Executive summary: Let’s Fund’s $1M crowdfunded grant to the Center for Clean Energy Innovation (CCEI) may have helped shift over $100M from less effective clean energy deployment to more effective clean energy R&D, potentially averting a ton of CO₂ for less than $0.10.
Key points:
CCEI is an influential think tank that researches and advocates for effective clean energy innovation policies.
Let’s Fund crowdfunded a $1M grant for CCEI, which was a significant portion of donations to US climate governance and think tanks.
CCEI’s work may have contributed to substantial increases in clean energy R&D budgets in the US and globally.
Estimates suggest the $1M grant could have helped avert ~0.5Gt of CO₂ at ~$0.002/tC, with donors’ cost-effectiveness at ~$0.02/tC. 5.EI’s work also improved the quality of energy R&D spending and had other diffuse, hard-to-estimate benefits.
the global poor may be more effective, targeted clean energy R&D to reduce energy poverty could also be highly impactful.
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Executive summary: Let’s Fund’s $1M crowdfunded grant to the Center for Clean Energy Innovation (CCEI) may have helped shift over $100M from less effective clean energy deployment to more effective clean energy R&D, potentially averting a ton of CO₂ for less than $0.10.
Key points:
CCEI is an influential think tank that researches and advocates for effective clean energy innovation policies.
Let’s Fund crowdfunded a $1M grant for CCEI, which was a significant portion of donations to US climate governance and think tanks.
CCEI’s work may have contributed to substantial increases in clean energy R&D budgets in the US and globally.
Estimates suggest the $1M grant could have helped avert ~0.5Gt of CO₂ at ~$0.002/tC, with donors’ cost-effectiveness at ~$0.02/tC. 5.EI’s work also improved the quality of energy R&D spending and had other diffuse, hard-to-estimate benefits.
the global poor may be more effective, targeted clean energy R&D to reduce energy poverty could also be highly impactful.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.