RMI Tribute to Ted Halstead, Founder of the Climate Leadership Council

RMI issued a tribute to Ted Halstead, the founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Climate Leadership Council, following his death in a hiking accident in Spain. Halstead is credited with building the broadest climate coalition in U.S. history since the Council's launch in 2017. The organization advocates for a carbon tax and dividend framework, a policy endorsed by over 3,500 U.S. economists, including 27 Nobel Laureates and four former Federal Reserve Chairs.

• Ted Halstead served as the Chairman and CEO of the Climate Leadership Council, which was established in 2017 to align U.S. stakeholders around bold climate policy. The Council is described as the broadest climate coalition in U.S. history, formed through the collaboration of environmental, opinion, and business leaders.
• The Climate Leadership Council promotes a carbon tax and dividend framework, which it presents as an equitable, cost-effective, and politically viable solution to the climate crisis. This specific approach has received endorsement from more than 3,500 U.S. economists, a group that includes 27 Nobel Laureate economists, all four living former Chairs of the Federal Reserve, and 15 former Chairs of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors.

APA

RMI (2020). RMI Tribute to Ted Halstead, Founder of the Climate Leadership Council. https://rmi.org/resources/rmi-tribute-to-ted-halstead-founder-of-the-climate-leadership-council/

Chicago

RMI. RMI Tribute to Ted Halstead, Founder of the Climate Leadership Council. 2020. https://rmi.org/resources/rmi-tribute-to-ted-halstead-founder-of-the-climate-leadership-council/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{rmi2020rmi, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{RMI Tribute to Ted Halstead, Founder of the Climate Leadership Council}}, publisher = {RMI}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/rmi-tribute-to-ted-halstead-founder-of-the-climate-leadership-council/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }