by CLF_NJA_Admin | May 4, 2021 | All Resources, Policy, Resource Library subpage
This working paper by the World Resources Institute (WRI) explores the idea of setting a low-carbon product standard for steel in the United States. It offers recommendations on how to set an effective standard that can drive decarbonization in the steel industry,...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | All Resources, CLF Policy Resources, CLF Publication, Policy
Actors across the US federal government are taking steps to address embodied carbon. This document provides a summary of recent highlights and ongoing initiatives related to reducing embodied carbon across federal agencies and programs. by Meghan Lewis and Monica...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | Feb 19, 2021 | All Resources, Policy, Resource Library subpage
The world currently emits 51 billion tons of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere every year. To avert the most calamitous impacts of climate change, we need to get that number to zero by 2050. Achieving net-zero emissions in the next thirty years may be the...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | Feb 19, 2021 | All Resources, Owner, Policy
The world currently emits 51 billion tons of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere every year. To avert the most calamitous impacts of climate change, we need to get that number to zero by 2050. Achieving net-zero emissions in the next thirty years may be the...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | Jan 12, 2021 | All Resources, Policy
Public procurement accounts for an average of 12-30% percent of a country’s gross domestic product (GDP), resulting in a significant opportunity for leveraging public purchasing power to reduce emissions. Curbing Carbon from Consumption: The Role of Green Public...
by CLF_NJA_Admin | Jan 12, 2021 | All Resources, Policy, Resource Library subpage
The Carbon Loophole in Climate Policy assesses the embodied carbon associated with the production of goods that are ultimately traded across borders and therefore excluded from domestic climate policy. The report finds that approximately 25% of global CO2 emissions...
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