This is the first part of a two-part post on the state of CCS in China As mentioned previously on this blog, dealing with emissions originating from coal-based electricity generation will form a crucial part of both China’s and India’s development strategies for the near future. In China, the future… read more
Know Thy Forests – Technical Barriers to Reducing Emissions from Forests
In the upcoming weeks, my colleagues and I will be blogging about the sector and country level insights we have drawn from our eight month study of the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) and agriculture sectors. Our research has helped us develop a deep understanding of the… read more
Nuclear Power in Germany: No Return
The conventional wisdom holds that the nuclear phaseout in Germany is a reaction to the Fukushima disaster on March 11, 2011. The story goes something like this: Fukushima changed Germany’s views on nuclear energy by “scaring” German politicians and constituents into pursuing a path that transitions away from nuclear energy… read more