The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Climate change
Scholarly Publications
A Herd Mentality in the Design of International Environmental Agreements?
February 2005
When addressing an externality such as air pollution, regulators can control policy inputs (e.g., pollution taxes and technology standards) or outputs (e.g., emission caps).
Political Economy and the Hydrogen Revolution
September 2003
In recent years, the professional punditry has lofted hydrogen into the firmament of technological wonders.
Impact of Power Sector Reforms on Technology, Efficiency and Emissions: Case Study of Andhra Pradesh, India
March 2004
The study traces the pattern of development of the electricity sector in India through a case study of the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Other Publications
A New Currency: Climate Change and Carbon Credits
July 2004
A new currency is emerging in world markets.
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....
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.
News
PESD releases new working paper on potential for CCS technology to capture greenhouse gases in electricity sector
June 2009
Focusing on capture systems for coal-fired power plants until 2030, a sensitivity analysis of key CCS parameters is performed to gain insight into the role that CCS can play in future mitigation...
A new currency--carbon credits--are emerging, write David Victor and Joshua House
August 2004
In an article in the Harvard International Review, David Victor and Joshua House give an overview and describe the implications.
Council on Foreign Relations publishes new book on America's climate change policy
September 2004
PESD Director David Victor has authored a new book that presents, in the form of presidential speeches, three different visions for America's climate change policy.
Old Events
Workshop on Power Market Reforms and Global Climate Change
January 27, 2005
This meeting will focus on the intersection of two crucial challenges for the organization of energy infrastructures in the developing world.
Projects
Instruments of Energy and Environmental Policy
Instruments of Energy Policy, hosted by the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, brings to Stanford four notable researchers...
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