Energy Update: Week of November 22nd

Friends,               

So I watched some of the 2021 American Music Awards yesterday and I have decided that most of the music industry is crazy…and they truly have no idea what good music is.  At least the New Kids on the Block/New Edition feature was cool.  Congrats to NCAA field hockey Champions: Northwestern (DI), who won its first title knocking out Liberty; Shippensburg (DII) completing a 20-0 season defeating West Chester; and Middlebury (DIII) who is a 3-time repeat Champ winning a battle of unbeatens against Johns Hopkins, 4-1.  Hannah and I finished our umpiring seasons strong with NCAA playoff games in the regional finals – me at Hopkins, Hannah at Babson (for her first ever NCAA playoff games).  Maybe next year for Final Four….

Happy Thanksgiving Week.  Can you believe it is Thanksgiving Week already?

The White House is thankful the Build Back Better budget package passed the House last week in a 220-213 vote. Now, it faces the Senate, where it is expected to be cut in order to get all 50 Democrats on board to pass it through the reconciliation process. While Washington will mostly be quiet during the holiday, it wouldn't be surprising if discussions begin this week to figure out what will stay and what will go. The bill contains $555 billion in climate funding which isn’t really too controversial less a major discussion point on EVs and unionized workers.  One thing we do expect is some early discussions on “Byrd Rule” issues with the legislation.

We do know the Biden Administration team is out on the road this week highlighting the new infrastructure law and the House-passed of BBB.  Secretary Granholm will be at Oak Ridge in Tennessee (with a Republican ironically who opposed the law), Sect. Haaland is at the Chaco Canyon highlighting its recent ban on oil/gas drilling (interestingly again while asking OPEC+, China , South Korea and others to increase their production) and Regan will join U.S. ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar and Roberto Velasco of Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Relations to talk about water infrastructure on the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana.

A couple of other events this week:

Today at 12:30 p.m., the Atlantic Council holds a discussion on Moscow, Nord Stream 2 and Europe's energy crisis.

Tomorrow, ACORE holds a forum, in collaboration with the ACP and SEIA to detail its new whitepaper with Grid Strategies on Resource Adequacy. Rob Gramlich is among the list of speakers.  Also the US Energy Association is hosting a webinar with the National Coal Council regarding its report for Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on coal's use in new and expanded carbon product markets. NCC’s Janet Gellici speaks. 

On Wednesday morning, IEA holds a news conference looking at the current energy market situation and the outcomes of the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

Here’s to a great Turkey Day for everyone. Stay Safe and healthy.

Best,

Frank Maisano

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FRANKLY SPOKEN

“Biden's move looks to us more like political signaling than economic substance. Past FTC investigations have generally been inconclusive, and the price divergences cited in today’s letter have happened on several occasions in the last decade.”

ClearView Energy Analyst Kevin Book in POLITICO responding to President Biden’s Letter to the FTC asking for a gasoline price investigation

ON THE PODCAST

RFF Reviews COP26 – On a new episode of the Resources Radio podcast, RFF’s Vice President for Research and Policy Engagement Billy Pizer shares takeaways from his time in Glasgow attending COP26, including his thoughts on the major successes that emerged from the summit. “China and the United States are the two biggest emitters, and so, when they are aligned and working together, it creates momentum for everybody else to join in,” Pizer says. “Having some sort of positive signal and momentum is really important.”

COP26 Implications for Middle East – In this episode pf the Middle East Institute’s Middle East Focus podcast, MEI's Climate and Water Program director Mohammed Mahmoud and Abbey Krulik, who attended the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference as an observer, discuss takeaways from the conference and the Glasgow Pact that was signed there.

FUN OPINIONS

WSJ: Former EPA Head Wheeler Hit RFS Discord – In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, former EPA head Andrew Wheeler hammers the inaction on the Renewable Fuels Standard means crippling penalties or insolvency for some small refineries. The Biden administration has aggravated the situation with new regulatory requirements on oil and gas producers as well as limits on domestic oil and gas exploration. But policy inaction also costs Americans at the pump. Consider the Biden administration’s failure to make decisions on the Renewable Fuels Standard. (EDITOR’S NOTE: There is some irony here give that Wheeler had 4 years to address this issue but was continually whipsawed by the President Trump’s indecision on the matter)

Heritage Enviro Expert Says Free Market Can Solve Climate Challenges – Heritage’s Anthony Kim wrote in The Washington Times on the importance of economic freedom in addressing climate change. Instead of chasing fawning headlines and applause on the international stage, policymakers should pursue pragmatic policies to drive innovation and advances in environmental protection. Indeed, economic freedom, not government dictate, is the surest and the best path forward. It is a tried and true way to make the world freer, healthier, and cleaner.

FROG BLOG

Harvard Expert Weighs in on COP26 – In his regular blog post, Harvard economist and professor at Harvard’s JFK School of Government Bob Stavins offered his recent (admittedly long and nearly comprehensive) essay at this blog about what happened (and didn’t happen) at COP26 in Glasgow.  He also posted a much briefer Q&A which was conducted by the Harvard Gazette and appeared just yesterday.  It hits the top highlights and gets into a few other issues – such as the role of youth activism. 

FUN FACTS

Climate Spending: 

• The Biden Build Back Better Plan Spends $555 Billion on climate programs.  If passed it will surpass the December 2020 Energy law that included $35 billion in funding for basic research, extensions of tax credits for renewable energy companies, and a long-delayed mandate to reduce HFCs.  

RECONCILIATION REPORT

Please find the latest addition of the Policy Resolution Group’s FY2022 Budget Reconciliation & Infrastructure Update.  This update is a particularly worth your time given the passage of the budget reconciliation legislation by the House.

House Passes Build Back Better Act

Congressional Democrats took a major leap forward at approximately 9:45AM EST this morning in their quest to enact the centerpiece of the Biden agenda, as the House approved the Build Back Better Act 220-213. The vote split along party lines with the exception of Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), who opposed the measure over concerns over the increased state and local tax (SALT) deduction, while expressing an openness to support the final bill as modified by the Senate. Successful passage sends the bill to the upper chamber, where Senate leadership hopes to complete their work on the legislation before the end of the year.

The final vote was delayed until morning following a marathon Thursday night floor speech by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who used his privilege as party leader to launch a filibuster-style broadside against the bill, laying out the GOP critique of reckless spending and tax hikes until nearly 5:00AM. In contrast, the drama-free roll call marked an anti-climactic finish to a process that had bedeviled House leadership through several months and multiple false starts. But with the bipartisan infrastructure deal signed into law earlier in the week and official budget scoring arriving within the realm of expectations, erstwhile moderate holdouts were ready to reciprocate the legislative trust fall with the hope that their Senate counterparts would send back a final package more to their liking.

With the Congressional Budget Office in overdrive on Thursday afternoon, delivering the final components of its analysis on Thursday afternoon, and the Senate parliamentarian completing a scrub of the legislative text, Speaker Pelosi was able to accelerate her already-ambitious timetable of passage by week's end, making minor changes in the House Rules Committee before proceeding to the floor late Thursday evening. The numbers came in largely as expected, with the bill adding $367 billion to the deficit over ten years, a figure that is trimmed to $159 billion when accounting "unscored" revenue associated with increased IRS enforcement funding. The White House preemptively pushed back on this figure, citing its own estimates that more than double the CBO figures, defusing a potential trouble spot and allowing Democrats to argue that the bill actually reduces the deficit by more than $100 billion.

We don’t yet know if senators will agree with the White House budget numbers or if they will feel the need to include more revenue raisers. Also, while portions of the House bill have been pre-negotiated by representatives of the House, the Senate and the administration, we are told that will not preclude a lively debate on senators’ additional legislative priorities. Significantly, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), who represents the necessary fiftieth vote for the package, has not yet committed to support the bill and may very well present the Senate Majority Leader with a wide-ranging list of demands required to get him on board.  We will have more on the legislative path forward in a later update.

 

CBO’s Estimates of Parts of the Build Back Better Act As of 11/18/2021

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What’s in the Build Back Better Act?

 

Link to graphic HERE.

IN THE NEWS

6 Takeaways from COP26 – Nick Loris offered up six takeaways from COP26 including the need for optimism over alarmism, expanding economic freedom, and energy reliability and affordability.

Columbia Experts Look at India Climate Commitment – India’s national statement at COP26 in Glasgow, presented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is more aggressive in its goals than the intended nationally determined contribution (NDC) the country submitted in 2015. Although India has yet to formally submit the new NDCs and details of the commitments in terms of the baseline and reductions, the statement itself provides an indication of the strategy India is likely to adopt in its energy transition. India is the third-largest carbon dioxide (CO2) emitter globally and accounted for 7 percent of global emissions in 2020. China is the world’s largest emitter, releasing nearly five times more greenhouse gases than India, followed by the US, which emits almost twice as much. According to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2021 (IEA’s WEO), India’s emissions are likely to grow the fastest among the major global economies and, unlike China and the US, its emissions are not expected to peak in the next three decades. As a result, India’s share of annual global emissions is expected to rise to 9 percent by 2030 and 11 percent by 2050. Coming into COP26, India had been one of the last remaining G20 countries to not commit to a net-zero carbon emissions target. This changed when Modi announced at COP26 that India will reach net-zero emissions by 2070. In this piece, the Center on Global Energy Policy’s Kaushik Deb, senior research scholar, and Mahak Agrawal, staff associate, answer key questions about India’s new climate commitments.

CA-US-MX Summit Discusses EVs – President Biden hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for the first "Three Amigos" summit since 2016. Major topics included the border and US electric vehicle issues. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to claim a moral victory after his day at the White House did little to defuse an escalating continental dispute over President Joe Biden's plans to encourage Americans to buy more electric vehicles. Trudeau and several senior cabinet ministers arrived in the U.S. capital hoping to convince Biden that his proposed tax incentive worth up to $12,500 to a prospective new-car buyer would kneecap Canada's auto industry. They depart Friday with little to show for their efforts, leaving behind an administration that sounds unwilling to plot a different course and determined to focus its efforts on selling American-made cars and trucks built with U.S. union labor.

ON THE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK

Forum to Look at Women, Climate – This morning at 8:00 a.m., The German Marshall Fund of the US holds a forum on women and the Impact of climate change on them. The event will explore the COP26 conference, what was discussed, what was decided upon, what was left out, and how we move forward with a focus on gender issues.

Forum to Look at Africa Poverty – The Columbia Center for Global Development and the African Center for Economic Transformation are hosting a public event today at 9:30 a.m. on the recently reformed policies governing the use of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT). With the world’s attention this summer on the allocation and recycling of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), these reforms have gotten little attention from the development community. In this event, the IMF will present the reforms and their intended impact followed by commentary from a group of panelists from borrowing countries, donor countries and civil society. A summary of the reforms can be found here and the paper with all the details can be found here.

Forum to Look at German Response to COP26 – The Wilson Center and the German Embassy in Washington holds a conversation today at 10:00 a.m. with German climate experts after COP26 to take stock of the results, discuss implementation, and the road ahead for Germany as head of the G7 presidency. While it is still uncertain how the negotiations for a new German government shake out, all eyes are on Europe’s largest economy to be a driving force for climate action. How Germany views its own role as a climate leader and what the new pledges and commitments of COP26 mean in practical terms will be among the topics.

Panel Look at Sahil Region Climate Issues – Today at Noon, an event co-organized by Columbia University and the University of Oxford will host a panel entirely drawn from the Sahel region will explore dynamic responses by various population groups to environmental change and focus on the social capital and economic opportunities that this part of Africa harbours. Panelists will discuss historical perceptions of environmental degradation and sustainability and draw attention to both long-established indigenous forms of knowledge as well as innovative new approaches to land use, reforestation and resource management. This event is the second in a new webinar series through which the Center on Global Energy Policy seeks to foreground the heterogeneity of perspectives found around the continent on what climate means in different African contexts and how more than one billion Africans are already living with extraordinary climatological variability and constraints on the use of natural resources.

Forum Looks at Europe Energy Crisis, Nord Stream – Today at 12:30 p.m., the Atlantic Council holds a discussion on Moscow, Nord Stream 2 and Europe's energy crisis. Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, member of the European Parliament; Naftogaz CEO Yuri Vitrenko; Iulian Groza, executive director at the Institute for European Policies and Reforms; Lithuanian Seimas member Žygimantas Pavilionis and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics expert Benjamin Schmitt, join AC’s Ambassador John Herbst to discuss.

Forum to Look at Just Transitions – Tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program will host Saliem Fakir, Executive Director at the African Climate Foundation, and Chantal Naidoo, Founder and Executive Director of the Rabia Transitions Initiative, for a discussion on what the Just Energy Transition Partnership means for South Africa’s energy transition and its coal-dependent regions.

ACORE Grid Webinar Looks at Grid Adequacy – Tomorrow at 1:00 p.m., ACORE, in collaboration with the American Clean Power Association and the Solar Energy Industries Association, will detail its new whitepaper with Grid Strategies on Resource Adequacy. These joint renewable sector recommendations include general reforms to power market structures that will enable the reliable electricity that consumers need while also delivering the low-cost, clean power they increasingly demand. ACORE, Grid Strategies, leading renewable energy developers and financiers will discuss the Paper in a presentation and commentary on the findings.  Rob Gramlich is among the list of speakers.

Forum Looks at Coal Council Report – The US Energy Association is hosting a webinar tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. with the National Coal Council regarding the council's report for Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on coal's use in new and expanded carbon product markets. The report – Carbon Forward: Advanced Markets for Value-Added Products from Coal – highlights how coal-derived carbon products support the Biden Administration’s priorities for job creation, economic revitalization, environmental stewardship, infrastructure improvement and supply chain resilience.  NCC’s Janet Gellici speaks. 

Forum to Look at COP26 Outcomes – The Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy and the Environmental the Policy & Culture Program at Northwestern University holds a webinar tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. that will serve as a post COP26 roundup.  The event will feature a panel of experts will reflect on their biggest takeaways from the event, including components of carbon removal where relevant. The discussion will focus on a number of topics including main outcomes, UNFCCC processes, international climate politics, nature-based solutions, industrial decarbonization, and concerns for environmental NGOs.

Forum Looks at COP26 – REN21 holds discussion on Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. on building renewables leadership to drive action post-COP26.

IEA to Discuss Energy Markets, COP26 – The International Energy Agency holds a news conference on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. ET looking at the current energy market situation, the outcomes of the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow and several new IEA special projects. Birol will provide an update on the IEA’s current assessment of global trends in energy markets and his perspective on the outlook for the clean energy transition following COP26. He will also outline the Agency’s latest plans to further strengthen its support for international efforts to reach energy and climate goals

Thanksgiving – November 25^th

IN THE FUTURE

Nuclear Society Holds Winter Meeting – The American Nuclear Society holds its 2021 Winter Meetings on Washington at the Washington Hilton on November 30^th to December 3^rd.  Sens. Joe Manchin and John Barrasso present to the group while Reps. Mike Levin, Rep. Rodney Davis, DOE’s Katy Huff and NEI’s John Kotek speak.  

USEA Hosts Presser with TVS, Tristate Heads – Next Monday at 11:00 a.m., USEA hosts a COP26 presser with TVA CEO Jeff Lyash, Tri-State Generation CEO Duane Highley, EEI’s Eric Holdsworth and EPRI’s Katie Jereza on the high-stakes U.N. global climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland and its impact is being assessed by utilities. Reporters Rod Kuckro, Energy Daily’s Jeff Beattie, Forbes Columnist Ken Silverstein and Robert Walton of Utility Dive will pose question on the COP, decarbonization, green policies, expansion of renewables and the role of natural gas.

Forum to Look at Germany/WV Coal Comparisons – The JHU American Institute for Contemporary German Studies hosts a forum next Monday at 11:00 a.m. featuring DAAD/AICGS Research Fellow Thomas Fröhlich as he presents a comparative study of the coal phase-out in West Virginia and the Lusatia region in Eastern Germany. This seminar will present initial findings from three months of field work in the United States and offer insights into the key similarities and crucial differences, successful models of regional development, as well as recommendations to manage structural change successfully via a just transition.

Forum Looks at New Book – Next Monday at 11:00 a.m., the Security and Sustainability Forum hosts Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow and Energy Analyst at the Post Carbon Institute, for a discussion about the urgent need to transition to not just a different energy regime but a different basis for human habitation on the planet. The conversation features Richard’s new book, Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival.

Wilson Hosts Forum on Power Grids – The Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum holds an event next Tuesday November 30^th at 9:00 a.m. where speakers will discuss how China is grappling with power sector reforms and how they could enable the nation to meet its goal of net zero carbon by 2060. They will also look at the implications of Chinese visions of a “new energy cloud” and a “supergrid” of ultra-high voltage power lines. Drawing on his decade-plus of power sector work in China with the Regulatory Assistance Project, Max Dupuy will share insights into the evolution and obstacles to power sector reform in China. Yan Qin (Refinitiv) will target her talk on the latest regulations and moves in power market deregulation and cross-provincial power trading that will be critical to integrate more renewables onto the grid. Anders Hove (GIZ) will discuss the need for China’s grid to improve flexibility and the current trend to use energy storage and, eventually, electric vehicle charging to balance renewables.

Forum to Highlights Clean Energy Veterans – On Tuesday November 30^th at 10:00 a.m. and in honor of Veterans Month, the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center holds a public conversation with veteran clean energy leaders. The distinguished panel members will share their insights on career paths from the military to the energy industry, the importance of the national security-advanced energy nexus, and the role of veterans in the energy transition.

EPA Holds Methane Hearings – The EPA will hold virtual public hearings on Tuesday November 30^th and Wednesday December 1^st looking at the Agency’s proposed rule to sharply reduce methane emissions from existing sources nationwide.

Forum to Host Rep John Curtis – On Tuesday November 30^th at Noon, the Hudson Institute holds a conversation with Rep. John Curtis, Chairman of the Conservative Climate Caucus, and Hudson Research Fellow Nate Sibley.  Curtis will discuss how the United States should proceed to tackle climate change, both domestically and on the global stage

Forum Looks at SolSmart – The Interstate Renewable Energy Council holds a roundtable webinar on Tuesday November 30^th at 2:00 p.m. on equitable solar deployment in SolSmart Communities.  The event will discuss how the IREC-led SolSmart program is helping communities increase energy equity while making it faster, easier, and more affordable to go solar.  Co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office and IREC, the webinar will feature discussions with SolSmart community representatives on their strategies for infusing equity into their solar deployment work.

NREL Forum Looks at SLOPE Planner – On Tuesday November 30^th at 2:00 p.m., the Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs Office at the U.S. Department of Energy hold a virtual “sneak peek” demonstration of the State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE) Platform’s new ‘Scenario Planner’ tool. The SLOPE Platform integrates and delivers data on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable transportation into an easy-to-access online platform to enable data-driven state and local energy planning. The webinar offers a preview of the Platform's forthcoming scenario planning capabilities and provide input to help finalize this new enhancement.

Forum to Tackle Hydrogen – On Tuesday November 30^th at 5:00 p.m., the Center on Global Energy Policy holds a Zoom Webinar to explore the role of hydrogen in the energy transition. The discussion will focus on the role of low-carbon hydrogen in meeting the world’s climate goals and energy needs, as well as why hydrogen presents a profound business, social, and health opportunity (and how green hydrogen may be cheaper than many fossil fuels within five years). The event will feature opening remarks from Marco Alverà, CEO of Snam, and serve as the U.S. release of his book, The Hydrogen Revolution.

Forum Looks at China Climate, Plastics – The Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum holds a forum on Wednesday December 1^st where speakers will delve into market changes, policies, lawsuits and technologies critical to reducing virgin plastic resin and plastic waste. Starting with Carroll Muffett (CIEL) who will outline the often-hidden sources of carbon emissions along the plastic lifecycle. Next, Von Hernandez (BFFP) will highlight the climate-plastic nexus in Asia and the efforts of groups on the ground to counter the false solutions being promoted by corporate polluters to justify the continuing production and use of throwaway plastic. Alice Mah (University of Warwick) will share her research into the environmental and social impact of the growing petrochemical pollution in China’s Yangtze River Basin. Rosa Pritchard (Client Earth) will report on her organization’s work pushing for new laws that limit unnecessary single-use plastics and bringing legal cases in Europe that make plastic producers responsible for the environmental costs of dealing with plastic waste.

Upton Joins WaPo Live – On Thursday December 2 at 10:00 a.m., The Washington Post Live holds a forum with Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), vice-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, was one of 13 House Republicans to vote for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. Upton will discuss the historic investments in the new law, the latest on the Jan. 6 probe and the nation's fight against COVID-19.

Chamber Forum Looks at Methane – On December 2^nd at 10:00 a.m., the Global Energy Institute and U.S. Chamber of Commerce continues its Energy Innovates webinar series to highlight methane issues.  Speakers will Include EPA’s Joe Goffman and Tomás Carbonell, Devon Energy’s Garrett Jackson, Brian Miller of Project Canary and the Environmental Partnership/API Matt Todd. 

RFF Hosts Offshore Wind Forums – Resources for the Future (RFF) holds a virtual workshop on Thursday, December 2^nd and Friday, December 3^rd where they will address and identify key policy, market, and finance issues that will impact the direction of the offshore wind industry in the United States.  Our Friend Rob Gramlich is among the speakers.

Forum Looks at Hydrogen – On Thursday December 2^nd at 11:00 a.m., the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center holds a discussion on growing momentum behind clean hydrogen as a decarbonization solution in the United States and beyond. This event will also launch the new book from Snam CEO Marco Alverà, The Hydrogen Revolution. In this event, industry leaders and policymakers will discuss the opportunities for hydrogen development, examine the challenges facing broad deployment, and chart a path for helping hydrogen overcome those challenges to become a key tool in the race to decarbonize the global energy system. 

Clean Energy Awards Set – On Friday December 3^rd, Leaders in Energy's will conduct its 8^th Annual Four Generation of Leaders in Clean Energy and Sustainability Solutions – The Four Gen Awards. The event’s theme is “Weaving the Web of Sustainability and Restoration: A Call for Visionaries, Wayshowers and Doers.” This year’s awardees represent many different disciplines ranging from creating documentaries on environmental issues, to bringing clean energy to the world, the circular economy, sustainable cities, and more. 

WCEE Hosts Happy Hour at Solar Brewery – On Saturday December 4^th at 4:00 p.m., WCEE holds a happy hour Atlas Brew Works - Ivy City where they will also tour DC's first solar-powered craft brewery.

World Petroleum Council Forum Set – The 23^rd World Petroleum Congress will be held in Houston December 5^th through 9^th.  Speakers include Exxon CEO Darren Woods, Chevron’s Mike Wirth, bp’s Bernard Looney, Equinor’s Anders Opedal, API’s Mike Summers, ConocoPhillips’ Ryan Lance and Pioneer’s Scott Sheffield.  Our friends, Frank Macchiarola and Meg Bloomgren of API also speak.

Forum Looks at Climate, Resource Conflicts – The CSIS Project on Fragility and Mobility holds a virtual discussion on Tuesday, December 7^th on the role of technology in addressing climate change and resource-based conflict. From open-source data to earth observation, new technologies provide development practitioners with a means to study and elucidate intertwined environmental and peacebuilding objectives. The panel will provide insights on how field practitioners can use technology to achieve climate and conservation goals, while also reducing conflict and contributing to building peace. Through identifying tools and perspectives, the event will explore the uses and limits of myriad digital technologies with examples from African drylands and Asian, Latin American, and African forests.

Forum to Look at Sustainable Finance Frameworks – Environmental Finance holds a webinar on December 8^th at 10:00 a.m. on the exponential growth in sustainability-linked products shaping finance frameworks.  This webinar will consider how sustainable finance frameworks are evolving and supporting the steering of sustainability and business growth. Join us to hear from issuers, underwriters and ESG experts.

Energy Transition Forum Set for DC – Energy Stream hosts IN-PERSON the 2^nd Energy Transition & Innovation Forum 2021 on December 8^th and 9^th at the Cosmos Club of Washington, D.C. The Forum is a bi-partisan annual market intelligence platform for government and energy leaders to convene for off-the-record discussions on future technologies, initiatives, and policies in U.S. energy innovation to solve national and international energy challenges. At the December 2021 Forum, we will focus on how American innovation can ensure that the energy industry continues to thrive amid the energy transition towards a net zero emissions economy.