S5 Ep16: Allyson Browne, High Ambition Climate Collective

ship.energy celebrates its 100th podcast this week with a great conversation between contributing editor Mark Williams and Allyson Browne, co-founder of High Ambition Climate Collective and a driving force for change in climate and energy policy.With more than 10 years of experience across the public, private and nonprofit sectors, Allyson has also served as Pacific Environment’s Climate Campaign Director, leading their Ports for People campaigns to end port and ship pollution in partnership with frontline community-based organisations.Shore power is a key strand in this discussion, and Allyson looks at developments in this technology at US ports and considers the challenges surrounding the supply of electricity from renewable sources in order to be truly net zero.She also explains how ports’ decarbonisation efforts, including electrification and shore power, can support climate adaptation and resilience goals.In other roles, Allyson has previously served as the Director of Regulatory Affairs for SRECTrade, where she collaborated with industry and grassroots organisations on renewable energy policies. She was Chief of Staff to Jared Blumenfeld for California Governor Newsom’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign and on the Energy & Environment team, and she has also worked as a consultant on energy in cities, cannabis, and cryptocurrency.Allyson holds a Juris Doctor, Environmental Law from Golden Gate University School of Law and a B.S., Business Administration from University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.