The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Cleantech
Scholarly Publications
Adverse Selection in an Opt-in Emissions Trading Program: The Case of Sectoral Crediting for Transportation
September 2010
Sectoral crediting mechanisms such as sectoral no-lose targets have been proposed as a way to provide incentives for emission reductions in developing countries as part of an international climate...
Making Carbon Offsets Work in the Developing World: Lessons from the Chinese Wind Controversy
March 2010
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is the leading international carbon market and a driving force for sustainable development globally.
Promoting Clean Development Competing Market Mechanisms Post-2012
October 2009
(Excerpt) According to climate scientists, averting the worst consequences of climate change requires that the increase in global temperature should be limited to 2°C (or 3.6°F).
News
New PESD Working Paper details challenges of designing carbon offsets for the transportation sector
September 2010
Programs to enlist developing countries in climate change mitigation by granting credits for carbon emissions reductions across entire sectors like transportation are quite appealing in principle....
PESD invited to World Bank meeting on CDM reform
May 2010
Researcher Richard K. Morse attended a World Bank consultation focusing on finding solutions to problems in the global carbon market (CDM).
PESD releases new Working Paper on the controversy over carbon offsets from Chinese wind power
March 2010
In a new Working Paper titled "Making Carbon Offsets Work in the Developing World: Lessons from the Chinese Wind Controversy," PESD researchers Gang He and Richard K.
Events
Energy Working Group Talk: Suzi Kerr on Designing More Effective International Policy to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation
June 3, 2010
Visiting Professor Suzi Kerr will be presenting a paper she wrote with Arthur van Benthem, a graduate student at Stanford's Economics department.
2010 MIIS International Trade and Investment Conference: Opportunities and Strategies in Emerging Economies
March 12, 2010
PESD researcher Richard K. Morse to speak on the "Carbon Markets: Developing Countries & the Next Clean Development Mechanism" panel.
Guest Lecture: China’s Coal and Power Conflict and Its Broad Impacts
January 29, 2010
PESD researcher Gang He will be guest lecturing in Stanford University's China Energy System course on China’s coal and power conflict and its broad impacts on Chinese energy and climate policy.