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Climate Change Policy
Explores the international "Post-Kyoto" effort to control climate change, with studies on emissions trading systems, on programs for development and deployment of new technologies, and analysis of strategies for engaging developing countries in the collective effort to control global warming.
April 4th, 2011
PESD researcher Gang He presented at the ESI international conference
PESD AnnouncementGang He traveled to Singapore this past month to present for the Energy Studies Institute (ESI) at the National University of Singapore’s conference on "Policy Responses to Climate Change and Energy Security Post-Cancun: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region's Energy Security". Read more »
February 9th, 2011
Morse speaks at State Department seminar on global development and climate change
FSI Stanford, PESD NewsRichard Morse discussed how to reconcile global development goals -- which often rely on coal -- with US climate objectives at a US Department of State event on February 10th. Read more »
January 20th, 2011
Wolak's comment to NYT's Room for Debate question: "Can the U.S. Compete with China on Green Tech?"
FSI Stanford, PESD in the news: New York Times on January 19, 2011PESD Director Frank Wolak participated in the New York Times’ Room for Debate about whether the U.S. can compete with China on green tech and the obstacles facing American companies trying to win the front on clean energy in the global market.
November 29th, 2010
PESD to be at the United Nations Climate Change Conference Cancun
FSI Stanford, PESD AnnouncementThrough an invitation by the International Emissions Trading Association, PESD researcher Richard Morse will be presenting PESD research findings on carbon markets. Read more »
September 13th, 2010
PESD researcher Richard Morse quoted in Oregonian newspaper
FSI Stanford, PESD in the news: Oregonian newspaper on September 9, 2010Richard Morse discusses how Indian and Chinese coal demand could open up new coal export routes off the U.S. West Coast in the Oregonian newspaper.
June 9th, 2010
Trading Carbon Magazine features a new article by PESD researchers Richard Morse and Gang He
FSI Stanford, PESD NewsPESD researchers Richard Morse and Gang He investigate the lessons to be learned from the CDM's Chinese wind controversy and discuss how to improve carbon policy and carbon trading in the developing world.
May 19th, 2010
PESD Policy Brief: Natural Gas Can Play Key Role If Governments Support It
FSI Stanford, PESD NewsPESD Associate Director Mark Thurber argues that natural gas, often the neglected stepchild of the climate debate, in fact has the most potential among energy supply options to achieve cost-effective greenhouse gas reductions in the near term. Dramatic advances in techniques for extracting "unconventional gas" could presage a bright future for the fuel, but only if governments do their part to support the expansion of gas demand and associated infrastructure.