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Oil in the energy transition age
Concerned that demand for oil will dwindle and eventually vanish, energy companies are gradually moving away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy sources. However, this trend does not apply to state-owned companies, which are proving less responsive to external incentives. As a result, they could end up as the main providers of oil during the remainder of the transition to green energy.
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...
