Clean Air Task Force

How can Central and Eastern Europe leverage international partnerships to build a resilient climate future? Join the second webinar in our #CEETalks series to hear from #CEE experts on how the region can enhance energy cooperation and economic development strategies to meet climate goals while remaining energy secure. We’ll be joined by Andrei Covatariu, Research Fellow, Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE); Olga Khakova, Deputy Director for European Energy Security, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council; Micha? Kurtyka, COP24 President and former Minister of Climate and Environment (2016-2021), Republic of Poland; Gediminas Varvuolis, Ambassador at Large for Connectivity, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Lithuania; with the panel moderated by Larissa Lee Beck, Senior Director, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Clean Air Task Force. Register today: https://lnkd.in/g5iHHiWf

"If you want to donate to fight climate change, what’s the best way to spend your money?" Heatmap News's Robinson Meyer talks with Giving Green's Daniel Stein on why donations to organizations like Clean Air Task Force can have an outsized impact on the climate. https://lnkd.in/gawveQTq

How can New England meet its 2050 decarbonization goals? Join Clean Air Task Force and Acadia Center for the first of a two-part webinar series analyzing the clean energy infrastructure needs of New England’s future grid. ??? Thursday, December 5 ?? 12pm ET Register: https://lnkd.in/erAtSggc Plus –?stay tuned for a second webinar where we’ll explore how to build a supportive, community-focused environment for the region’s energy transition. You can read the full report examining the critical role that community engagement will play in meeting New England’s 2050 decarbonization goals here: https://lnkd.in/eHUwFbyh

Hunting down #methane leaks from oil and gas facilities in Romania, CATF’s Théophile Humann-Guilleminot and Mihai Stoica from 2Celsius show FRANCE 24 hidden methane emissions with their optical gas imaging camera. CATF has monitored +650 sites in Europe since 2021, uncovering and documenting methane leaks across the oil and gas network in Europe. Immediate reduction of methane pollution, including from these documented leaks, is the best strategy we have to reduce the rate of global warming right now. ?? Watch the documentary here: https://lnkd.in/eexQmb9X??

International oil companies have committed to end “routine flaring” – a practice that releases #methane emissions into the air – by 2030. But this won’t be enough to slow the pace of global warming. CATF’s latest report finds that a focus on zero “routine flaring” is no longer sufficient. With only 30% of reported flaring from 10 major oil companies in 2022 listed as “routine,” 70% of flaring remains largely unabated – polluting the atmosphere and diminishing public health. To see real methane and flaring reductions, we need an effective combination of regulatory, financial, and economic levers alongside technical solutions and company leadership: https://lnkd.in/e5tXeXFJ

To tackle climate change at its roots, we need to rethink the way we approach solutions. CATF’s Terra Rogers joins Giving Green for an upcoming webinar on how high-leverage giving opportunities, like advancing breakthrough clean technologies or transforming market dynamics, can have an outsized impact on the climate.?https://lnkd.in/exs3BQrA

A new report from Clean Air Task Force and Acadia Center reveals that enhanced community engagement for clean energy infrastructure projects is critical to achieving New England’s 2050 decarbonization goals. The report highlights the opportunity to accelerate the region's clean energy progress by addressing local concerns and better equipping communities to meaningfully participate in siting and approval processes.? Drawing from prominent case studies around the region, the report also identifies promising options for developers, communities, and policymakers to improve project planning and engagement, helping reduce the risk of failures, legal challenges, and delays. Without comprehensive reforms to improve community engagement processes and modernize siting and permitting policies, the region’s clean energy transition risks significant delays and setbacks.?? Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eHUwFbyh Register for the webinar here: https://lnkd.in/erAtSggc??

"The climate challenge is a century long one, and you don’t hit pause when politicians push unpopular policies that would take us backwards." ? Post- U.S. election results, Giving Green highlights CATF’s long-term, global strategy that accounts for multiple levers of systems change, including policy, technology development, market shaping, building social license, and more.?https://lnkd.in/gpuTW3yx

Interest in #nuclear energy has grown in tandem with concern about global warming – and that shift is apparent on the biggest climate stage, #COP29. An additional 6 countries signed on to a pledge to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050, and support from financial institutions and countries signal a broader recognition of nuclear energy as a key contributor to the global energy mix. We must now find innovative ways to enable its rapid, safe, and secure scale up –?addressing cost and regulatory obstacles.? https://lnkd.in/dF2nEwi8

“EU methane standards, along with others in the works, will require U.S. suppliers to clean up regardless of any U.S. regulatory rollbacks.” ? As the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolls out a #methane fee for oil and gas companies with excessive methane emissions, CATF’s Jonathan Banks provides insight in Reuters into the global regulations already at play in the market. https://lnkd.in/eBvAUY5a