Dunaway Lecture: The Future of U.S. Climate Policy with Professor Wolfram, MIT

Join us for this free, public lecture given by Professor Catherine D. Wolfram, Ph.D., William F. Pounds Professor of Energy Economics, Professor of Applied Economics from MIT Sloan School of Management. No RSVP necessary. 

Abstract

Climate change is the world’s biggest coordination problem, and countries need to work together to address it. The U.S. passed landmark climate legislation in 2022 with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). But the IRA, which emphasizes subsidies for clean energy production, sets the U.S. on a different path from many other countries, which are relying on carbon pricing. Dr. Wolfram will draw on her experience serving in the U.S Treasury at the beginning of the Biden Administration as well as her academic research to discuss several possible trajectories for U.S. policy and global climate cooperation.

Read her bio.