Rocky Mountain Institute

TRANSFORM THE GLOBAL ENERGY SYSTEM TO SECURE A CLEAN, PROSPEROUS, ZERO-CARBON FUTURE FOR ALL.

STRENGTHENING MARKET FORCES THAT ACCELERATE THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION. CLIMATE INTELLIGENCE (NEW IN FY21): RMI IS CREATING A CLIMATE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM THAT WILL USE EMISSIONS DATA TO CATALYZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-EMISSIONS MARKET CHOICES. FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH THE COALITION ON MATERIALS EMISSIONS TRANSPARENCY (COMET), RMI IS CREATING A UNIVERSAL GREENHOUSE GAS CALCULATION FRAMEWORK THAT CAN BE USED IN ALL INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CHAINS. GLOBAL CLIMATE FINANCE: RMI'S CENTER FOR CLIMATE-ALIGNED FINANCE IS HELPING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTNER WITH THEIR CLIENTS TO DEVELOP PRACTICAL AND SCALABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE BARRIERS TO CLIMATE ALIGNMENT. PARTNERS INCLUDE THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL LENDING INSTITUTIONS. BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES (PREVIOUSLY RMI VENTURES AND THE ENERGY COLLABORATIVE). RMI IS UNLOCKING THE RAPID INNOVATION, DEPLOYMENT, AND MARKET ADOPTION OF CRITICAL CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES AT SCALE. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THIRD DERIVATIVE, WE HAVE BUILT A COLLABORATIVE ECOSYSTEM THAT INCLUDES $3.6T MARKET CAP OF CORPORATE PARTNERS, $1B AUM OF INVESTOR PARTNERS (ACROSS FIVE CONTINENTS), AND OVER 60 STARTUPS ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHALLENGES ACROSS ALL MAJOR EMISSIONS SECTORS. ENERGY TRANSITION ACADEMY (NEW IN FY21): RMI'S ENERGY TRANSITION ACADEMY IS A GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR ENERGY LEADERS TO ACCESS CURATED INFORMATION, TOOLS, AND COACHING NETWORKS AS WELL AS ENGAGE IN PEER-TO-PEER PROBLEM-SOLVING. CLIMATE FINANCE ACCESS NETWORK (CFAN) (NEW IN FY21) IS SUPPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN SECURING AND STRUCTURING FINANCE FOR CLIMATE INVESTMENTS BY CULTIVATING A NETWORK OF HIGHLY TRAINED, EMBEDDED CLIMATE FINANCE ADVISORS.

DRIVING DECARBONIZATION. CARBON-FREE ELECTRICITY (PREVIOUSLY ELECTRICITY): RMI IS BRINGING THE BENEFITS OF CLEAN ENERGY TO ALL BY TRANSFORMING GLOBAL POWER SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT MODERN, LOW-CARBON ECONOMIES. FOR EXAMPLE, OUR TEAM HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED FINANCING MODELS TO SUPPORT FOSSIL FUEL RETIREMENT WHILE OFFERING A PATH TOWARD A CLEAN POWER SECTOR. CARBON-FREE BUILDINGS (PREVIOUSLY BUILDINGS): RMI IS ENDING RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS TO POWER AND CONSTRUCT OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, BRINGING BUILDINGS TO THE FOREFRONT OF A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE. FOR EXAMPLE, OUR BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION INITIATIVE HAS ALREADY HELPED MULTIPLE U.S. STATES AND CITIES TO BAN GAS IN NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN FAVOR OF CLEAN ELECTRIFICATION. CARBON-FREE MOBILITY (PREVIOUSLY MOBILITY): RMI IS ENDING TAILPIPE EMISSIONS TO CREATE CLEANER AIR, SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES, AND ALIGN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR WITH A 1.5C TARGET. CLIMATE ALIGNED INDUSTRIES AND INDUSTRY: RMI IS POSITIONING THE MOST CHALLENGING INDUSTRY SECTORS ON PAR WITH NATION-STATES AS ENGINES OF RAPID DECARBONIZATION AND ACHIEVING CLIMATE-ALIGNMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, WE LAUNCHED THE MISSION POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP IS AN ALLIANCE OF CLIMATE LEADERS FOCUSED ON SUPERCHARGING DECARBONIZATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE VALUE CHAIN OF THE WORLD'S HIGHEST-EMITTING INDUSTRIES IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. ALSO, WE ARE HELPING THE SHIPPING AND AVIATION SECTORS GO TO NET ZERO WITH PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION BUYERS ALLIANCE WHICH IS DRIVING INVESTMENT IN SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS.

WORKING ACROSS CRITICAL GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIES. CHINA: RMI IS PROVIDING THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC PATHWAYS FOR CHINA TO PEAK CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2030 AND REACH A ZERO-CARBON ECONOMY BY 2050. INDIA: RMI'S INDIA PROGRAM COLLABORATES WITH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY LEADERS TO CREATE CLEAN, RESILIENT, AND EQUITABLE ENERGY AND MOBILITY SYSTEMS. UNITED STATES (PREVIOUSLY CITIES AND STATES): RMI IS BUILDING ON OUR HISTORY OF INFLUENCING POLICY TO SPEED ACTION THAT SLASHES US EMISSIONS BY 2030, SUPPORTS A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY, AND GROWS JOBS. GLOBAL SOUTH (PREVIOUSLY ISLANDS, AFRICA, AND SE ASIA): RMI IS ACCELERATING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES AS A CONDUIT FOR CLEAN, AFFORDABLE, AND EQUITABLE POWER. URBAN TRANSFORMATION (PREVIOUSLY CITIES AND STATES): RMI IS WORKING WITH CLIMATE-CRITICAL CITIES AROUND THE WORLD TO SIMULTANEOUSLY REDUCE EMISSIONS, ENHANCE URBAN LIVABILITY, INCREASE RESILIENCE, AND ADVANCE SOCIAL EQUITY.

RMI SUPPORTING PROGRAMS. STRATEGIC ANALYSIS AND ENGAGEMENT (PREVIOUSLY EMERGING SOLUTIONS): RMI IS WORKING WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS TO CREATE A CLEAR, COMPELLING, AND ACTIONABLE VISION, GROUNDED IN REAL ECONOMY INDICATORS, FOR THE PATH TO 1.5C. COMMUNICATIONS: TO CHANGE THE COURSE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, RMI STRATEGICALLY COMMUNICATES TO ITS STAKEHOLDERS, THE MEDIA AND KEY DECISIONMAKERS. RMI LAUNCHED CANARY MEDIA WHICH PROVIDES AMBITIOUS, NONPROFIT JOURNALISM POWERED BY RMI FOR THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION, ECONOMY-WIDE DECARBONIZATION, AND CLIMATE TECH MARKETS.