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Pathways to 1.5°C
What if the real momentum in actions to address climate change in the years ahead come not from top-down central government mandates but from voluntary…
Data Interoperability Enables Mobility as a Service
Guest author Jackson Crane is an RMI alum. Download the report, Collaborating Toward Data Interoperability for Mobility Transformation here. Imagine…
Clean Energy With Every Click: Google Goes 100% Renewable
Google, the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in the world, announced today that it will be powered 100 percent by…
The (Least) Risky Business Case
The Risky Business Project, founded by co-chairs Michael R. Bloomberg, Hank Paulson, and Tom Steyer, has shifted its focus from analyzing the risks—which are increasingly being realized as costs—of climate change to the tremendous opportunity that reducing these risks presents to the U.S. economy.
The Importance of Messaging in Clean Energy Innovation
When we talk about innovation—with eLab, in the context of the U.S. electricity system—we’re talking about fundamental change in the system. Ultimately, most forms of motivation needed to transform the electricity system boil down to persuasion: convincing your audience that a change from X to Y is worth it. It’s there, at the core of persuasion, that the issue of audience-centric messaging matters critically.