As fossil driven devices are electrified and renewable energy resources expand in the US and across the world, there is an increasing awareness on the need for integrated land use planning strategies, tools, and policies with regard to agriculture, forestry, other land uses, and negative emissions technologies. In the US alone, it is estimated that the land area requirements for wind and solar will be vast, on the scale of Vermont + New Hampshire and New Mexico respectively, connected by thousands of miles of transmission lines. The planning for these vast installations must be done carefully, quickly, and on a spatial and temporal scale unprecedented in our history.  

This webinar will feature author Grace Wu from The Nature Conservancy who will present the white paper, "Spatial Planning for a Low-Carbon Future" commissioned by SDSN USA. The paper discusses the intricate issues of such planning schemes and introduces some of the tools already in use in California and the Southwest US. 

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