Building a low-cost green energy future now

The Catalyst Series hosts cross-sector conversations on actions to build an abundant and low-cost green energy future now.

Through virtual and in-person events, special reports and research, we focus on speeding the transition to a carbon-free future by 2030 by asking the question: What’s the fastest path to 1.5°C or less of warming?

All I want is $100 BILLION TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

January 9 • 2024

Enjoy highlights from the event and see how our panelists answered the question.

We had a radical dose of climate optimism on Jan. 9 with a raucous panel of experts who discussed how they would spend $100 billion to fight climate change. Moderator Sarah Golden, GreenBiz VP, asked our panelists to physically move to represent where they stood on tough questions like whether we should prioritize curbing polluting practices or investing in new technology.

THE CATALYST SERIES

Key decisions need to be made about how to balance our energy systems: Should we invest in electrification, alternative fuels, or carbon capture and sequestration-backed fossil fuel power plants? What are policies, innovations, and investments we need to make to transition to a green energy future?

Watch the full Event

“Carbon Strategies 2030” tackles the landscape of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and carbon capture and storage (CCS), on scientific, engineering, and economic fronts, and examines how we can stay on a path to less than 1.5°C of global warming. Co-sponsored by Caltech and NosTerra, the experts gathered for this webinar discusses and debates the latest effective strategies for carbon mitigation.

PANELISTS:

  • EMILY CARTER

    PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

  • DANIEL P. SCHRAG

    HARVARD UNIVERSITY

  • JENNIFER WILCOX

    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

  • JULIO FRIEDMANN

    CARBON DIRECT

MODERATORS:

  • HARRY A. ATWATER

    CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

  • DAVE WELCH

    NOSTERRA - CEO

  • JESS ADKINS

    CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Watch videos from last year’s CE10 event