Reflecting Worker and Community Outcomes in Decisions to Decarbonize Industry

Decarbonizing the industrial sector to mitigate climate change is challenging: not only must multiple processes within existing coupled production systems be transformed, but changing technology and production geography will have consequences for workers, the local environment, and community health. Focusing on the iron and steel industry in the United States and its global context, this talk will describe recent research that crosses scales and disciplines to understand the multifaceted outcomes of decarbonization pathways. We will then consider the implications of using more granular, place-based observations to improve the representation of jobs and air quality impacts in models for industry and policy decisions.

Speaker: Valerie Karplus, Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation

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