Energy and Environment

History has shown that governments tend to deprioritize environmental commitments during times of financial and public crises as they work to mitigate immediate needs—and the age of COVID-19 has been no different. Even though human...

Please read this summary of the virtual roundtable the Institute hosted with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti that explored how to facilitate a "green recovery" during the COVID-19 induced economic downturn while also advancing the goals...

On March 24 2019, Chinese anti-smuggling customs officials in Guangdong intercepted an illegal transport of 21 sickly pangolins and transferred them to a nearby wildlife rescue center where the majority later died. The rescue center workers...

As climate-related events, including wildfires, become more prevalent throughout California, investors and issuers alike are looking for new tools to protect the state from increasingly devastating environmental disasters. At the same time...

Leveraging the power of markets is critical to fulfilling the bold ambitions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a collection of 17 global goals set by the UN General Assembly in 2015 to end poverty...

Even at the turn of the 21st Century, the values of a meaningful life were very different from now. Success was measured in how much somebody earns, how many hours they can squeeze into the workweek and the monetary value of the things that...

Alfred Nobel, explosives manufacturer, created the famous peace prize after reading his obituary, mistakenly published following the death of his brother. Luckily for me, a friend who was aware of Nobel’s story decided to write two versions...

Cities across the US, particularly those along the coasts, are facing mounting threats from climate change and sea-level rise. In New York City, Lower Manhattan was hit particularly hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. In the years since...