Published today is our most ambitious effort yet to think strategically about the future of climate action in the United States. We hope it helps advance this urgent and important dialogue. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Want to know what happens / should happen after a coal plant is retired? Our team tracked 170 projects around the world that were repurposed for clean energy. Use our interactive Global Carbon to Clean mapping tool to get the details. #cleanenergy #climateaction

Really cool chart

Our Disaster Dollar Database keeps delivering useful insights about FEMA and the politics of federal disaster aid. www.axios.com/2025/03/13/f...

🚨For the past year, Carnegie has convened a bipartisan taskforce of past and future policymakers and industry leaders to explore the clean energy supply chain and develop a roadmap for the future. 📝Today, the taskforce released its final report and recommendations: t.co/yQtyxNDLPT

We calculated which Congressmen will get hammered if FEMA aid dries up. Here's what we found... carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Maybe it takes a Nixon to go to China, or Trump to embrace carbon tariffs….

You can catch a recording of our event on U.S. foreign policy and clean energy here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=WcsU...

Proud of my team’s deeply researched and timely publication, released yesterday, making the case that the United States should care deeply about winning the global race for clean energy technology. But first, we have to stop losing it. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Our updated Disaster Dollar Database is now live! Data on FEMA and HUD aid flows for 1,300 disasters, going back to 2003. Great resource for these times of politicized disaster aid. carnegieendowment.org/features/dis...

The politics of disaster relief suggest that the current admin will have considerable trouble dismantling FEMA. Data from our Disaster Dollar Database shows why: climate-vulnerable red states would be hurt most.

Reading this EO, it feels like this new FEMA review council is being strongly nudged toward a pre-cooked conclusion: the costs and responsibilities of disaster aid should be pushed down to the states and away from the federal gov’t.

Many congratulations to these grant winners! All are doing great and important work covering climate change: www.macfound.org/press/press-...

Investors' attention span for physical climate risk buried in municipal bonds is limited, and so local investment in adaptation may be being squelched. Maybe limiting the federal tax exemption would focus things - post today: open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...

China keeps surging ahead in the global clean energy race. Without a rapid change in US policy, it will leave American firms in the dust. Proposals from our team on how Washington can turn this around are coming soon. Watch this space.

Great insights from my team member @sarahlabo.bsky.social on the politics of disaster aid for California. We at @carnegieendowment.org will keep a sharp eye out for the politicization of aid in the age of climate-linked disasters.

Unfortunate development. But quietly or not, the Fed will have to grapple with escalating climate impacts across the economy. And the debate about using monetary policy to push the energy transition is coming back, especially once fiscal policy levers become exhausted.

An exciting development: ARPA-E's first funding for supercritical geothermal resources. $30 million is small, but it's an important first step to unlocking this untapped, high-reward resource. Hope to see more this. #Geothermal #EnergySky

All eyes are on the crisis in the fire insurance market, but we can’t forget the other looming climate-relates crisis: flood insurance markets are not working either. Urgent fixes are needed, argues my team-member @scrawford.bsky.social in her latest piece for @carnegieendowment.org:

The global race for clean energy technologies is on, and the U.S. is behind. My team member @milomcbride.bsky.social explains what Washington needs to do to catch up: the-world-unpacked.simplecast.com/episodes/can...

Our system of disaster aid is accustomed to dealing with hurricanes. Wildfires were a sideshow, financially speaking. Now, it will have to cope with a wildfire of hurricane-like dimensions. Here's the details from my team-member @sarahlabo.bsky.social: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Seeing the disaster conspiracy playbook run wild again during the #LAfires. It's 2 parts: 1) undermine government emergency responders, 2) divide people who need help. There's even evidence that foreign gov'ts are running the playbook in disaster after disaster. carnegieendowment.org/posts/2024/1...

The California wildfires will very likely trigger a crisis of the home insurance system in the state. The debate to follow cuts to the heart of the climate damages conundrum: Who Pays? More on CA from my colleague @scrawford.bsky.social: susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/what-happe...

It’s always invigorating to start writing on a fresh page. I will use this platform to promote our work at Carnegie Climate, reflect on my time in the Biden admin, and stay hopeful and constructive on the key climate issues of the day. There is much to do.