLV
For your weekend listening pleasure! I sat down with @aaseiger from @StanfordLaw and Lynn Schenk from @HBSBEI to discuss California’s efforts to incorporate climate risk disclosures into state spending and investing decisions.
“What’s lacking here is the broader context – how does the government encourage uptake and technology switching?” – @ArjunaDibley @StanfordSTC on the feasibility of Australia’s #sustainability roadmap.
Watch now: https://t.co/UPWzwOuoCd
State Owned Enterprises are major economic players whose actions will significantly impact the speed, scale and success of a government's response to #climatechange writes SFI Fellow @ArjunaDibley https://t.co/pgmXzKGcew
The future of #climate change will depend on the heavy metal #China finances abroad. Will it be clean or dirty? And why? The answers may surprise you. My new @BrookingsInst essay, "The Climate of Chinese Checks." https://t.co/TJDtMcvPiY @BrookingsFP#GlobalChina
What is the life-cycle cost of clean energy transportation services? A new working paper from @StephenComello finds that battery-electric buses will have lower life-cycle costs than diesel once utilization rates exceed ~20%
https://t.co/XxKq6Nyokw
STC is hiring a research fellow to investigate #ClimateChange & portfolio theory. Quals: 5+ years exp w/ portfolio mngmt &/or factor-based investing; familiarity w/ climate science & impacts; adv degree. 12-mo term #sustainablefinance#impinv
Apply here: https://t.co/conYAgtirf
Join @aaseiger of @Stanford on a trip to the future and look back at what it took for humanity to overcome the climate challenge. @StanfordEnergy#climatechange#COVID19 https://t.co/RJC2dNhO0N
STC's @Jeff_Ball also serves as a "Resident Fellow" living in Roble Hall, one of the @Stanford undergraduate dorms on campus. He wrote a letter to his students as the academic year draws to a close.
On dashed hopes and next steps...
https://t.co/NWKaebSftQ
"Today, the threat that particularly worries Swiss Re is one that, like essentially every other company on the planet, it hasn’t figured out how to accurately quantify, let alone to combat: climate change," writes SLS's @Jeff_Ball in @FortuneMagazine: https://t.co/uPaaLpupwk
Despite recent large donations making headlines, overall giving to climate research lags behind other issues. Stanford Law's @aaseiger weighs in: @NPR https://t.co/d6bDIKAPzL
Climate change poses an 'unmanageable risk' to state pension funds according to STCs @aaseiger. Read more from her @FSCDems Subcommittee hearing testimony on the macroeconomic impacts of climate change in @Forbes https://t.co/Mos8zmVNIp
.@aaseiger testified before U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy: "Examining the Macroeconomic Impacts of a Changing Climate" https://t.co/NFbaELzhI2 #ClimateChange
.@aaseiger, lecturer at SLS, discusses how her work which focuses on the decarbonization of the global economy and increasing climate resilience through use of solutions in the social sciences on the #MyClimateJourney podcast with @jjacobs22.
https://t.co/XJ1ZoOjQ6S
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli is pledging to double the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s sustainable investments, built on recommendations by its Decarbonization Advisory Panel, which SLS's @aaseiger serves on via @ChiefInvOfficer: https://t.co/4nUmDrftpO