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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.
Exporting the 'Norwegian Model': The effect of administrative design on oil sector performance
June 2011
AbstractNorway has administered its petroleum resources using three distinct government bodies: a national oil company engaged in commercial hydrocarbon operations; a government ministry to direct...
Norway's Evolving Champion: Statoil and the Politics of State Enterprise
May 2010
Executive summary:Statoil was founded in 1972 as the national oil company (NOC) of Norway. Along with Brazil's Petrobras, Statoil today is a leader in several technological areas including...
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.
The Limits of Institutional Design in Oil Sector Governance: Exporting the Norwegian Model
February 2010
Norway has made a point of administering its petroleum resources using three distinct government bodies: a national oil company (NOC) engaged in commercial hydrocarbon operations; a government...
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).
Finesses and Game-Changers in Frontier Project Development: The Case of Carbon Capture and Storage
August 2009
Project development is particularly challenging in “frontier” environments where alternative technologies, conflicting laws and agencies, and uncertain benefits or risks constrain the knowledge or...
Real Drivers of Carbon Capture and Storage in China and Implications for Climate Policy
August 2009
The capture and permanent storage of CO2 emissions from coal combustion is now widely viewed as imperative for stabilization of the global climate. Coal is the world’s fastest growing fossil fuel....
Climate Change and the Energy Challenge: A Pragmatic Approach for India
August 2009
India has been famous for arguing that it (and the rest of the developing world) should incur no expense in controlling emissions that cause climate change.
Evolution of China's Coal Institutions, The
August 2009
Coal is the major primary energy which fuels economic growth in China.
Climate Change and the Energy Challenge: A Pragmatic Approach for India
March 2009
India has been famous for arguing that it (and the rest of the developing world) should incur no expense in controlling emissions that cause climate change. The west caused the problem and it...
Carbon Capture and Storage at Scale: Lessons from the Growth of Analogous Energy Technologies
February 2009
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a promising technology that might allow for significant reductions in CO2 emissions.
Global Warming Policy After Kyoto: Rethinking Engagement with Developing Countries
January 2009
Effective strategies for managing the dangers of global climate change are proving very difficult to design and implement. They require governments to undertake a portfolio of costly efforts that...
Climate Accession Deals: New Strategies for Taming Growth of Greenhouse Gases in Developing Countries
December 2008
Effective strategies for managing the dangers of global climate change are proving very difficult to design and implement.
Reducing Proliferation Risk
October 2008
PESD senior fellow and Nobel laureate in Physics, Burton Richter, explains why an inclusive internationalization policy of both ends of the nuclear fuel-cycle can provide much needed carbon-free...
Measuring the Clean Development Mechanism's Performance and Potential
August 2008
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is the first global attempt to address a global environmental public goods problem with a market-based mechanism.
A Realistic Policy on International Carbon Offsets
April 2008
As the United States designs its strategy for regulating emissions of greenhouse gases, two central issues have emerged.
Institutions and Gas Market Security
December 2007
The developing LNG trade does not have symmetric participants.
Fragmented Carbon Markets and Reluctant Nations
September 2007
Stanford Law School Professor and director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, David Victor, authors the book chapter "Fragmented carbon markets and reluctant nations:...
The Obsolescing Bargain Redux: Foreign Investment in the Electric Power Sector in Developing Countries
December 2006
As part of PESD's ongoing research on power sector reform, the program has focused on the special role of independent power projects (IPPs).
National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency
October 2006
National Security Consequences of U.S.