Global Clean Energy Innovation

If Biden Wants to Be the Climate President, He Won’t Need China’s Help
Engaging China with climate hat in hand will do nothing to address climate change, and worse, it will reduce the leverage the United States needs to pressure China to dismantle its predatory innovation mercantilist regime, which weakens our economy and national security.
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Global Clean Energy Innovation
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May 19, 2021
Energizing Innovation: Federal Energy RD&D in FY22 and Beyond
Join ITIF for a discussion on energy RD&D in the federal budget, and prospects for FY 2022 with experts from ITIF and elsewhere.
May 11, 2021
A Foundation for DOE: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Please join ITIF for a discussion of this prospect, embodied in the proposed Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act, which has won bipartisan, bicameral sponsorship.
May 6, 2021
A Foundation for DOE: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Numerous federal agencies have non-profit, non-governmental foundations that work with them to advance their missions.
April 23, 2021
If Biden Wants to Be the Climate President, He Won’t Need China’s Help
Engaging China with climate hat in hand will do nothing to address climate change, and worse, it will reduce the leverage the United States needs to pressure China to dismantle its predatory innovation mercantilist regime, which weakens our economy and national security.
April 19, 2021
Does the United States Need China to Fight Climate Change?
ITIF hosted a robust debate on this question. Professor Michael Klare has written that “Biden’s Tough Stance on China Will Lead to Global Climate Doom.” He argued that cooperation is essential and can be done in parallel without weakening the U.S. negotiating position on other matters. ITIF President Rob Atkinson tackled the opposing position.
February 21, 2021
Why the EU’s Brexit Deal Could Pave the Way for Transatlantic Clean-Tech Trade
Notably, the deal agreed on December 24th gives important exemptions that will allow the UK to continue to export electric vehicles without facing tariffs.
January 25, 2021
Fact of the Week: In Singapore, a 1 Percent Increase in Green Tech Innovation Leads to a Long-Run 0.23 Percent Increase in GDP and a 0.4 Percent Reduction in Carbon Emissions
The trade-off between economic growth and environmental sustainability may be overstated.
October 5, 2020
The Impact of China’s Production Surge on Innovation in the Global Solar Photovoltaics Industry
China’s subsidy-aided rise to dominance in PV manufacturing has driven prices way down, but at the cost of undermining promising alternative technological pathways. Policymakers should adopt measures to sustain greater diversity in PV and similar technologies.
September 15, 2020
To Confront the Climate Crisis, the U.S. Should Launch a National Energy Innovation Mission
America has successfully launched national innovation missions time and again.
September 15, 2020
Gene Editing for the Climate: Biological Solutions for Curbing Greenhouse Emissions
Join ITIF for a presentation of a new report on gene-edited solutions for climate change and a panel discussion on the implications of these technologies.

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