A spotlight blog post from Zero Carbon Consortium member Naamal De Silva, with contributions from Geena Peyton, that explores the question: How do we integrate equity into planning for a cleaner and greener future?
America's Zero Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP) Launched
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network USA (SDSN USA), has released America's Zero-Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP), a comprehensive policy framework that presents a strategic plan to create a carbon-neutral economy for the United States by 2050. In addition to an overall framework, the Plan offers detailed chapters on the solutions for reducing emissions in power generation; transportation; industry; buildings; food and land-use; and materials. The Plan focuses largely on the required decarbonization of the energy sector but also includes specific strategies for land use and the materials sector as well as suggestions for addressing other powerful greenhouse gases (GHG) including methane.
Never More Urgent: A Preliminary Review of How the U.S. is Leaving Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous Communities Behind
SDSN USA is pleased to share our newest project in conjunction with the National Center for Faith Based Initiatives and Howard University: Never More Urgent: A Preliminary Review of How the U.S. is Leaving Black, Hispanic and Indigenous Communities Behind. This report examines how well the United States, and US states in particular, serve communities of color by using the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a tool for evaluating performance. In doing so we affirm the potential of these communities as a driver for sustainable development, through the specific contributions that they can make throughout society.
Welcoming Dr. Helen Bond as New SDSN USA Co-Chair!
US Zero Carbon Action Plan (ZCAP) Update
Since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their Special Report on the impacts of global warming in 2018, SDSN has been working on actionable national strategies for a just transition to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Building on the results from the SDSN’s US Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project, the SDSN USA network is currently designing a US Zero Carbon Action Plan (DDAP) to provide the federal government with policy recommendations to transition infrastructure throughout the country and make the United States a global leader on clean energy technology development and implementation.
Zero Hunger Working Group Presents Project Proposal
Spatial Planning for Low-Carbon Transitions
SDSN USA Participates in SDSN's Global 24h Webinar on Happiness and Sustainability
On April 22, 2020 SDSN Hosted a 24h Global Webinar on Happiness and Sustainability around the Earth. This post summarizes SDSN USA’s closing session of the event, featuring Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights President Kerry Kennedy, SDSN President Jeffrey Sachs, University of Louisville President Neeli Bendapudi, Yale University President Peter Salovey, SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson, and Howard University President Wayne Frederick.
Low-Carbon Transition for the Southeast United States
This report, Low-Carbon Transition Strategies for the Southeast is the latest publication of the US Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project, led by Evolved Energy Research and US DDPP Director Jim Williams.
