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Climate Change Mitigation Options and Directed Technical Change: A Decentralized Equilibrium Analysi...

From the Abstract: "The paper considers a growth model with climate change and three R&D sectors dedicated to energy, backstop and CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) eefficiency. First, we characterize the set of decentralized equilibria: to each vector of public tools, a carbon tax and a subsidy to each R&D sector, a particular equilibrium is ass ...
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André Grimauda, Gilles Lafforgue and Bertrand Magn
July 2009
Objectives: Theoretical ModelingFor Economists

How the world should invest in energy efficiency

This brief paper argues that a program that targets cost-effective opportunities in energy productivity could halve the growth in energy demand, cut emissions of greenhouse gases, and generate attractive returns. Authors claim that $170 Billion a year invested across the globe in efforts to boost energy efficiency from now until 2020 could halve th ...
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Farrell, Diana, and Jaana K. Remes
The McKinsey Quarterly: July 2008
Objectives: Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor the Public

Investing in sustainability: An interview with Al Gore and David Blood

Looking at climate change and sustainability from a private investment point of view, the interview generates both public and private sustainability and energy efficiency investment criteria in clear terms.
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Mendonca, Lenny T. , and Jeremy Oppenheim
The McKinsey Quarterly: May 2007
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor the Public

Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air

This downloadable book is in four parts. The first quantifies the potential contribution of a wide range of supply- and demand-side energy options. The second offers a menu of energy plans that “add up” to a solution for the United Kingdom. The third presents technical information to back up the assessments in Part I, and the fourth provides inf ...
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David MacKay
UIT Press, May 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member StatesFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Tapping the Untapped: Renewing the Nation Focus on Renewable Sources Especially Solar Energy

India's investments in the solar power energy sector were one of the few in the world that did not suffer any substantial declines during the worldwide recession. Ensuring the use of widespread solar power as essential to India's sustainability is the goal of this document. From the Report: "The Indian government should involve non-gov ...
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Shruti Mittal
CUTS Center for International Trade, Economics, and Environment, Jaipur, India, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

What’s the BestWay to Promote Green Power?

"not all policies that promote renewables are created equal; our research shows that broad-based policies like emission fees are substantially more cost effective than more targeted approaches, such as research and development subsidies, if the goal is to reduce greenhouse emissions in the near and medium terms." "This article is based on a lon ...
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Carolyn Fischer and Richard G. Newell
Resources for the Future: 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor the Public