Understanding Climate Action Efforts in the Financial Sector

The debate over whether private financial institutions should play a proactive role in the low-carbon transition is coming to a close and significant efforts to define what this role should be in practice have begun. RMI’s recent report, Breaking the Code: Deciphering Climate Action Efforts in the Financial Sector, takes stock of this fast-shifting landscape. Learn More >

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Ensuring that the transition from gas to electric happens equitably will require specific focus and attention—frontline communities need to be central to decision-making processes.”

— Sherri Billimoria discussing how utilities, their regulators, and state legislators can accelerate building decarbonization in Forbes.

RMI News and Commentary

Solarize Campaigns: Helping Communities of Color Access Rooftop Solar
Rooftop solar has the potential to reduce energy burden in communities of color, but it has not yet lived up to its potential due to systemic barriers. Solarize campaigns can help. RMI blog

California Can’t Wait on All-Electric New Building Code
In the past year, California cities have captured national attention with groundbreaking policies to ensure new buildings are efficient, modern, and all-electric. Still, the need for state leadership remains. RMI blog

Beyond Buying Renewables: How Cities Can Influence the Energy System
To drive faster progress on renewables and carbon-free goals, local governments are starting to engage with old stakeholders in new ways to change the rules of the game and create new pathways to access affordable, clean energy. RMI blog

Massachusetts Decision Highlights the Need for State Action on Building Electrification
This week, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) disapproved the state’s first local ordinance that would have prohibited the installation of fossil fuel infrastructure in newly constructed buildings and in major renovations. RMI blog

Building Urbanism into Climate Policy
The urgent questions raised by our housing crisis and our larger land use policy failures deserve to play a central role in the climate policy conversation and urbanist principles should be integrated into the core climate policy toolkit. RMI blog

One Way to Retire Coal Plants: Buy Out the Owner
There’s money to be made buying out municipal utilities’ coal plant obligations and replacing them with solar, according to a new analysis. Greentech Media

For articles on the energy transition, visit Energy Transition Magazine—a consensus-driven, global magazine about the transition to a clean energy future.

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