Energy
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A Plan for Earth’s Survival that Can Survive U.S. Politics?
Jul 30, 2019
Economist James K. Boyce explains how to fight climate change and rising income inequality in one shot
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Keeping the Oil in the Soil
Jul 22, 2019
The central goal of any serious climate policy is to keep fossil fuels in the ground. The central question is how.
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The Right to Energy & Carbon Tax: A Game Changer in India
Jun 10, 2019
How free electricity could fight climate change and inequality
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Commission on Global Economic Transformation
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
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The Inconvenient Truth about Climate Change and the Economy
Dec 5, 2018
The new IPCC Report is overly optimistic about global productivity growth and fossil fuel energy use. More dramatic, immediate action is needed
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What's the Future?
Oct 23, 2017 | 08:30
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The Unfolding Energy Revolution: Lessons from Europe and the United Kingdom
Nov 30, 2017 | 04:00—05:30
A discussion with Michael Grubb, INET Grantee and Professor of Energy and Climate Change at University College of London.
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America Last
Jun 8, 2017
Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris accord sets the US economy back
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Pathways & Obstacles to a Low-carbon Economy
Apr 27, 2017
The energy transition is happening. But the pace of change depends on a range of technical, business, and societal factors.
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Who Has Space for Renewables?
Sep 19, 2016
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.
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What Role Should Economists Play in Climate Policy?
May 30, 2018
Economist James K. Boyce argues that the distribution of carbon tax revenue is just as important as the price itself
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China’s Green Opportunity
Jan 12, 2018
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.
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Three Surprises on Climate Change from Economist Michael Grubb
Dec 12, 2017
Two years after the 2015 Paris Agreement, where we stand today is better than you may think