The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was passed and signed by President Biden on August 16, 2022. This bill marked a monumental investment in the solutions necessary to achieve US climate goals and set the stage for private investment to spur emissions reductions from the vital, yet challenging, industrial sector. I3 created a factsheet summarizing the key investments in IRA that support a path to help mitigate both industry’s emissions and the pollutants which adversely impact communities.
Dr. Ankita Gangotra Associate, WRI United States Dr. Ankita Gangotra is an Associate in WRI’s US Climate Program, researching avenues to decarbonize the industrial sector, focusing on cement and steel decarbonization, environmental trade policies and international cooperation. Prior to joining WRI, Ankita was a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Foreign Service and the Department of Physics at Georgetown University. Her research looked at the readily available technology and policy options for upgrading low-carbon cement production in the United States. Ankita has an integrated Master's in Electronics Engineering with Nanotechnology from the University of York, UK (2015) and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Auckland, New Zealand (2020). During her time in New Zealand, Ankita interned at the Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor looking into equity, diversity and inclusion policy options for New Zealand’s science, research and innovation workforce.