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New California Energy Policy Simulator Modeling Shows Major Benefits Of Early Action

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This week, Energy Innovation released new research evaluating California’s climate progress and identifying a policy pathway that would reaffirm California as a climate leader. This modeling showed the state is off track for its 2030 and 2045 climate goals and must triple its historic emissions reduction pace. Doing so would generate billions in new GDP and hundreds of thousands of new jobs statewide.

Putting Humans Into Climate Models

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This research review explains new studies that demonstrate how incorporating social systems into climate models is important for creating realistic climate forecasts and making informed policy decisions.

The Potential Of Hybrid Clean Energy Systems To Advance Energy And Climate Justice

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New research showcases how coupling existing state efforts (1) to accelerate renewable energy adoption in underserved low-income communities and (2) to replace aging gas distribution networks with district heating and cooling could transform overburdened communities into high energy-performance communities that are safer and more resilient.

A Reliable 85 Percent Clean Grid For California Data Explorer

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This visual interactive feature allows users to explore the major findings of the technical analysis. Users can interact with graphs showing the build rates for clean energy resources under the three 85 percent clean electricity portfolios, an example of how much of each resource is relied on every month of the year, and how the California grid can meet reliability in the most challenging hour of key tested stress conditions.

Europe’s Energy Transition: Can Renewable Energy Communities Lead To Greater Energy Justice?

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As European nations operationalize their commitments to the Paris Agreement, policymakers from across the EU and the UK are promoting the creation of more renewable energy communities (RECs) to scale up decentralized renewable energy production across Europe. However, researchers argue that RECs could actually exacerbate socioeconomic divides. Local and national policies can address potential pitfalls and ensure that RECs can indeed be a mechanism for energy justice in the transition.

New Oregon Energy Policy Simulator Modeling Shows Major Benefits Of Accelerating Climate Policies

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The new Oregon Energy Policy Solutions model helps policymakers measure progress and design additional emissions reduction policies. Oregon EPS modeling finds more ambitious climate policies could cut emissions 74 percent and add $4 billion to the state’s economy by 2050.

Climate Science And Financial risk: Forging A Path To More Climate-Resilient Businesses

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As awareness of climate risks grows, more businesses are struggling to quantify climate change impacts, but applying climate model data appropriately is a major challenge. Researchers are identifying new ways climate science can help businesses, investors, and insurance underwriters make more informed decisions.

Addressing Inequities In The Mental Health Burden Of Climate Change

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This research review highlight the challenges of studying the mental health impacts of climate change along with the lack of representation in current research of those most vulnerable to and most impacted by climate change.

United States Energy Policy Simulator Update 3.3.1

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U.S. Energy Policy Simulator 3.3.1 adds several new features covering the transportation and power sectors, and includes data improvements like an updated business-as-usual trajectory to reflect the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act as well as carbon capture and sequestration deployment. 

Dusting For “Fingerprints” On Our Climate: Innovations In The Attribution Of Extreme Events

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Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more severe as climate change accelerates. Advances in modeling now make it possible to more quickly and reliably determine to what extent global warming causes individual events, offering greater opportunities to educate the public about climate change impacts.