Energy

Economist James K. Boyce explains how to fight climate change and rising income inequality in one shot

The central goal of any serious climate policy is to keep fossil fuels in the ground. The central question is how.

How free electricity could fight climate change and inequality

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

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

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

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

The energy transition is happening. But the pace of change depends on a range of technical, business, and societal factors.

Estimated space requirements for solar energy sufficient to power the entire world are reassuringly trivial, at 0.5-1% of global land area. For individual countries however, the challenges vary greatly, reflecting dramatic differences in population density.

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.

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