21 June 2017

Columbia Energy Journalism Initiative

New York, NY

2:45 - 5:15 p.m. Climate Change
• What is the scientific consensus on climate change?
• How quickly will changes occur, and where will they
occur?
• What are the biggest contributors to greenhouse-gas
emissions?
• How are the costs of climate change evaluated?
• What are the impacts of environmental policy on
energy?

Panel with:
Peter de Menocal, Dean of Science, Columbia University
Geoff Heal, Donald C. Waite III Professor of Social
Enterprise, Columbia University
Gernot Wagner, Harvard University

Energy Journalism Initiative

Getting to Greener Steel

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Co-production as an Economically Feasible Pathway to Economy-Wide Electrification

by Cody E. Finke, Theodore G. Albertson, Ian McKay, Aravindh Rajan, Eric McFarland, Annelise Gill-Wiehl, Daniel M. Kammen, and Gernot Wagner

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Early Investment in Decarbonization Can Help Save Trillions in Climate Costs

A net-zero world by 2100 is likely inevitable, but the next decade will be critical for securing a livable future.

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