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Black Carbon and Kerosene Lighting: An Opportunity for Rapid Action on Climate Change and Clean Energy for Development

April 2013, Arne Jacobson, Nicholas L. Lam, Tami C. Bond and Nathan Hultman

Nathan Hultman, Tami Bond, Nicholas Lam, and Arne Jacobson examine how replacing inefficient kerosene lighting with electric lighting or other clean alternatives can rapidly achieve development and energy access goals, save money and reduce climate warming.

The Clean Energy Ministerial in Delhi: An International Forum to Address National Energy Policy Goals

April 16, 2013, Nathan Hultman

An elderly exercises in the morning as he faces chimneys emitting smoke behind buildings across the Songhua river in Jilin, Jilin province (REUTERS/Stringer).

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Beyond the Climate Impasse: How the Major Economies Forum Can Lead the Way

April 8, 2013, Timmons Roberts

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All-Brookings Priorities

Brookings has identified four critical issues, reflective of today's top public policy concerns, to explore in-depth with focused, cross-program research.