Climate Week NYC 2020 | Energizing America: A Roadmap to Launch a National Energy Innovation Mission

New and improved clean energy technologies are critical for swiftly decarbonizing the global economy. The United States has an opportunity to accelerate clean energy transitions abroad and build job-creating industries at home by investing in innovation.

The Center on Global Energy Policy hosted the global launch of Energizing America, which lays out a roadmap to triple U.S. federal investment in clean energy research, development, and demonstration to $25 billion by 2025. This volume is the most comprehensive guide for policymakers of its kind, with a 100-day plan for the next Administration and Congress and detailed recommendations for boosting investments in cutting-edge technologies, including advanced renewables, energy storage, carbon capture and removal, smart energy systems, and platform technologies.

Opening Remarks:
-- Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA

Moderators:
-- Lord Browne of Madingley, Former CEO, BP plc
-- David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA

Featured Speakers:
-- Kathy Castor (D-FL), Chair, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
-- Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Former Deputy Secretary of Energy; Distinguished Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Presenters:
-- Dr. Colin Cunliff, Senior Policy Analyst, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
-- Dr. Varun Sivaram, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA