Posted on November 30th, 2011 by Wil Burns
Leonardo Energy is offering a series of 10 free webinar presentations on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries. The course begins on Thursday, December 1. Registration on the site permits one to attend any or all of the webinars. Topics to be covered during the webinars include:
The schedule for the webinars is as follows:
Sessions [...]
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Posted on November 27th, 2011 by Wil Burns
The International Institute for Environment and Development produces some excellent brief reports suitable for student readings. If you’re looking for some readings for the Durban COP, there are a number of new reports, including one that caught my eye, on adaptation financing, Ciplet, et al.,, Adaptation Finance: How Can Durban Deliver on Past Promises?, Briefing [...]
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Posted on November 25th, 2011 by Wil Burns
The Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs at Harvard recently released a 348-page report entitled “Transforming U.S. Energy Innovation.” The Center has also released a policy brief summarizing the report that would be a good reading in an energy or climate change course. Among the take-aways from the brief, which provides a framework for [...]
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Posted on November 15th, 2011 by Wil Burns
The Executive Summary of the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2011 was published recently. The seven-page document would be an excellent reading in energy or climate courses, albeit a pretty depressing one. Among the take-aways from the publication:
Global energy demand bounced back from depressed levels by a “remarkable” 5% in 2010;
Energy subsidies that encourage [...]
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Posted on November 9th, 2011 by Wil Burns
Arizona State University’s Dan Bodansky recently published an excellent analysis of where we may be heading after 2012, Bodansky, [W]hither the Kyoto Protocol? Durban and Beyond!, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements (Aug. 2011).
Among the take-aways from the article are the following:
There are various factions in UN climate change negotiations, including: a. the European Union, which might embrace a [...]
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Posted on November 5th, 2011 by Wil Burns
4th on-line Climate Conference deals with Climate Change and Disasters Management
Climate 2011, the 4th on-line Climate Conference, deals with the topic of
“Climate Change and Disasters Management”. A set of scientific papers and
chats around this important issue will be available from the 7th to 12th November
2011. Participation at the on-line event, organised by the International Climate [...]
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