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How the United States Can Achieve a Green and Equitable Recovery
February 24, 2021
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ESTOnline
A conversation with climate and energy experts to discuss what a green and equitable recovery in the United States should look like.
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As the United States looks to rebuild from the economic recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, federal lawmakers have an opportunity to ensure that we build back better, in ways that create millions of well-paying jobs, spur billions in economic growth, and advance a low-carbon economy. Research shows that smart climate action is not only good for economic growth – it’s essential to it. These objectives go hand in hand and must be treated as intrinsically linked.
returns exceeding the market level if they have sustainability practice being part of their d.n.a. all being part of their business attitude felix now i want to put it to the big picture with you because i know that you really have this big picture view of how it is that business is impacting the climate how do you see the relationship between the two right now you know first of all business is part of the problem and business needs to be part of the solution and i think the key issue is there s a plenty of opportunity for growth if the regulatory and of market framework is right but on the other hand we also need to deal with the business which needs to phased out so if it is about coal etc etc that is not about growth in business opportunities it s it s about a managed decline and that brings me to the point that in the end of the day the question is what drives business and an. business is driven by the regulatory