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China’s Slowing Oil Demand Growth Is Likely to Persist and Could Impact Markets
China’s demand for oil, long an important driver of global oil demand growth, slowed dramatically during January–September 2024. Between 2000 and 2023, China accounted for 50 percent of...
Podcasts
Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Where Climate and Trade Policy Meet
In passing and signing the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, Congress and the Biden administration infused hundreds of billions of dollars into the energy transition. It was the...
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November 21, 2024
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Careers in Sustainable Startups
Gender disparities in entrepreneurship are stark. Only one in every three businesses is owned by a woman.
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• Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Amar Bhardwaj
Energy Technology Policy Fellow at the International Energy Agency
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Relevant Articles
Scientists reiterate concerns about climate-warming hydrogen leaks
As the science about the climate impact of hydrogen becomes clearer, discussions on whether a dedicated law is needed to detect and repair leaks from infrastructure are also gaining momentum.
News and Publications
by Zhiyuan Fan, Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Amar Bhardwaj + 3 more •
Euractiv
• November 20, 2023
Technology options and policy design to facilitate decarbonization of chemical manufacturing
External Publications
by Caleb M. Woodall, Zhiyuan Fan, Yushan Lou + 3 more •
Science Direct
• November 22, 2022
Green Hydrogen in a Circular Carbon Economy: Opportunities and Limits
As global warming mitigation and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction become increasingly urgent to counter climate change, many nations have announced net-zero emission targets as a commitment to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Evaluating Net-Zero Industrial Hubs in the United States: A Case Study of Houston
New legislation, corporate action, and public interest have created both an imperative and opportunities associated with rapid and profound CO2 reduction and removal.
Opportunities and Limits of CO2 Recycling in a Circular Carbon Economy: Techno-economics, Critical Infrastructure Needs, and Policy Priorities
Despite growing efforts to drastically cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and address climate change, energy outlooks project that the world will continue to rely on certain products that are currently carbon-intensive to produce but have limited alternatives, such as aviation fuels and concrete.
Levelized Cost of Carbon Abatement: An Improved Cost-Assessment Methodology for a Net-Zero Emissions World
New policies are needed to achieve the net-zero emissions required to address climate change.
