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Exxon Mobil’s Approach to the Energy Transition

Rubenstein Building, Room 414 AB, 79 JFK St., Cambridge
Hybrid Event

In this Energy Policy Seminar, Vijay Swarup, Senior Director of Climate Strategy and Technology at Exxon Mobil, will give a talk entitled, "Our Approach to the Energy Transition." His talk will examine energy’s critical role in advancing global progress. It will highlight how affordable, reliable energy continues to enhance quality of life and explore how accelerating policy and technology adoption can enable a successful transition to lower-emission energy solutions. Through cross-sector collaboration, we can meet rising energy needs while advancing shared climate goals.

The Uncomfortable Truths of Public EV Charging

Rubenstein Building, Room 414 AB, 79 JFK St., Cambridge +1 more

In this Energy Policy Seminar, Elaine Buckberg, Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and the former Chief Economist of General Motors, will give a talk entitled "The Uncomfortable Truths of Public EV Charging." Buckberg will explore the realities of charging electric vehicles in public, from empirical work on highway charging data, to how much time it takes to charge in cities without a home charger.

RSVP required. A Harvard University ID is required for in-person attendance; all are welcome to attend via Zoom.

The Policy Is Just the Beginning: How Implementation Makes Environmental Policy Cheaper and Easier Than Expected

Rubenstein Building, Room 414 AB, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Passing environmental policy is difficult, because of the – reasonable – concern that it will increase costs. But implementation often leads to systemic changes that make environmental regulation cheaper and easier to implement than expected.

In the Energy Policy Seminar, Beth DeSombre will examine domestic and international regulations to protect the ozone layer, and aspects of the U.S. Clean Air Act regulating power plant and automobile emissions, identifying four specific pathways through which system changes contribute to decreasing costs: disruption of standard operating procedures, innovation, increased availability of alternatives, and creation of enabling mechanisms. Understanding how the implementation of regulations can decrease costs can suggest better or worse approaches to crafting and implementing policy.