Net zero America

With a massive, nationwide effort the United States could reach net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 using existing technology and at costs aligned with historical spending on energy. Research from the High Meadows Environmental Institute plots a Blueprint for the next decade showing the key is overcoming execution challenges including the infrastructure deployment and the mobilisation of capital and labour. This session examined the implications for investors. Click here to view Chris’s slides[vc_quotes layout=”accordion” quotes=”%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22Chris%20Greig%22%2C%22job_role%22%3A%22Theodora%20D.%20%E2%80%9978%20%26%20William%20H.%20Walton%20III%20%E2%80%9974%20Senior%20Research%20Scientist%20in%20the%20Andlinger%20Center%20for%20Energy%20and%20the%20Environment%20at%20Princeton%20University%20(Australia)%22%2C%22content%22%3A%22Chris%20Greig%20is%20the%20Theodora%20D.%20%E2%80%9978%20%26%20William%20H.%20Walton%20III%20%E2%80%9974%20Senior%20Research%20Scientist%20in%20the%20Andlinger%20Center%20for%20Energy%20and%20the%20Environment%20at%20Princeton%20University.%20An%20entrepreneur%20and%20former%20CEO%20with%20extensive%20industry%20experience%2C%20Grieg%20conceived%20the%20Rapid%20Switch%20Initiative%2C%20a%20major%20international%2C%20interdisciplinary%20research%20effort%20that%20aims%20to%20accelerate%20progress%20on%20climate%20change%20by%20identifying%20and%20resolving%20the%20critical%20bottlenecks%20that%20slow%20our%20progress%20towards%20deep%20decarbonisation.%22%2C%22image%22%3A%2245825%22%2C%22linkedin%22%3A%22%22%7D%5D” title=”Speaker” el_class=””][vc_quotes layout=”accordion” quotes=”%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22Stephen%20Kotkin%22%2C%22job_role%22%3A%22Professor%20in%20History%20and%20International%20Affairs%2C%20Princeton%20University%20(United%20States)%22%2C%22content%22%3A%22Professor%20Kotkin%20received%20his%20PhD%20from%20the%20University%20of%20California%2C%20Berkeley%20in%201988%2C%20and%20has%20been%20a%20professor%20at%20Princeton%20since%201989.%20He%20is%20also%20a%20senior%20fellow%20at%20the%20Hoover%20Institution%20at%20Stanford%20University.%5CnAt%20Princeton%20Professor%20Kotkin%20teaches%20courses%20in%20geopolitics%2C%20modern%20authoritarianism%2C%20global%20history%2C%20and%20Soviet%20Eurasia%2C%20and%20has%20won%20all%20of%20the%20university%E2%80%99s%20teaching%20awards.%20He%20has%20served%20as%20the%20vice%20dean%20of%20Princeton%E2%80%99s%20Woodrow%20Wilson%20School%20of%20Public%20and%20International%20Affairs%2C%20and%20chaired%20the%20editorial%20committee%20of%20Princeton%20University%20Press.%20Outside%20Princeton%2C%20he%20writes%20essays%20and%20reviews%20for%20Foreign%20Affairs%2C%20the%20Wall%20Street%20Journal%2C%20and%20the%20Times%20Literary%20Supplement%2C%20among%20other%20publications%2C%20and%20was%20the%20regular%20book%20reviewer%20for%20the%20New%20York%20Times%20Sunday%20Business%20section%20for%20many%20years.%20He%20serves%20as%20an%20invited%20consultant%20to%20defence%20ministries%20and%20intelligence%20agencies%20in%20multiple%20countries.%20His%20latest%20book%20is%20Stalin%3A%20Waiting%20for%20Hitler%2C%201929-1941%20(Penguin%2C%202017).%20His%20previous%20book%20was%20a%20finalist%20for%20the%20Pulitzer%20Prize.%22%2C%22image%22%3A%2245822%22%2C%22linkedin%22%3A%22%22%7D%5D” title=”Moderator” el_class=””][vc_quotes layout=”accordion” quotes=”%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22Alexandra%20West%22%2C%22job_role%22%3A%22Chief%20strategy%20officer%20-%20investments%2C%20Cbus%20(Australia)%22%2C%22content%22%3A%22%22%2C%22image%22%3A%2246349%22%2C%22linkedin%22%3A%22%22%7D%5D” title=”Investor Response” el_class=””][vc_empty_space height=”10px”]

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