Sentences with phrase «in global energy policy»

In Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy, Sovacool, Brown, and Valentine make clever use of the Hegelian dialectic to take on 15 core energy questions (e.g., «Do conventional energy resources have a meaningful «peak»?»)

About this Book: Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy 15 Contentious Questions Benjamin K. Sovacool, Marilyn A. Brown, and Scott V. Valentine Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016

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The International Energy Agency, which says that global oil demand could peak around 2020 if governments adopted particularly green policies, predicts that even if it happened, oil still would account for 23 % of total global energy in 2040, down from 32 % inEnergy Agency, which says that global oil demand could peak around 2020 if governments adopted particularly green policies, predicts that even if it happened, oil still would account for 23 % of total global energy in 2040, down from 32 % inenergy in 2040, down from 32 % in 2016.

NEW YORK, April 12 (Reuters)- Global energy giants Chevron Corp and Exxon Mobil have asked U.S. regulators for exemptions to the nation's biofuels policy that have historically been reserved for small companies in financial distress, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The Program applies the latest thinking in public finance and resource policy to assess how governments can improve the global competitiveness of the energy sector, improve the understanding of the need for energy market access, foster the innovation that will create the energy sector of the future, and help policymakers collaborate locally, nationally and globally.

A report by the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute noted that European nations included offshore wind in national energy policies and established feed - in tariffs to provide incentives for deployment.

To guide the efforts, Bush created a cabinet - level global change committee headed by the secretaries of energy and commerce in collaboration with the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

«Global deployment of advanced natural gas production technology could double or triple the global natural gas production by 2050, but greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow in the absence of climate policies that promote lower carbon energy sources.&Global deployment of advanced natural gas production technology could double or triple the global natural gas production by 2050, but greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow in the absence of climate policies that promote lower carbon energy sources.&global natural gas production by 2050, but greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow in the absence of climate policies that promote lower carbon energy sources.»

The combined effect of the three, the scientists found, is that the global energy system could experience unprecedented changes in the growth of natural gas production and significant changes to the types of energy used, but without much reduction to projected climate change if new mitigation policies are not put in place to support the deployment of renewable energy technologies.

A new analysis of global energy use, economics and the climate shows that without new climate policies, expanding the current bounty of inexpensive natural gas alone would not slow the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions worldwide over the long term, according to a study appearing today in Nature.

Concerns about global warming and oil's imminent demise have caused scientists and policy - makers to look for solutions in both the future and the past: to new technologies such as nuclear fusion, multijunction photovoltaics, and fuel cells — and to traditional energy sources such as water power, wind power, and (sustainable) biomass cultivation (coupled with clean and energy - efficient combustion).

Increased use of natural gas is the best bet for cleaner energy in the near term, agreed fellow panelist John Reilly, a senior lecturer at M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management and co-director of the school's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.

-- After reviewing the report required by subsection (a), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in concurrence with the Secretary of Agriculture, may, by regulation and after public notice and comment, modify the non-Federal lands portion of the definition of «renewable biomass» in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 in order to advance the goals of increasing America's energy independence, protecting the environment, and reducing global warming pollEnergy Regulatory Commission, in concurrence with the Secretary of Agriculture, may, by regulation and after public notice and comment, modify the non-Federal lands portion of the definition of «renewable biomass» in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 in order to advance the goals of increasing America's energy independence, protecting the environment, and reducing global warming pollenergy independence, protecting the environment, and reducing global warming pollution.

A Congressional committee concerned with energy could be — and indeed should be — a key player in exploring policy options to deal with the global warming threat.

It's put climate change leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajectory.

Regardless, the dilemmas facing one region are ultimately linked to the dilemmas in others because any policy action in the GCC, Asia, Europe, North America or Africa will have ripple effects across the global energy and economic landscape.

The Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Qatar Leadership Centre hosted a roundtable on February 15 - 16, 2017, in Doha, Qatar, to discuss some of the most pressing challenges facing market participants in the global energy landscape, with a focus on several issues of paramount interest to Qatar and the broader Gulf Cooperation Council Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Qatar Leadership Centre hosted a roundtable on February 15 - 16, 2017, in Doha, Qatar, to discuss some of the most pressing challenges facing market participants in the global energy landscape, with a focus on several issues of paramount interest to Qatar and the broader Gulf Cooperation Council energy landscape, with a focus on several issues of paramount interest to Qatar and the broader Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Over two dozen lawmakers who favored efforts to clamp down on heat - trapping emissions were swept away on Tuesday's anti-incumbent wave, ushering in a new class of Republicans who doubt global warming science and want to upend President Barack Obama's environmental and energy policies.

As Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs, Environment, and Energy, Ms. Solomon is responsible for leading the FAA's efforts to foster the safety and capacity of the global aerospace system in an environmentally sound manner.

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«Imagine basing a country's energy and economic policy on an incomplete, unproven theory — a theory based entirely on computer models in which one minor variable (CO2) is considered the sole driver for the entire global climate system.»

Long ago, Jesse Ausubel, a veteran Rockefeller University analyst of global resource and environmental trends, asserted that, «in general, politicians are pulling on disconnected levers» at the intersection of energy and environmental policy.

But there's also the broadest, and most important, question: In the wake of this unfolding calamity, what is the best approach to building an energy policy for the long haul that fosters economic progress (as distinct from simple economic growth) while limiting environmental risks ranging from tainted beaches and fisheries to global warming?

President - elect Barack Obama sent a video message to a summit meeting on global warming organized by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, implying that despite the continuing economic turmoil, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will remain a central component of Mr. Obama's energy, environmental and economic policies.

A Congressional committee concerned with energy could be — and indeed should be — a key player in exploring policy options to deal with the global warming threat.

Finally, on the policy side, if there's evidence that existing technology is inadequate to affordably decarbonize a growing global energy system on a scale that would matter to the climate, and it's clear that we've utterly disinvested in energy research for decades, it's my job to write that, as I did in 2006, and repeat it on the blog as much as necessary.

1) The global energy infrastructure and investment is such that it will be impossible to switch fast enough away from fossil if we are going to meet 550ppm CO2 stabilisation (I actually think we should go for 450ppm but most policy uses double pre-industrial as the desired stabilisation) in time.

He stated flatly at a recent meeting on climate science and policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, that the primacy of energy demands in developing countries will prevent a carbon price from working to cut the carbon from global energy menus any time soon.

However, it is not hard to see that some of those who have attempted to perpetrate this tale about man - made global warming are more interested in climate change as a way of increasing the power of government over all of our lives instead of implementing a sensible energy policy.

To learn more, I urge you to read «The History and Future of the Clean Energy Ministerial,» an essay by David Sandalow, a former Obama administration energy official who was involved in the early days of the ministerial and now, as a fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, offers five ways to boost the impact of these meeEnergy Ministerial,» an essay by David Sandalow, a former Obama administration energy official who was involved in the early days of the ministerial and now, as a fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, offers five ways to boost the impact of these meeenergy official who was involved in the early days of the ministerial and now, as a fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, offers five ways to boost the impact of these meeEnergy Policy, offers five ways to boost the impact of these meetings.

In Shellenberger's variant, you need to add the words «in China» to any claim about the role of an energy technology or policy in fighting global warming and see if it still holds uIn Shellenberger's variant, you need to add the words «in China» to any claim about the role of an energy technology or policy in fighting global warming and see if it still holds uin China» to any claim about the role of an energy technology or policy in fighting global warming and see if it still holds uin fighting global warming and see if it still holds up.

However, it is not hard to see that some of those who have attempted to perpetrate the concept of man - made global warming are more interested in climate change as a way of increasing the power of government over all of our lives instead of implementing a sensible energy policy.

As debates over national and global climate and energy policy continue to drag out, there's been an intensifying exploration of climate miscommunication among those seeking concrete actions that will make a noticeable difference in the atmosphere someday.

Almost all the experts I've talked to in 20 years of exploring the entwined climate and energy challenges agree that satisfying global energy demand while limiting human influence on climate will require revolutionary advances in both policy and technology.

Political and economic forces affecting energy use and fuel choice make it unlikely that the CO2 issue will have a major impact on energy policies until convincing observations of the global warming are in hand.

This might be a good time to reflect on the prospects for building support for a fundamental reexamination of incentives and disincentives in energy and innovation policy that could help America lead the way toward a global energy menu that can work for the long haul — and not just for an array of vested interests.

In 2006, I interviewed dozens of experts on energy, climate, and the economy for a story in our ongoing Energy Challenge series, and more than a few warned then that, in the world of politics and policy, the need to deal with a growing global oil crunch could well trump the need to curb greenhouse gases and limit long - term climate riskIn 2006, I interviewed dozens of experts on energy, climate, and the economy for a story in our ongoing Energy Challenge series, and more than a few warned then that, in the world of politics and policy, the need to deal with a growing global oil crunch could well trump the need to curb greenhouse gases and limit long - term climate energy, climate, and the economy for a story in our ongoing Energy Challenge series, and more than a few warned then that, in the world of politics and policy, the need to deal with a growing global oil crunch could well trump the need to curb greenhouse gases and limit long - term climate riskin our ongoing Energy Challenge series, and more than a few warned then that, in the world of politics and policy, the need to deal with a growing global oil crunch could well trump the need to curb greenhouse gases and limit long - term climate Energy Challenge series, and more than a few warned then that, in the world of politics and policy, the need to deal with a growing global oil crunch could well trump the need to curb greenhouse gases and limit long - term climate riskin the world of politics and policy, the need to deal with a growing global oil crunch could well trump the need to curb greenhouse gases and limit long - term climate risks.

But overall, the focus on resilience, the push for a global boost in basic inquiry aimed at advancing non-polluting energy sources, improved monitoring and a flexible policy that evolves as information flows seems a good fit for the challenges ahead.

A commentary in this week's issue of the journal Nature adds to the chorus of economists, climate scientists and experts in energy policy saying that the major approaches to combating global warming are deeply flawed.

I wish that people who write articles about global warming and others who affect and make energy policy like the environmentalists and the teary eyed soccer moms who support them, had some training in science, technology and economics.

Steven E. Koonin, once the Obama administration's undersecretary of energy for science and chief scientist at BP, stirred up a swirl of turbulence in global warming discourse this week after The Wall Street Journal published «Climate Science is Not Settled,» his essay calling for more frankness about areas of deep uncertainty in climate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much as data.

Click back to my 2006 article, «Budgets Falling in Race to Fight Global Warming,» to see data on energy research at that time from the invaluable A.A.A.S. R&D Budget and Policy Program.

Natural gas grows to account for a quarter of global energy demand in the New Policies Scenario by 2040, becoming the second - largest fuel in the global mix after oil.

It compared coal owners» business as usual plans and member state phase - out policies with the International Energy Agency's Beyond 2 °C Scenario (IEA B2DS), which phases out all coal power in the EU by 2030 and gives a 50 % chance of limiting global warming to 1.75 °C.

He told producers that if current policies remain in place global energy demand will grow by 25 % by 2015, and by that time oil demand will reach 99.5 mb / d.

A 2011 Pike Research report projects that even without new pro-geothermal policies, global investment in this energy source will more than double from $ 3 billion in 2010 to $ 6.8 billion in 2020.

Despite their recent flattening, global energy - related CO2 emissions increase slightly to 2040 in the New Policies Scenario.

The scale of China's clean energy deployment, technology exports and outward investment makes it a key determinant of momentum behind the low - carbon transition: one - third of the world's new wind power and solar PV is installed in China in the New Policies Scenario, and China also accounts for more than 40 % of global investment in electric vehicles (EVs).

In the New Policies Scenario, global energy needs rise more slowly than in the past but still expand by 30 % between today and 204In the New Policies Scenario, global energy needs rise more slowly than in the past but still expand by 30 % between today and 204in the past but still expand by 30 % between today and 2040.

With a business - as - usual energy policy, global climate models project a 70 - percent reduction in the amount of snow pack for the western United States by mid-century.