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Regulatory disparity and the geopolitics of shipping
Regional environmental protection schemes are putting the international shipping industry under considerable pressure to reduce carbon emissions. To avoid a regulatory collision with the International Maritime Organization and a potential matrix of incoherent national regulations, shipping conglomerates are investing in liquefied natural gas, which will have geopolitical implications for the global gas market.
Focus Germany: Balancing the Energiewende
Despite recent failures, the German government is more determined than ever to implement its renewable energy goals, which are much more stringent than those set by the EU. An increase in renewable energy sources will mitigate reliance on foreign energy imports, but Berlin will have to strike a difficult balance ...
Focus Germany: Taxing climate subsidy, subsidizing climate tax
Germany is struggling to achieve its current environmental goals. A new policy package under consideration now is unlikely to provide a clear path forward. The taxes and subsidies it foresees contradict each other and could ultimately impede technological advancement. The proposal has proven disappointing to climate activists and economic critics ...
GIS Dossier: Failed global climate policies
Since the 1990s, the international community has been trying to keep climate change under control – with less than stellar results. Despite initiatives like the 1997 Kyoto Protocol or the 2015 Paris Agreement, global temperatures are still well on track to increase by 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels – ...
The importance of trade and technology in reducing carbon emissions
Emerging economies are frequently criticised for developing their economies at the expense of the environment. But figures show that if they adopted a free trade regime they could access the same state-of-the-art technologies as the developed world. This move would reduce their carbon emissions dramatically. AS ECONOMIES...
