Guest Speaker: Brett A. Perlman,  Center for Houston's Future

Center for Houston’s Future interviewed stakeholders representing over 30 energy companies, academic institutions and other parties. We also heard presentations by 40 participants at our June 2019 Low-Carbon Energy Summit. Our research shows Houston is uniquely positioned to play a major role in leading the world to a low-carbon energy future and that significant work is underway here to prepare for that future. The size and scale of Houston’s energy sector and its deep energy expertise, resources and access to capital all argue that Houston could become the world’s Low-Carbon Energy Capital. We also concluded that much more work is needed to unlock this potential. Current initiatives aren’t coordinated, lack a coherent vision and plan, and are missing opportunities. The pace of change isn’t fast enough to hit a 2°C global carbon emissions pathway by mid-century.