The world has set a goal to be net-zero by 2050 to avoid the worst impact of climate change. In order to achieve this goal, we desperately need cooperation between the most developed nations in the world to achieve consensus and enact key climate policies . Second, we need to accelerate the development, commercialization, and deployment of Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) and the build-out of the Smart Grid. Long Duration Energy Storage The key to achieving net-zero is transitioning society's reliance on fossil fuels to low/zero-carbon energy sources like solar and wind. However, the biggest problem with renewable energy sources like solar and wind is that it's intermittent, meaning the time and periods in which electricity can be generated are limited and uncontrollable as it is weather dependent. In fact, solar and wind generation doesn’t match the energy demand from consumers throughout the day as can be seen in Figure #1 below. Figure 1 : Typical renewable power gener...