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Climate Crisis and Emotional Responses: Insights for Effective Communication

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Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The research synopsis below comes from Crux Alliances’s Sarah Spengeman, PhD. A full list of AGCI’s updates is available online.  Authors of a…

Let’s Stop Worrying Over Load Growth And Get Serious About Solutions

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This post is the fourth in a series titled “Real Talk on Reliability,” which will examine the reliability needs of our grid as we move toward 100 percent clean electricity and electrify more end-uses on the path to a climate…

What Is Net-Zero

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This post is part of an ongoing “What Is” series from Energy Innovation that answers some of today’s most pressing climate policy questions. What Is: Net-Zero “Net-zero” became a global climate imperative in 2015 when the United Nations determined that…

Building Food System Resilience Through Urban Agriculture

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Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The research synopsis below comes from AGCI’s Devan Crane, a Program Associate for Aspen Global Change Institute. A full list of AGCI’s…

Before The Next Storm: Building Health Care Resilience

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By Kaitlin Sullivan, a freelance journalist based in Colorado. She has a master’s in health and science reporting from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. In 2023, hospitals in Florida, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles shut down. Some…

Reducing The Risk Of Investing In Electric Vehicles For Low-Income Consumers

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Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The research synopsis below comes from AGCI’s Rebecca Rasch, Social Scientist at Aspen Global Change Institute. A full list of AGCI’s updates…

What Small But Mighty: The Role Of Microbes In A Changing Climate

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Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The research synopsis below comes from AGCI’s Asa DeHaan, Research Technician at Aspen Global Change Institute and Elise Osenga, Community Science Manager at…

What Difference Can I Make In The Climate Crisis?

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By Emily Jack-Scott, Program Director at Aspen Global Change Institute. Global leaders met in Davos earlier in January to engage in cross-cutting discussions about the world’s most pressing challenges and to debate the merits of various solutions. After another year…

Air Quality Monitoring Networks Support More Climate-Resilient Communities

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By Savannah M. D’Evelyn, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Washington’s Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center.  As climate change accelerates, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as megafires and heatwaves are on the rise.…

In With The New, Then Out With The Old: Managing The Grid Resource Adequacy Transition

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This post is the third in a series titled “Real Talk on Reliability,” which will examine the reliability needs of our grid as we move toward 100 percent clean electricity and electrify more end-uses on the path to a climate…