Five Areas of Energy and Climate Progress to Watch for in 2022 – Energy Institute at Haas

2021 felt a bit like The Empire Strikes Back towards the end there.

The Energy policy revolution is still frozen in carbon(ite), largely thanks to Joe Lando Calrissian Manchin. Combine this with fears about inflation, exploding new COVID case numbers and many of us are ready to sit out the third part of the trilogy by sticking our head in the sand. But there are important things in the works for 2022.

So am I depressed? Yes. These have been two crappy years and the next two are not looking that great either. We are trying to address at least two major planetary scale existential threats in an increasingly polarized world. So for those of you continuing to proactively work on meeting these challenges, I salute you. We can do this, but its going to take everything weve got. I hope we will keep in mind the prime directive of environmental economists: Lets save the world cost effectively.

Keep up with Energy Institute blog posts, research, and events on Twitter @energyathaas.

Suggested citation: Auffhammer, Maximilian. Five Areas of Energy and Climate Progress to Watch for in 2022 Energy Institute Blog, UC Berkeley, January 3, 2022, https://energyathaas.wordpress.com/2022/01/03/five-areas-of-energy-and-climate-progress-to-watch-for-in-2022/

Visit link:

Five Areas of Energy and Climate Progress to Watch for in 2022 - Energy Institute at Haas