The Future Of Energy Innovation

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Paul Dabbar

CGEP Distinguished Visiting Fellow and CEO of Bohr Quantum Technologies

The lithium-ion battery. The megawatt-scale wind turbine. The crystalline-silicon solar panel.

All popular, scalable low-carbon innovations that enjoy modern commercial success today started as prototypes with promise but lacking in funds, scalability, and widespread support. It takes innovators to bring those ideas out of the lab and into the global markets.

Host Jason Bordoff spoke with one of those innovators. Paul Dabbar is a former undersecretary of science for the U.S. Department of Energy and current CEO of Bohr Quantum Technologies. He’s also currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Columbia’s Center on Global Energy Policy.

Their wide-ranging conversation focused on the legislative barriers toward research and development funding for renewable energy projects, the future of nuclear, and the cutting-edge field of quantum networking.

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On December 5, Dr. Noah Kaufman testified before the U.S House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security.

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CGEP convened diverse economic stakeholders in a series of five workshops to discuss, under the Chatham House Rule, upcoming revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol led by the World Resources Institute.

Summaries by Qëndresa Krasniqi & Jackie Ratner • December 04, 2023

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Revising the Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Insights from an Expert Stakeholder Engagement

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Commentary by Melissa Lott, Abraham Silverman, Qëndresa Krasniqi + 2 more • December 04, 2023

Revising the Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Insights from an Expert Stakeholder Engagement

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China’s Climate Disclosure Regime: How Regulations, Politics, and Investors Shape Corporate Climate Reporting

This report offers the most comprehensive English-language analysis to date of China’s climate disclosure regime.

Reports by Edmund Downie, Erica Downs & Yushan Lou • November 29, 2023

China’s Climate Disclosure Regime: How Regulations, Politics, and Investors Shape Corporate Climate Reporting

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