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Clean Resilient States: The Role of U.S. States in Addressing Climate Action
February 9, 2021 | Morgan Higman, Sarah Ladislaw, Nikos Tsafos U.S. states are important in addressing climate change. Their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, support clean economic growth, and enhance resilience provide rich opportunities to identify barriers to and enablers of successful climate and energy policy.

Commentary
Productive Competition: A Framework for U.S.-China Engagement on Climate Change
January 21, 2021 | Sarah Ladislaw The Biden administration’s approach to addressing climate change must reflect a new geopolitical environment based on productive competition.

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Climate Solutions Series: Decarbonizing Heavy Industry
October 5, 2020 | Stephen J. Naimoli, Sarah Ladislaw In the fourth brief of the Climate Solutions Series, the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program investigates the technologies and policies necessary to deeply decarbonize heavy industries such as cement, chemicals, and steel.

Commentary
From Disclosure to Regulation: Potential Impacts of Climate-related Regulation of Banks
September 8, 2020 | Kyle Danish, Sarah Ladislaw Can emerging climate-related bank regulation be a potent climate policy?

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Just Transition Concepts and Relevance for Climate Action
June 26, 2020 | Ben Cahill, Mary Margaret Allen, Sarah Ladislaw

This paper explains the concept of just transitions, offers an analytical framework, and identifies gaps in knowledge for policymakers and practitioners.

Commentary
The Need for Climate Smart Foreign Policy
June 15, 2020 | Sarah Ladislaw

CSIS energy and climate expert Sarah Ladislaw identifies today’s three core climate challenges; what they mean for U.S. foreign policy and how the United States can rise to them.

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Climate Solutions Series: Decarbonizing the Electric Power Sector
May 12, 2020 | Stephen J. Naimoli, Sarah Ladislaw

Decarbonizing the power sector is crucial to preventing the worst effects of climate change. The CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program explores how to achieve this goal.

Commentary
Energy and Emissions after Covid-19: A First Cut
April 9, 2020 | Sarah Ladislaw, Nikos Tsafos CSIS experts explore the complex interplay of forces through which Covid-19 will affect the energy industry and carbon emissions in the medium to long term.

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Climate Solutions Series: Deep Decarbonization Pathways
March 10, 2020 | Stephen J. Naimoli, Sarah Ladislaw The current scientific consensus indicates that to prevent the most catastrophic effects of climate change, we must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by or soon after 2050. The CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change program explores how to get there.

Blog Post
Emission Peak Could Be as Fickle as the Weather
February 14, 2020 | Sarah Ladislaw
From Energy Headlines Versus Trendlines

This week, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its update on energy-related CO2 emissions for 2019. 

Commentary
Hope for the Climate
January 23, 2020 | Sarah Ladislaw Climate change is not usually an uplifting topic, but there is a more optimistic way to think about the challenge. With the scale and pace of today’s changes, society may have all it needs from an economic, political, and technological standpoint to deal with this issue.

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Chinese Multilateralism and the Promise of a Green Belt and Road
November 5, 2019 | Lachlan Carey, Sarah Ladislaw China has announced a series of multilateral initiatives to green its Belt and Road and improve its global reputation, yet a close look at these forums suggest it could have a greater impact by holding Chinese companies and banks accountable to existing environmental standards.

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