Energy & Climate

The Carnegie Energy and Climate Program engages global experts working in energy technology, environmental science, and political economy to develop practical solutions for policy makers around the world. The program aims to provide the leadership and the policy framework necessary for minimizing risks stemming from global climate change and reducing competition for scarce resources.
 
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Urbanization and Unconventional Oils

Global urbanization is inextricably linked with energy consumption. Smarter urban planning and transportation can reduce energy consumption and lower the demand for carbon intensive unconventional oils.

Transportation Energy Taxes Are Well Worth a Try

Transportation energy taxes, when applied along the supply chain, can better allocate the costs of burning fuels, encourage efficiency, raise money for the U.S. transportation system, and help the planet.

China’s Energy and Climate Challenges

The Chinese government takes the issue of tackling climate change very seriously, but a number of further policy steps and initiatives could be adopted.

 
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    On The Line: Oil and Gas Bonanza
    David Burwell December 7, 2012 Voice of America

    Oil and gas supplies are booming around the world as new drilling technologies make it possible to recover untapped resources.

     
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    Unconventional Energy
    David Burwell December 6, 2012 E&E TV

    Today's impasse in energy and cliamte policy in the United States presents an opportunity for presidental leadership as unconventional energy geographies shift to North America.

     
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    From Conventional to Unconventional Oil
    Deborah Gordon September 12, 2012 U.S. Embassy Berlin

    The shift from extracting, processing, and consuming conventional fuel sources to unconventional oils carries a host of still unknown consequences for international economics, technology development, and the environment.

     
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    The Future of Unconventional Oil in the United States
    Deborah Gordon May 15, 2012 E&E News

    Significant policy, climate, and economic challenges face the use of unconventional oil as a new energy resource.

     
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    Carmageddon and Global Congestion
    Deborah Gordon July 15, 2011 NPR's To the Point

    As the recent freeway closure in Los Angeles draws attention to America's reliance on the automobile, it should also prompt policymakers to consider the long-term challenge of global automobile proliferation.

     
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    Russia's Climate Change Record
    David Burwell August 4, 2010 PRI's The World

    Russia has acted to address climate change, but implementation remains problematic. The ongoing drought and forest fires are a wake-up call to the realities of climate change for both Russia’s public and its government officials.

     
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    China's Role at Copenhagen
    Taiya Smith October 15, 2009 The British Embassy's 100 Voices 100 Days

    China has a unique role to play at Copenhagen: it is not a developed country nor is it simply a developing country, but rather somewhere in the middle.

     
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    Oil Pricing
    Dadi Zhou November 25, 2008 China Radio International 中文

    With oil prices tumbling, some experts believe that this is the perfect time for China to reform its oil pricing mechanism, because a higher tax would currently inflict relatively little hardship on consumers. The government should use this rare opportunity to create a pricing system that better reflects the full economic and environmental costs of fuel production and consumption.

     
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    A World of Threats
    Jessica Tuchman Mathews September 4, 2008 Minnesota Public Radio

    Climate change is one of the most pressing threats the next president will face. While the current debate focuses on alternatives to oil, the next administration must recognize that the key priority is demand management.

     
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    China's Performance At Bali Talks
    William Chandler December 17, 2007 E&Etv's OnPoint

    One of the main issues facing the international community as it tries to create a post-2012 climate policy is how to engage developing economies like China and India. This is difficult because of the disparity between local and national governments in China when it comes to enforcing clean energy standards.

     
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    Transport Beyond Oil
    Heather Boyer, David Burwell, Kevin DeGood, Deborah Gordon, Joanne Potter, Deron Lovaas, Billy Fields, John Renne, Tony Hull, Kevin Mills March 22, 2013 Washington, DC

    Seventy percent of the oil America uses each year is consumed by transportation. Any effective strategy to meet U.S. and global climate protection goals therefore requires that oil consumption in the transport sector be significantly reduced.

     
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    U.S.-China Coal Value Chain Exchange Conference
    David Burwell, Kevin Tu March 7, 2013 Washington, DC

    China and the United States are the world’s two largest coal producing economies and account together for more than 60 percent of global coal consumption.

     
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    The Next Generation of Russian Oil: Will the Future Be Unconventional?
    Thane Gustafson, David Burwell, Deborah Gordon January 24, 2013 Washington, D.C.

    It remains to be seen whether Russia will continue to give high priority to Arctic oil development if the tight-oil revolution from North America spreads quickly to Russia, driving a renaissance of West Siberia.

     
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    Transatlantic Dialogue on Sustainable Urban Transport
    Colin Hughes, David Burwell, Shin-pei Tsay, Siegfried Rupprecht, Vincent Leiner January 14, 2013 Washington, D.C.

    Establishing frameworks and institutions to guide the development of urban transport systems remains challenging at both the national and supranational levels.

     
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    Unconventional Oil Symposium
    January 9, 2013 Washington, D.C.

    The array of emerging unconventional oils driven by the investment in new technologies is diverse in terms of resource geographies, make-ups, processing requirements, trade patterns, carbon emissions.

     
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    World Energy Outlook 2012
    Fatih Birol, David Burwell, Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Daniel Poneman, Maria van der Hoeven November 27, 2012 Washington, D.C.

    The World Energy Outlook provides analysis and insight into global energy markets looking ahead over the next 25 years.

     
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    Coal Value Chain Exchange and Climate Solutions Project
    Kevin Tu October 24, 2012 Beijing

    It is important to identify solutions to improve efficiency of the coal value chain, from mining and transport to end use, and to reduce coal’s impacts on the environment.

     
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    National Urban Transport Policy Symposium
    Robert Puentes, Walter Hook, Colin Hughes, Claudio Frederico, Domingos de Aguiar Neto, Manfred Breithaupt, Amado Croda, Javier Bejos, Renato Boareto, Eduardo Vasconcellos, Roy Kienitz, Felipe Targa, David Burwell, Shin-pei Tsay, Annie Weinstock, Michael Replogle, Phillipe Crist, Beth Osborne, Philip Ryneveld, Kumar Lohia, Joshua Schank October 12, 2012 Washington, D.C.

    The National Urban Transport Policy Symposium brought together transportation experts, officials, and politicians from around the world to examine shared challenges and opportunities in national urban transportation policy.

     
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    A Policy Framework for Electric Vehicles
    David Burwell, Daniel Sperling, Deborah Gordon, David Friedman September 24, 2012 Washington, D.C.

    Plug-in electric vehicles stand to both revolutionize American transportation and to have implications for electric utilities, automakers, and the oil and gas industry as well.

     
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    A National Low-Carbon Fuel Standard
    Paul Leiby, Madhu Khanna, Daniel Sperling, Sonia Yeh, Jonathan Rubin July 19, 2012 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

    Transportation in the United States accounts for roughly two thirds of national oil consumption and one third of national greenhouse gas emissions. Transportation policy is therefore crucial to addressing U.S. energy security and global climate change.

     

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Carnegie Experts on Energy & Climate

  • David Burwell
    Director
    Energy and Climate Program

    Burwell is director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Carnegie Endowment. His work focuses on the intersection between energy, transportation, and climate issues, as well as policies and practice reforms to reduce global dependence on fossil fuels.

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  • Deborah Gordon
    Nonresident Senior Associate
    Energy and Climate Program

    Gordon is a nonresident senior associate in Carnegie’s Energy and Climate Program, where her research focuses on oil, climate, energy, and transportation issues in the United States, China, and globally.

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  • Jessica Tuchman Mathews
    President

    Mathews is president of the Carnegie Endowment. Before her appointment in 1997, her career included posts in both the executive and legislative branches of government, in management and research in the nonprofit arena, and in journalism and science policy.

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  • Shin-pei Tsay
    Director of Cities and Transportation
    Energy and Climate Program

    Shin-pei Tsay is the director of Cities and Transportation in the Energy and Climate Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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  • Kevin Tu
    Senior Associate
    Energy and Climate Program

    Tu is a senior associate in Carnegie’s Energy and Climate Program, where he leads the organization’s work on China’s energy and climate policies.

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  • Mark Van Putten
    Visiting Scholar
    Energy and Climate Program

    Van Putten is a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he leads a new project evaluating public-outreach strategies for addressing climate change, global biodiversity loss, and other critical environmental issues.

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  • Wang Tao
    Resident Scholar
    Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    Wang, an expert on climate and energy issues, runs a program at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy that examines China’s climate and energy policies, with particular attention to international climate negotiation, coal, and transportation.

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The Carnegie Energy and Climate Program engages global experts working on issues relating to energy technology, environmental science, and political economy to develop practical solutions for policymakers around the world. The program aims to provide the leadership and the policy framework necessary to minimize the risks that stem from global climate change and to reduce competition for scarce resources.

 
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