Why the US Looks Back 17 Years to Set Its Climate Goals

A story in CQ Roll Call gets Billy Pizer's perspective on how to measure climate ambition.

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Date

Feb. 10, 2022

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

CQ Roll Call

Experts wrestle over how to measure climate legacy and ambition.

National emissions. Global emissions. Per capita emissions. Carbon prices. Baselines. They’re all useful yet flawed metrics.

“At some level, what you really want to do is sit there and ask, ‘Well, how hard is the country trying?’” said Billy Pizer, a researcher at the nonpartisan Resources for the Future. “I think of effort as cost, and that’s really what you would like to see.”

Topics

Comprehensive Climate Strategies

Related People

William A. Pizer

Vice President for Research and Policy Engagement; Incoming President and CEO

Billy Pizer is Vice President for Research and Policy Engagement at RFF.

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