The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Institutions and Organizations
Scholarly Publications
Oil and Governance: State-owned Enterprises and the World Energy Supply
January 2012
National oil companies (NOCs) produce most of the world’s oil and natural gas and bankroll governments across the globe.
Strategic Alliances Between National and International Oil Companies
October 2011
AbstractOil companies owned by national governments (“NOCs”) and oil companies with extensive international operations owned by diverse private investors (“IOCs”) constitute some of the largest and...
Improved stoves in India: A study of sustainable business models
August 2011
Abstract:Burning of biomass for cooking is associated with health problems and climate change impacts.
Other Publications
Environment Gridlock
February 2009
One effect of the new Obama administration's global charm is that America could be let out of the environmental doghouse.
Making Carbon Markets Work
September 2007
PESD collaborators David Victor and Danny Cullenward published a new piece in Scientific American on lessons learned from efforts to build institutions to control emissions of greenhouse gases....
News
Cuéllar looks back on leading FSI
December 2014
For 14 years, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar has been a tireless Stanford professor who has strengthened the fabric of university’s interdisciplinary nature.
Wolak testifies before Little Hoover Commission of the California State Legislature
September 2011
PESD director Frank A.
PESD researchers Mark Thurber and Xander Slaski embarked on a recent trip to India
December 2009
Mark Thurber and Xander Slaski are traveling to India to learn more about the potential for commercial cookstove ventures.
Old Events
California's Carbon Policy –2011 Silicon Valley Energy Summit
June 24, 2011
Richard Morse joined Michael Gibbs of the Cal EPA and Larry Goulder and Jim Sweeny of Stanford to discuss key issues in California’s carbon market and remaining challenges at the 2011 Silicon...
Addressing the 'Coal Renaissance' in a Post-Kyoto World
June 13, 2011
On Monday, June 13, 2011 at 4:15 p.m.
Energy Working Group Talk: State Choices in Hydrocarbon Administration
March 25, 2010
Associate Director Mark Thurber discussed two related threads of PESD research on "State Choices in Hydrocarbon Administration."