21st Century Regulatory Reform

In an interview with The Economist, Center Director Dan Esty, highlights how policy “red lights” must be trasformed to “green lights” that drive innovation with incentives that engage the world’s entrepreneurs, financial markets and creative spirits in the pursuit of a net-zero future. This philosphy is expanded upon and highlighted in the recently released book “A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future”. 

Read the interview here. 

Buy A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future here. 

Center Director Dan Esty appeared as the introductory keynote speaker to the “Measurement Tools for a Regeneration Path” panel discussion, hosted by the alliance Regeneration 20|30.  Esty spoke about the importance of business performance measurement tools in the sustainability sector, and the improvements required to better measure the long-term environmental impacts of committed companies.

Watch the panel discussion here.

Center Director Dan C. Esty joined Cheddar Reveals to discuss the science behind how climate change impacts wildfires, the economic impacts of the wildfires in California and Oregon, and policies both current and future that may help mitigate the prevalence and intensity of these fires.

Check out the interview here.
 

Center Director Dan Esty spoke with Suzie Wiley from Seattle New Day Northwest News about A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future. They discussed the applicability  and bipartisan nature of the ideas and the changing nature of environmental leadership in the 21st century. 

To watch to the news clip, click here. 

Center Director Dan Esty spoke with Phil Lempert of the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance on their podcast Farm Food Facts. They discuss A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future which brings together the insights of 40 of the biggest and best ideas in sustainability and the environment that are grounded in sound science, specifically focusing on the agricultural sector.

To listen to the podcast, click here or click on the link below: 

https://www.buzzsprout.com/282590/2537773-dan-esty-a-better-planet-author-and-yale-professor