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China could start to cut its consumption of coal by 2020
China’s consumption of coal could reach a peak by 2020, or even earlier, as part of its plans to pursue more sustainable economic growth, according to a new report published … read more »
Nicholas Stern on the UK budget
“Chancellors cannot resist the temptation to fiddle. Fiddling creates policy uncertainty and that in turn reduces investment including, and critically, in the energy sector by raising the cost of capital.” read more »
Thinking aloud tackling climate change can the cities lead?
Urban Nature, Vol. 1 No. 4. January 2014.
The case for a European low-carbon economy
Europe has a golden opportunity to re-ignite growth by investing in the transition to a low-carbon economy. With interest rates at low levels, relatively high unemployment and liquidity in the private sector, governments can unleash economic activity through sound and credible policies that encourage investment in its energy infrastructure. read more »
How innovation could deliver a virtuous green growth spiral
Dimitri Zenghelis argues that innovation can tackle the looming resource crunch – it just needs intelligent policies if it is to be unlocked read more »
$674 billion annual spend on ‘unburnable’ fossil fuel assets signals failure to recognise huge financial risks
Today, new research by Carbon Tracker Initiative and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science reveals that despite fossil … read more »
$674 billion annual spend on ‘unburnable’ fossil fuel assets signals failure to recognise huge financial risks
Today, new research by Carbon Tracker Initiative and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science reveals that despite fossil … read more »
