More research and commentary
💰 Accounting for the costs and benefits of climate action. America's local leaders directly manage major sources of climate change and are the first responders to climate disasters. Unfortunately, they often fail to account for the costs they need to reduce, the benefits they hope to achieve, and the improvements they need to make. Joseph Kane, Sophie Abo, and Adie Tomer call for more routinized measurements.
🏗️ The employment impact of a green fiscal push. The green investments in the Senate-passed, bipartisan infrastructure legislation could, over several years, help manual laborers whose jobs are at risk as the world transitions away from fossil fuels, David Popp, Francesco Vona, Giovanni Marin, and Ziqiao Chen contend.
✅ Turning procurement into a climate innovation tool. By making smart procurement decisions, governments can foster the creation of green technologies that mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. This important aspect of environmental policymaking remains underappreciated, Tanya Filer says.
