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Review of A Year in Burgundy

Harvard-Tsinghua Workshop on Market Mechanisms to Achieve a Low-Carbon Future for China

In recent decades there has been a gradual transformation in environmental policy away from command-and-control policies and toward the use of more flexible, market-based mechanisms.

Environmental Regulations, Air and Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality in India

Using the most comprehensive developing country dataset ever compiled on air and water pollution and environmental regulations, the paper assesses India's environmental regulations with a difference-i

The Crucial Role of Policy Surveillance in International Climate Policy

An extensive literature shows that information-creating mechanisms enhance the transparency of and can support participation and compliance in international agreements.

Belt and Suspenders and More: The Incremental Impact of Energy Efficiency Subsidies in the Presence of Existing Policy Instruments

The effectiveness of investment subsidies depends on the existing array of regulatory and information mandates, especially in the energy efficiency space.

Climate Realities

It is true that, in theory, we can avoid the worst consequences of climate change with an intensive global effort over the next several decades.

Electricity Market Design and Efficient Pricing: Applications for New England and Beyond

The basic design of successful organized electricity markets is built on the principles of bid-based, security-constrained economic dispatch.

Water-Carbon Trade-off in China’s Coal Power Industry

The energy sector is increasingly facing water scarcity constraints in many regions around the globe, especially in China, where the unprecedented large-scale construction of coal-fired thermal power

Impact of Private Sector Participation on access and quality of services: systematic review of evidence from the electricity, telecommunications and water supply sectors

Individual studies on the impact of such Private Sector Participation (PSP) have yielded mixed results. This study synthesises evidence on the impact of PSP on access and quality outcomes.

The Relative Weights of Direct and Indirect Experiences in the Formation of Environmental Risk Beliefs

Direct experiences, we find, influence environmental risk beliefs more than the indirect experiences derived from outcomes to others. This disparity could have a rational basis.