In Brazil, the BOP market for ICT is 97 percent urban, and average annual spending by urban BOP households ($203) is seven times that spent by rural BOP households.
A thriving renewable energy industry is a critical solution to problems such as high energy prices and climate change. But unless Congress extends the renewable tax credits soon, the industry’s steady growth could stall.
Climate policy debates often feature discussions about the role of a carbon tax, either as an alternative or a supplement to a cap-and-trade program. This fact sheet describes the similarities and differences between the two policy approaches and answers other common questions about a tax on carbon.
Cap-and-trade programs are the foundation of many climate policy proposals and have been a focus of debate in state, regional, and national legislatures. This fact sheet provides answers to some of the basic questions about cap-and-trade programs and reviews how such a system might work in the United States.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is both hailed as a “silver bullet” for the coal industry, and reviled as a pipe dream. The reality is that the U.S. needs CCS, and a comprehensive policy framework for rapid development and deployment.
Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) policies have stimulated markets for renewable
energy across the country, providing more opportunities for businesses to advance and
support clean energy technologies. With growing interest in state and national RES
policies, it is important to understand RES policy design, impacts, and opportunities.
New agreement will help ensure success of city’s bus-rapid-transit system
INDORE, INDIA, February 28, 2008 – The residents of Indore, India should enjoy reduced emissions, congestion, and improved pedestrian safety a little sooner.
The Corporate Guide to Green Power Markets is designed to help corporations understand, explore, and evaluate renewable energy opportunities. The Guide consists of a series of installments that explore different aspects of corporate markets for green power, based on WRI’s experience with the Green Power Market Development Group.
A ceremony to launch an international contest to identify and celebrate cities in Latin America that have made changes in their man-made surroundings that promote physical activity and improve overall public health.
In the years to come, the world must meet the energy
needs of a growing and developing world population while
mitigating the impacts of global climate change. This policy
brief seeks to establish a framework for considering the
complex and evolving links between energy security and
climate change, and identifi es three challenges:
the evolving and interconnected nature of energy security and climate change definitions and goals,
the variables that contribute to an uncertain future, and
the trade-offs and unintended consequences involved in addressing both issues.
A workable strategy must be concerned not just with how to
design a future in which climate change and energy security
concerns are met, but also with the pathway to get there. To
guide this transition, this brief offers several guiding principles
for devising energy and climate policies that are both
effective and politically viable.
Examines the feasibility of achieving significant emissions reductions from the proliferation of biofuels and concludes that biofuels are not a complete, nor even the primary, solution to our transport fuel needs.
Addressing climate change means meeting rising energy demand while reducing emissions at an unprecedented scale. Based on the Socolow “wedge” model, this project looks at how policies, investments, international markets, and financial flows can accelerate clean technology deployment.
