Carbon

As the annual event designed to drive climate action marks its 14th year, here’s what our faculty members had to say about the most pressing issues.

Managing the Impact of Climate Change

Research presented at the 2022 Climate Business and Investment Conference suggests ways energy companies can be influenced by their investor stakeholders.

If the proposal becomes final, it could spur corporations to invest more in technologies that reduce emissions and improve voluntary climate risk disclosure.

Climate change presents humanity with a dizzying array of challenges, but green shoots of progress are emerging from the world of business.

A panel at the 2022 Climate Conference underscores a dramatic revving up of demand for a technological niche.

Usher explains why it’s not necessarily bad if carbon markets shift emissions, and what is crucial to creating an effective carbon market.

Valerie Rockefeller is one of the country’s most innovative leaders in the fight against climate change and in our transition to a low carbon economy. As chair of Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and BankFWD, she is helping to pioneer ways to channel philanthropy and the capital markets towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.

To what degree is optimism warranted?

China’s pledge in September to pursue carbon neutrality by 2060 was followed by a similar pledge from Japan a month later.