SDSN USA invites you to express your interest to participate in our in-person Regional Decarbonization Pathways Workshop alongside the US Conference of Mayors this June! The workshop seeks to bolster connections between US universities and local governments, bringing together national academic experts and government leaders to share knowledge, chart sustainable pathways to zero emissions, and translate climate commitments into reality.
Join the Webinar Series on Fostering Youth-Led Innovation for the SDGs
Discover how youth leadership and innovation can contribute to addressing global climate change and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by joining our upcoming webinar series titled "Fostering Youth-Led Innovation for the SDGs." Produced in partnership between the Entrepreneurship and Environment at the University of Waterloo and Centre for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, this series will explore ‘how’ and ‘why’ transformative approaches to education can be used as a vehicle for empowering young people to drive the type of innovations and entrepreneurial ventures that are necessary to drive progress on the 2030 agenda.
Supporting Sustainable Development in Greater Cleveland: SDSN USA contributes to Cleveland Decarbonization Summit and convenes a meeting of Greater Cleveland Universities
On Thursday, April 13, 2023, the City of Cleveland, SDSN, and the Cleveland Foundation held the city’s first Decarbonization Summit to discuss pathways for reducing the city’s carbon emission levels.
The Inflation Reduction Act and US Journey to Net Zero Emissions: electric vehicles, buildings electrification, hydrogen economy, and more
Recent conversations with experts from Evolved Energy Research and the Zero Carbon Consortium––the cohort of renowned US researchers responsible for creating the ZCAP––have begun to examine the impacts the IRA may have on the US journey to net zero emissions by 2050.
San Diego Regional Decarbonization Framework: A Model for Other Jurisdictions Across the US and Globally
The global scientific consensus is unequivocal: the world is in the midst of a climate crisis and our window to meaningfully reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) is closing. In order to reduce the worst impacts of climate change, the international community has agreed that societies must limit the rise in mean global temperature to well below 2°C, as specified by the Paris Agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
WRI Report Spotlight: “Unlocking a Renewable Energy Future: How Government Action Can Drive Private Investment”
World Resources Institute recently released Unlocking a Renewable Energy Future: How Government Action Can Drive Private Investment, a report outlining key challenges to increasing clean energy investment and deployment. This report digs into the financial and regulatory mechanisms available to support policy frameworks like that outlined in SDSN USA’s Zero Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP), released in October 2020.
Three Steps for Corporations to Actually Achieve Net-Zero Emissions
ZCAP Spotlight Blog: How Do We Integrate Equity into Planning for a Cleaner and Greener Future?
America's Zero Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP) Launched
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network USA (SDSN USA), has released America's Zero-Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP), a comprehensive policy framework that presents a strategic plan to create a carbon-neutral economy for the United States by 2050. In addition to an overall framework, the Plan offers detailed chapters on the solutions for reducing emissions in power generation; transportation; industry; buildings; food and land-use; and materials. The Plan focuses largely on the required decarbonization of the energy sector but also includes specific strategies for land use and the materials sector as well as suggestions for addressing other powerful greenhouse gases (GHG) including methane.
US Zero Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP) Update
Since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their Special Report on the impacts of global warming in 2018, SDSN has been working on actionable national strategies for a just transition to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Building on the results from the SDSN’s US Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project, the SDSN USA network is currently designing a US Zero Carbon Action Plan (DDAP) to provide the federal government with policy recommendations to transition infrastructure throughout the country and make the United States a global leader on clean energy technology development and implementation.