Full Title: Advancing Technologies, Markets, and Policies to Achieve a Net-Zero Economy
Author(s): Roger Ballentine, Jim Connaughton
Publisher(s): Aspen Institute
Publication Date: June 10, 2022
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Description (excerpt):
Achieving a net-zero economy will require innovations and advancements in technologies, markets, and policies.
Every topic related to clean energy and a net-zero economy is affected by policy, and Congress has produced some notable bipartisan clean energy and climate wins the past couple of years. There has been record support for major energy technology innovation programs, including in the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, which also appropriated billions of dollars for other climate-related needs. Despite the magnitude of spending in the law, it has been overlooked a bit, seen by climate advocates as secondary to the stalled Build Back Better bill. There will be more opportunities to advance climate priorities in this Congress and future Congresses, including additional opportunities for bipartisan climate policy action. The Biden Administration, meanwhile, has been pursuing a multitude of domestic and international climate initiatives across the entire federal government to fulfill the President’s campaign focus on re-establishing U.S. climate leadership and building a clean energy economy. The United States made progress globally in 2021 by riding on the excitement of a new Administration and a strengthened national climate commitment, but the country has to start delivering on its commitments and passing ambitious domestic policies.