Power in a Warming World
The New Global Politics of Climate Change and the Remaking of Environmental Inequality
Étiqueté : fossil fuel
Assessing the missed benefits of countries’ national contributions
Results and methodology to quantify the possible cobenefits from ambitious greenhouse gas reductions of countries
Taxing Fossil Fuels under Speculative Storage
vThis paper investigates the mechanisms through which environmental taxes on fossil fuel usage can affect the main macroeconomic variables in the short-run…
Energy, knowledge and economic growth
It is argued that the explosive growth experienced in much of the World since the middle of the 19th Century is due to the exploitation and use of fossil fuels which, in turn, was made possible by capital good innovations that enabled this source of energy to be used effectively…
Research or carbon capture and storage – How to limit climate change?
The consequences of the 2°C climate target and the implicitly imposed ceiling on CO2 have been analyzed in several studies. We use an endogenous growth model with a ceiling and a carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to study the effect of the ceiling on the allocation of limited funds for R&D, CCS and capital accumulation…
A guidebook to fossil-fuel subsidy reform for policy-makers in Southeast Asia
The purpose of this guide is to advise countries on the process for formulating an effective reform strategy that will fit their individual objectives and circumstances. It is aimed at policy-makers in Southeast Asia, but much of its guidance could apply to any region.
The Future of oil: geology versus technology
The authors discuss and reconcile two diametrically opposed views concerning the future of world oil production and prices. The geological view expects that physical constraints will dominate the future evolution of oil output and prices. The technological view of oil expects that higher oil prices must eventually have a decisive effect on oil output…
Inventory of estimated budgetary support and tax expenditures for fossil fuels
This OECD/IEA’s report highlights the need to reform fossil-fuel subsidies to improve the economy and environment
Subsidies to transport fuels and electricity generation
The IISD’s research reviews available information on subsidies to conventional transport fuels and biofuels, quantifying these subsidies on a per unit of energy basis. The same analysis is applied to subsidies for the generation of electricity, with a comparison of nuclear, fossil fuel and renewable energy sources
If not BRICs, then what ? Comparing BRICs and G6 nations in fossil fuels
This new report compares the up-and-coming BRIC nations to the G6 in fossil fuels
Efficiency Improving Fossil Fuel Technologies for Electricity Generation
This paper studies innovation dynamics in efficiency improving electricity generation technologies as an important means of mitigating climate change impacts…
