A Year of Events

Resources for the Future hosts virtual and in-person events to help bring to life the most timely environmental, energy, and natural resource issues.

September 1, 2022

An Updated Social Cost of Carbon: Calculating the Cost of Climate Change

This event revealed RFF’s new social cost of carbon—the economic cost of emitting an additional ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The new estimate was published in the journal Nature on the same day.

October 20, 2022

Net-Zero Economy Summit

This summit gathered leading voices in government, business, research, and the media to discuss the climate challenge—and celebrate RFF’s 70th anniversary. The event included a talk from US National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi.

December 5, 2022

VALUABLES Consortium Capstone Celebration

This event marked the conclusion of a six-year collaboration between RFF and NASA, which brought together interdisciplinary groups of researchers to study the societal benefits of using satellite data in decisionmaking.

December 8–9, 2022

Energy Insights 2022

This two-day conference, which was cohosted by RFF and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, brought together experts in research, government, business, and nongovernmental organizations to discuss the future of US energy policy.

January 18, 2023

Big Decisions 2023

This RFF Live event series is an annual occurrence that gathers experts in government, industry, research, and journalism to explore the biggest priorities in climate, energy, and environment that are likely to see major action in a given year.

March 16, 2023

Looking Ahead: Unpacking the EIA 2023 Annual Energy Outlook

At this event, officials from the EIA—the US Energy Information Administration—presented key findings from the agency’s annual projections of domestic energy markets.

April 11, 2023

Modernizing Regulatory Review: Exploring OMB’s Updated Benefit-Cost Guidance

Panelists discussed the federal government’s new guidelines from the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for conducting benefit-cost analyses of federal regulations.

May 19, 2023

Unplugging Emissions: Exploring New EPA Rules on Climate and Health

Panelists from institutions including RFF, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Harvard University discussed three new regulations proposed by the EPA during a webinar.

June 20, 2023

Financing the Energy Transition: A Policy Leadership Series Event with Jigar Shah

As part of this event, Richard G. Newell discussed with Jigar Shah, director of the Loan Programs Office at the US Department of Energy, strategies for funding a transition to clean energy.

June 27, 2023

Policy Road Map to Accelerate Responsible BECCS Deployment

Ernest Moniz, CEO of the Energy Futures Initiative and former US Secretary of Energy, discussed bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)—a method of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

July 25, 2023

Changing Climate, Changing Forests: Exploring the US Forest Service’s 2020 RPA Assessment

Terry T. Baker and Rita Hite joined three other panelists to discuss the latest Resources Planning Act (RPA) assessment of US forests and rangelands from the US Forest Service.

July 31, 2023

The 45V Hydrogen Tax Credit: Considerations for US Treasury Guidance

During this event, members in industry and government discussed the challenges and considerations in the implementation of the 45V tax credit for the production of clean hydrogen.

September 28–29, 2023

Solar Geoengineering Futures

During this two-day RFF conference, an interdisciplinary group of experts explored big questions surrounding solar radiation modification and the potential consequences of solar geoengineering related to climate change.