Category Archives: Energy
Sustainable Energy for All
In a little glass building with a red-brick façade, across from the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC, is an intrinsic but relatively unknown component of the United Nations system – the United Nations Foundation. Set up as a public … Continue reading
Elsewhere on the web: Article from Richard Muller, professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of “Physics for Future Presidents” (W.W. Norton & Co., 2008) on the findings of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project. The … Continue reading
Elsewhere on the web: The Economist has a short article on a study by Jonathan Koomey of Stanford University showing that the electrical efficiency of computers has doubled every 1.6 years since the mid-1940s. Good news from the climate change viewpoint … Continue reading
The need to provide 2.5 billion access to “clean” cookstoves
In the heated debates on what should be done to address climate change and the growing energy needs of a burgeoning global population, a little-known statistic has not received the attention it deserves. An estimated 2.5 billion people around the world … Continue reading
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Tagged biomass, cookstoves, Energy, energy access, Environment & Natural Resources, India
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What I Did for Spring Break-IPS in Brazil
When IPS decided to send its first-years to Brazil for the program’s annual study trip, the first thing most of us thought of was lying on the beach in Rio. But after a week in the country and a dozen … Continue reading
Looking to Durban: Lessons from Copenhagen and Cancun
A Discussion with UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres (submitted by Amber Luong) [December 2009]: It was 7 a.m. on a frigid, dark December morning, and we found ourselves huddled in a mass of shivering people, waiting for security to let … Continue reading
Complexity or transparency? Models for climate and energy policy
A nugget for energy policy researchers – A new Center for Robust Decision-Making on Climate and Energy Policy at the University of Chicago is an effort that will span many institutions and disciplines, and aims to provide tools for policymakers and … Continue reading
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Tagged Decision-making, Energy, Policy analysis tools
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Convincing the climate skeptic…and why it matters.
During the December holidays, some friends and I were debating the problem of global climate change, and in particular the value of mitigation policies that require people to change their behaviors and lifestyles. Is it worth trying to convince people … Continue reading