Growing Green – Opportunities for Turkey
Can emerging markets make economic growth compatible with climate action? Can the trade-off between growth and rising emissions be influenced by policy? For a country like Turkey – with the lowest...
View ArticleMaking Energy Efficiency Personal
As an economist dealing with energy efficiency on a daily basis, I have studied and written about its benefits for several countries. But it was not until recently that I got around to looking into it...
View ArticleHome is Where the Hearth Is
Home is where the heart is. It’s also where the hearth is. And for the three billion people around the world who cook every day using traditional fuels, the hearth has a very dark side. Dirty, smoking...
View ArticleThree breakthroughs that can help bring power to over a billion people
This blog post was originally published on Ideas Lab. Breakthroughs in energy technology are happening all over the world, improving access to power for people and making a real difference in their...
View ArticleTackling climate change – for our kids
If you have children or grandchildren, you probably have wondered what the world will be like for them in 20 or 30 years. Will it be a better place? Will climate change upend their lives? It's...
View ArticleEconomic growth and climate action – a formula for a low carbon world
Most people now realize the cost of inaction to deal with climate change is far higher than the cost of action. The challenge is mustering the political will to make smart policy choices. A new report...
View ArticleClean energy, not coal, is the solution to poverty
It is the development conundrum of our era. Extremely poor people cannot lift themselves out of poverty without access to reliable energy. More than a billion people live without power today, denying...
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