The world’s largest concentrated solar plant (CSP) opened earlier this year in California, and the United States is not alone in its quest to become a major supplier of solar power, and to shift the demand for power necessary to…
Author: Madeline Clark
Madeline Clark is a second year Master of Global Policy Studies student at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. In the summer of 2013, Madeline acted as a GIS and data management consultant to Nepali NGOs as part of her work with the AidData Center for Development Policy, which works to promote aid transparency at the donor and INGO level. She is interested in the role that data literacy plays in empowering disadvantaged and marginalized communities; natural resource management; International Agriculture and Food Security; and Post-Conflict Development.
Shifting the Cost of Desalination to Renewables: How the Private Sector is Getting Involved in the US and India
Madeline Clark
Posted in Demand Management, Efficiency, Energy Production, Energy Security, Financial Incentives, Foreign Investment, India, Renewable Energy, Renewable Fuels, Uncategorized
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Transport Infrastructure in Developing Countries: The Sleeping Giant
In order to meet the needs of increasing global demand for mobility by 2050, which will primarily occur within the personal passenger sub-sector, nearly 25 million paved road km and 335,000 rail track km or an approximate 60% increase in…
Prospects for TDM in Reducing Transport’s GHG Emissions
Trips that use carbon-intensive modes of transport like Light Duty Vehicles (LDVs) play a primary role in GHG emissions from transport due to the aggregate effect of increasing per-person km travel via an increased demand for LDV mobility. In fact,…
Barriers to Low-Carbon Transport in India
Madeline Clark
Posted in Efficiency, Financial Incentives, India, Planning, Transport, Transport Infrastructure, Vehicle Emission Standards
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There are significant political, cultural, and financial barriers to implement long-lasting transportation reforms in India. To begin, scaling projects from the national to the local level, or even from one locality to another has been a long-standing issue in India. Though…
Transport in India: A Brief Overview
Madeline Clark
Posted in India, Transport, Transport Infrastructure, Vehicle Emission Standards
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Following economic liberalization reforms that began to take effect in 1991, passenger and freight traffic increased in step with a nearly 63.69% increase in GDP per capita between 1991 and 2013 (Ramachandra, & Schwetmala, 2009). From 1995-2005, gross domestic product nearly…
Freight: How lorries serve as a litmus test and driver in India’s economy
Madeline Clark
Posted in Efficiency, Freight, HDVs, India, Transport, Vehicle Emission Standards
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Globally, derived demand for transport services outpaces its supply. In developing countries like India, much of this demand is new, and existing transport technology and infrastructure lag behind what is needed to sustain current rates of economic growth and activity,…
International Transport Part 1: Territorial and Consumption Emissions and the Global Race to the Bottom
Madeline Clark
Posted in China, Efficiency, European Union, India, Transport, United States
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Maritime, aviation and land-based traffic due to trade and commerce and tourism compose the moving facade of international transport, one of the fastest growing sources for GHG emissions globally. In fact, though international transport describes the interaction of two or…
Transportation reform is key in pursuit of 2 degrees
15% of GHG emissions worldwide originate from human transport-related activities, including, but not limited to, automotive vehicles such as light-weight cars, freight trucks, airplanes, and maritime shipping vessels. Of this, 6% originate from the United States alone, where transportation-related emissions…
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