Climate Change Policy
Explores the international "Post-Kyoto" effort to control climate change, with studies on emissions trading systems, on programs for development and deployment of new technologies, and analysis of strategies for engaging developing countries in the collective effort to control global warming.

Energy and Development
This project examines the implications of the shift from "traditional energy" such as dung, firewood, and crop residues to commercial energy such as kerosene and electricity. Researchers focus on the causes of this transition and its implications for sustainable development.

Geopolitics of Gas
PESD has investigated the geopolitical consequences of the world's increasing dependence on natural gas. Current studies are focusing on two key new gas markets--China and India, and modelling potential demand.

National Oil Companies
This study will explore the factors that explain the organization and performance of the world's largest NOCs. It will involve in-depth case studies of over a dozen NOCs that include the enterprises that control the worl's largest oil reserves as well as several NOCs that have large marketing operations.

Political Economy of Electricity Markets
With detailed case studies in Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa, PESD has been exploring the political, legal and institutional factors that affect how countries actually restructure their electric power markets.