November 18th, 2009

PESD research fellow Varun Rai discusses the critical elements of effective international carbon offsets markets

In a new article in the Fall 2009 issue of the Harvard International Review PESD research fellow Varun Rai discusses the critical elements of effective international carbon offsets markets. The article argues that fundamental problems of perverse incentives and huge transaction costs render the clean development mechanism (CDM) unfit as the backbone of international carbon offsets markets post-2012. Instead, the article emphasizes the need for multilateral deals around large sectors that leverage synergies between climate change benefits and the core interests of developing countries. Read more »

A Roadmap for U.S.-China Collaboration on Carbon Capture and Sequestration

PESD researchers Tom Heller and Gang He contribute to a new report on US China CCS Collaboration Read more »

October 26th, 2009

China Dialogue features PESD research on China CCS

PESD's Research Associate, Gang He, discusses the energy dilemma of doing CCS in China and sets out his technical and policy recommendations for China's adoption of this important technology. Read more »

October 16th, 2009

Morse and Carl argue that governments are set to transform the coal trade in World Coal Magazine

Jeremy Carl and Richard Morse explore a set of major catalysts that are about to dramatically change how the world trades and consumes coal. Read more »

PESD researchers consider obstacles to technology adoption by the poor

Xander Slaski and Mark Thurber introduce a framework for understanding why the poor often fail to adopt seemingly beneficial technologies like improved biomass cookstoves. Read more »

September 28th, 2009

PESD CCS research featured in Science Magazine

Science Magazine's special CCS issue features PESD researcher Richard Morse, who discusses the state of CCS in China. Read more »

September 17th, 2009

Michael Wara speaks at a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

While the Treasury Department goes on the offensive against media reports of cap-and-trade costs, Michael Wara testified in a Senate hearing that the House climate bill would more than pay for itself.

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Thurber discusses decline of Mexico's Cantarell oil field in The Wall Street Journal

David Luhnow of The Wall Street Journal quotes PESD assistant director Mark Thurber on the failure of Mexican politicians to engage the crisis presented by the stunning decline of the country's principal oil field. Read more »

September 8th, 2009

The Boston Review releases Victor and Morse's "Living With Coal"

David Victor and Richard Morse explain why coal, the world's fastest growing fossil fuel and leading source of greenhouse gas emissions, is here to stay and how climate policy can tackle this problem. Read more »

PESD's China CCS research in Point Carbon News

Point Carbon reports on PESD's discussion of the potential role carbon markets might play in paying for CCS in China.
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September 4th, 2009

The Wall Street Journal features PESD's new China CCS research

The WSJ calls PESD's new China CCS paper, The Real Drivers of Carbon Capture and Storage in China and Implications for Climate Policy, "fascinating" and considers its analysis of the obstacles for deploying CCS in China. Read more »