This paper analyzes resource partnerships and their influence on the environmental quality in a resource-rich country by introducing incomplete contracts, imperfect property rights protection, and a lack of valuation for the environment by the government in the South
Four environmental dimensions of energy security—climate change, air pollution, water availability and quality, and land-use change—and the environmental impact of 13 energy systems on each are discussed in this paper…
The evolution during the Anthropocene is analyzed through the interaction between economic and technological development, characterized by the role of fossil fuels and by the progressive dominance of those with a higher energy and density power…
In recent years the manufacturing of renewable-energy technologies has become truly global. The associated rise in international investment and trade in goods and services related to renewable energy has been rapid, but it has not always been smooth. Already there have been challenges at the WTO, and the unilateral imposition of countervailing and anti-dumping duties, in response to some countries‘ policies on the grounds that they distort trade…
TERI releases the ‘TERI Environmental Survey 2013’, which focuses on overall environment, air quality, water quality, waste and waste management, climate change, and forest/green cover-in the six most populous urban agglomerations (UAs) in India-Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai.
This report, written by Fridtjof Nansen Institute for the Nordic Council of Ministers, discusses the role of state owned enterprises on the electricity and steel sectors, for instance, in upgrading technologies, centralizing operations and developing alternative energy sources
In this report, the authors argue that strategic planning by both companies and regulatory agencies to minimize the environmental impacts of unconventional extraction requires a contextualized understanding of regional issues and the available technical, management, and policy interventions to mitigate them…
The concept of ‘green growth’ has burst onto the international policy scene in the past four years. Identifying the core meaning of the concept and sister terms such as ‘green economy’, this paper locates green growth within the longer tradition of environmental discourses, notably that of sustainable development…
This working paper surveys key central government documents and articles by China’s leading energy academics to investigate the ideas influencing China’s new energy and climate policies
This World Bank’s annual book compiles environmental data, which includes information from more than 200 countries relating to agriculture, forests, climate, energy, water, sanitation, and ocean health.
This report explores how the rapidly changing Arctic environment is creating both opportunities and risks for businesses operating in Arctic region
This article describes the reasons for, and the nature of, the electricity market reform, pointing to the need for further market and institutional reforms
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