European Union countries should focus on carbon pricing rather than subsidies for low-carbon electricity to achieve further reductions in emissions from their power sectors. Read more
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Business sectors that have low levels of carbon dioxide emissions per output are outpacing the general economy in terms of productivity growth, while increasing the number of jobs and skill levels, according to the results of a major study of 39 countries. Read more
Headline issue New clean technologies are urgently required to meet long-term global climate goals. Simulating the development of these technologies... Read more
English Español Argentine – Loi 27191 sur les énergies renouvelables (Octobre 2015) La loi établit de nouveaux objectifs nationaux... Read more
English Français Argentina – Ley 27191 sobre las Energías Renovables (octubre 2015) La ley establece nuevos objetivos nacionales... Read more
This page was last updated on November 17th 2016 – search full database here Vanuatu Framework for Climate Services The framework was... Read more
The world’s technically recoverable resources of shale gas, which is the amount of gas that could be recoverable with available... Read more
Note: New and updated 2015 edition available The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study is the most comprehensive audit of climate legislation... Read more
COP 19 aimed to progress the negotiations towards a global climate change agreement, which the Parties are seeking to finalise by 2015 at COP 21 in Paris. The conference overran by one day, with a modest outcome. Read more
The new policy paper| by Professor Michael Jacobs and co-authors, on ‘Less pain, more gain: the potential of carbon pricing reduce Europe’s fiscal deficits’, reviews a new analysis by Vivid Economics of the potential impact of energy and carbon taxes, as well as changes to the European Union Emissions Trading System, in several Member States, and finds that they could raise as much revenue as other forms of taxation while having less damaging side-effects on economic growth and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Read more