Energy

The new IPCC Report is overly optimistic about global productivity growth and fossil fuel energy use. More dramatic, immediate action is needed

Economist James K. Boyce argues that the distribution of carbon tax revenue is just as important as the price itself

China is now the world’s largest greenhouse-gas emitter, accounting for over 25% of the global total. But the country has also demonstrated a growing understanding that a truly green economy promises to improve quality of life and create enormous opportunities for technological and political leadership.

Chaired by Nobel laureates Joseph Stiglitz and Michael Spence, INET has assembled a global team of leaders and scholars calling for new thinking & new rules for the world economy

Two years after the 2015 Paris Agreement, where we stand today is better than you may think 

The path to holding fossil fuel producers accountable for climate change & climate damages 

Climate Change and Denial

A discussion with Michael Grubb, INET Grantee and Professor of Energy and Climate Change at University College of London.

Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Spence and a global team of leading thinkers are calling for new thinking & new rules for the world economy

Faced with rapid cost reductions for clean electricity generation, some commentators suggest that we no longer need the Paris agreement or other policy interventions, because technology alone can solve all problems.

Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris accord sets the US economy back

Ocean expert Peter Neill says the watery depths hold solutions to earth’s most pressing challenges