The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Foreign Policy
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.
The Policy Tightrope in Gas-Producing Countries: Stimulating Domestic Demand Without Discouraging Supply
February 2011
Executive SummaryNatural gas can offer substantial environmental, energy security, and convenience advantages over competing fuels such as coal and oil. Gas is relatively abundant in the world,...
The Future of South African Coal: Market, Investment, and Policy Challenges
January 2011
As the world's fifth largest coal exporter and a key swing supplier between the Atlantic and Pacific coal markets, South Africa is a crucial player in global markets. While the country has long...
Other Publications
Risk Attitudes Shape National Oil Company Strategies
June 2012
AbstractMark C. Thurber, David R. HultsNational oil companies (NOCs) often behave in strikingly different ways from one another and from private, international oil companies (IOCs).
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
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.
PESD Research Informs 2011 World Energy Outlook
November 2011
Several PESD Working Papers helped inform the analysis of the newly released 2011 World Energy Outlook.
- The Future of South African Coal: Market, Investment, and Policy Challenges
- Industrial Organization of the Chinese Coal Industry
- Remaking the World's Largest Coal Market: The Quest to Develop Large Coal-Power Bases in China
- The World's Greatest Coal Arbitrage: China's Coal Import Behavior and Implications for the Global Coal Market
PESD Working Paper #101 on Australia's black coal industry featured in Platts Coal Trader International
April 2011
Platts' most recent issue of Coal Trader International features PESD Working Paper #101 by Bart Lucarelli.
Old Events
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: China's Shifting Priorities and 12th Five-Year Plan
January 12, 2011
"Shifting Priorities: Energy, Efficiency, and Sustainability in China's 12th Five-Year Plan"
Guanghua Leadership Institute: City Leader Program
September 7, 2010
PESD Director Frank A. Wolak presented in the Guanghua Leadership Institute's 2010 City Leader Program.