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Third Derivative
Smelting Barriers: The Innovators Forging a New Future for Iron and Steel
Steel, an alloy of iron and carbon, has shaped our physical world and global economies since its discovery over 3,000 years ago. Society’s dependence on this material’s unique blend of strength, durability, and conductivity has…
US Policy
Affordability 101: Can We Cut American Energy Bills in Half?
As people throughout the United States worry about the cost of energy, it’s time to solve the problem.
China
A Decade of Transformation: China’s Path to Fertilizer Reduction and Efficiency Gains
This report maps the journey and current landscape of the global synthetic fertilizer sector and spotlights China's policies and progress in reducing synthetic fertilizer use over the past decade.
Buildings
How Manufacturers in India Can Leverage Environmental Product Declarations
Helping India’s building product manufacturers prepare for a low-carbon future.
Climate Finance
How Climate-Vulnerable Countries and Territories Navigate a System Not Built for Them
On the shores of the Caribbean and Pacific, two CFAN Advisors, out of a cohort of twenty globally, are steering their respective countries and regions toward resilience. Rowena Tolentino in The Bahamas and Manon Marcadet…
Spark Chart
The Five Types of Electro-Industrial States
The United States is entering into a new era in which energy, manufacturing, and computing are converging into a single growth engine: the “electro-industrial” stack. Investment is clustering where policy reliability, regulatory ease, economic capacity,…
US Policy
GREASE Lightning
This playbook helps US leaders turn the electro-industrial boom into good jobs, new industry, and a resilient economy.
Climate Aligned Industries
Why Brazil Is Positioned to Become a Leading Green E-Fuel Exporter
Highlights With its largely renewable grid, strong political support for low-carbon hydrogen, and abundant freshwater and biogenic carbon supply, Brazil is set to be a globally competitive e-fuel producer. Momentum for Brazil’s e-fuel opportunity was…
Transportation
Building Smarter: How Investing in More Transportation Choices Cuts Infrastructure Costs
Last month, Illinois lawmakers brought the Chicago transit system back from the brink of financial insolvency largely by deploying one transformative solution: shifting transport revenues away from excess roadway construction and instead into turbocharging the…
