COP26 Final Observations: The Long and Winding Road
IGS Blog | The 26th United Nations Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, better known as COP26, has made dozens of headlines in the last three weeks.
Live From COP26 with the ISE’s Peter Fox-Penner, November 2, 2021
IGS Blog | Updates from Boston University’s COP26 delegation.
Is the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill a Suitable U.S. Climate Policy?
According to a new BU Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) publication by a team of authors led by Peter Fox-Penner, ISE Director, the answer is no. The authors assert that a complete national policy will have three critical ingredients: 1.) it will set clear national net-zero targets for all major regions and emitting sectors; 2.) […]
Target − Plan − Finance: A Framework for Climate Policy in Federal Infrastructure Legislation
IGS Research | July 2021
New Report Calls for an Integrated National Strategy to Bolster U.S. Clean Manufacturing and Avert Climate Change
WASHINGTON D.C., June 21, 2021—Manufacturing may soon become the sector with the largest greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, yet national plans to achieve net-zero emissions have so far not focused on retooling manufacturing industries. A new report released today by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the Boston University Institute for Sustainable […]
Clean and Competitive: Opportunities for U.S. Manufacturing Leadership in the Global Low-Carbon Economy
IGS Research | June 2021
On-Demand Webinar: Clean Energy Markets in the Wake of COVID-19
IGS Events | Energy of the Future series
On-Demand Webinar: The Value of Diversifying Uncertain Renewable Generation through the Transmission System
IGS Events | Transmission grid’s value for lowering the cost of integrating renewable generation through geographic diversification
Boston University Launches Program to Improve Sustainable Investment Metrics and Processes
University Research Institutes and Questrom School of Business Team Up to Equip Investors with More Meaningful Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Metrics to Measure Corporate Impact BOSTON—(September 16, 2020) In response to the rapid growth of impact investing as a mainstream asset management strategy, Boston University (BU) today announced the launch of the Impact Measurement […]
Energy of the Future Webinar Series
IGS Events | Energy of the Future series