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PlanetPolicy

Building back better: Why Europe must lead a global green recovery

David G. Victor

June 11, 2020

United States Treasury check with US currency. Illustrates IRS tax refund or coronavirus economic impact stimulus payments to taxpayers affected by the pandemic.

Climate Change

After COVID-19, green investment must deliver jobs to get political traction

Ryan Hanna, Yangyang Xu, and David G. Victor

Nature Tuesday, June 9, 2020

oil pumpjacks with bar graph overlay

Essay

Why are fossil fuels so hard to quit?

Monday, June 8, 2020

Flames rise near trees during a wildfire dubbed the Cave Fire burning in the hills of Santa Barbara, California, U.S., November 26, 2019. REUTERS/David McNew

Order from Chaos

Play the game: A president’s climate quandary

Monday, June 8, 2020

A group of U.S. Forest Service firefighters monitor a back fire while battling to save homes at the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S. November 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC13174EDFB0

Climate Change

The pandemic won’t save the climate

David G. Victor

Thursday, May 7, 2020

A Greenpeace activist makes adjustments while hanging from the ceiling inside a giant model of the globe near Konin open mine, 70 km from Poznan, western Poland December 3, 2008. Greenpeace established a camp to protest against the damage it says the Konin mine is doing to the climate, regional tourism and farming, and against the planned opening of new sites. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND) - GM1E4C406SK01

PlanetPolicy

COVID-19 and climate: Your questions, our answers

Pablo Vieira, Stéphane Hallegatte, Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, and Todd Stern

Thursday, April 23, 2020

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Energy Industry

What drove oil prices through the floor this week?

Samantha Gross and David Dollar

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Wind turbines used to generate electricity are seen at a wind farm in Guazhou, 950km (590 miles) northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province September 15, 2013. China is pumping investment into wind power, which is more cost-competitive than solar energy and partly able to compete with coal and gas. China is the world's biggest producer of CO2 emissions, but is also the world's leading generator of renewable electricity. Environmental issues will be under the spotlight during a working group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which will meet in Stockholm from September 23-26. Picture taken September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E99M14RR01

Energy Industry

A “green” silver lining to an oil-patch cloud

Monday, April 20, 2020

A picture taken on March 5, 2020 shows the headquarters of OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, in Geneva, Switzerland. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

Order from Chaos

No winners, only strange bedfellows, from the new OPEC+ deal

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

wildfire

Climate Change

A foreign policy for the climate: How American leadership can avert catastrophe

Todd Stern and John Podesta

Foreign Affairs May/June 2020

A general view shows Toyosu Hydrogen Station, newly-opened hydrogen refuelling station operated by Tokyo Gas, at Toyosu district in Tokyo, Japan, January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Yuka Obayashi - RC2ZGE9XORCV

Climate Change

The paths to net zero: How technology can save the planet

Inês Azevedo, Michael R. Davidson, Jesse Jenkins, Valerie Karplus, and David G. Victor

Foreign Affairs May/June 2020

A Chinese investor looks at stock index and prices of shares (red for price rising and green for price falling) at a stock brokerage house in Nanjing city, east China's Jiangsu province, 14 February 2019.The China stock market on Thursday wrote a finish to the five-day winning streak in which it had surged almost 150 points or 5.9 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just beneath the 2,720-point plateau and it may extend its losses on Friday (15 February 2019). The global forecast for the Asian markets is mixed to lower on concerns for trade and the outlook for interest rates. The European and U.S. markets were mostly lower and the Asian markets are likely to open in similar fashion. The SCI finished barely lower on Thursday following losses from the energy producers, while the financials and properties came in mixed. For the day, the index dipped 1.37 points or 0.05 percent to finish at 2,719.70 after trading between 2,707.49 and 2,729.46. The Shenzhen Composite Index rose 9.16 points or 0.66 percent to end at 1,398.84.No Use China. No Use France.

Order from Chaos

Forecasting energy futures amid the coronavirus outbreak

David G. Victor

Friday, April 3, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. Picture taken August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo

Podcast Episode

How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting global energy markets?

Samantha Gross and Adrianna Pita

Monday, March 30, 2020

A nearly empty East 42nd Street is seen in midtown Manhattan as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in New York City, New York, U.S., March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Order from Chaos

Will investments in greener energy be yet another victim of the coronavirus?

Monday, March 23, 2020

A pipe for transporting carbon dioxide to removal equipment is shown at the Tomakomai carbon, capture and storage (CCS) test site in Tomakomai, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan March 22, 2018. Picture taken on March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron Sheldrick - RC1759108FB0

Energy Industry

Inside ‘Project Odessa,’ an experiment in greener fossil-fuel power

Monday, March 16, 2020