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International efforts to halt and reverse nature loss dovetail with aims to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by protecting and expanding so-called carbon sinks, such as forests. But this is only one part of the de-carbonisation puzzle and does not …
30th November 2022
Global biofuel production unlikely to ramp up anytime soon … … as governments instead prioritise EVs as the future of green transport. As such, elevated food prices shouldn’t be exacerbated by biofuels competing for crops. Global food prices are at …
28th November 2022
China’s dominance in the supply of some key materials needed for the green transition means that tracking imports of certain goods from the country can offer a timely, albeit imperfect, window into the rollout of renewable technology elsewhere – …
25th November 2022
The “global” pledge to cut methane emissions by 30% this decade is a worthy aim, but the fact that the world’s biggest emitters have not signed up is far from helpful, and many of the obvious ways to reduce emissions should happen in spite of …
16th November 2022
The most measurable climate pledge made to date has been on climate finance – specifically the commitment by advanced countries to provide $100 billion each year to the emerging world by 2020 to fund adaptation and mitigation. With COP27 underway, this …
7th November 2022
Ahead of the start of COP27 in Egypt on Sunday, this Update explains why one should take the rhetoric of such events with a pinch of salt and focus instead on firm political actions and economic drivers. “COP” stands for ‘Conference of the Parties’ and, …
1st November 2022
Although the energy crisis in Europe has dealt a blow to the EU’s near-term green ambitions, a combination of economic incentives, NextGenEU funding, and geopolitical expediency will cause the bloc to re-double its decarbonisation efforts. However, …
21st October 2022
We don’t think COP27 is likely to achieve much. At the heart of our new Climate Economics coverage is the idea that economic and market forces – far more than government diktat – will drive the green transition. As the challenge of tackling climate change …
20th October 2022
Environmental policy is one channel through which Brazil’s presidential election has global implications. The country is the single largest source of deforestation in the world and, with deforestation often leading to cattle ranching, Brazil plays an …
17th October 2022
Central banks have the tools to deal with liquidity crises arising from rising interest rates and falling asset prices. Instead, the bigger threat is that higher interest rates produce large and simultaneous falls in asset prices that threaten the …
11th October 2022
The purpose of this Focus is to introduce our new dedicated Climate Economics research. It is split into three sections. This first looks at how our coverage will be structured and what topics we will focus on. The second introduces our Climate Databank …
10th October 2022
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3rd October 2022
Drop-In: Spotlight – Economic fracturing, commodities and climate change …
29th September 2022
