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Energy Explained
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Q&A: Repercussions of Saudi Oil Decisions Amid Competing Trump and OPEC+ Priorities
During a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, President Donald Trump urged Saudi Arabia and OPEC to increase oil production to lower prices and exert...
Events
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February 13, 2025 - February 14, 2025
The Energy Transition from a Fiscal Angle: An Overview of Current Challenges and Mitigation Policies
This workshop will be conducted in two parts: Part one on February 12 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EST, and Part two on February 13 from 2:00...
Event
• Center on Global Energy Policy
Edmund Downie
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Relevant Articles
Better disclosure rules can help China’s financial markets work for the climate
The markets are seeing enhanced climate disclosures, but there’s a need for more consistent reporting and uniform application of rules across market sectors
Q&A | China’s Climate Disclosure Regime
Photo via Wikimedia Commons. A new report published by the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA, “China’s Climate Disclosure Regime: How Regulations, Politics, and...
China Is Asking Companies to Disclose Their Climate Plans. 5 Takeaways.
Competition between the U.S. and China for leadership of the low-carbon economy is alive and well, despite the agreement to restart climate cooperation in the run-up to the COP28 climate conference.
China oil majors improve ESG reporting, but lag peers, research finds
China's Hong Kong-listed oil companies have improved their ESG reporting under international regulatory and investor pressure, but they lag foreign peers, research showed on Wednesday.
China’s Climate Disclosure Regime: How Regulations, Politics, and Investors Shape Corporate Climate Reporting
This report offers the most comprehensive English-language analysis to date of China’s climate disclosure regime.
Gatekeepers of the Transition: How Provinces Are Adapting to China’s National Decarbonization Pledges
Commentary
by Edmund Downie • November 22, 2021
Getting to 30-60: How China’s Biggest Coal Power, Cement, and Steel Corporations Are Responding to National Decarbonization Pledges
In September 2020, China announced its intentions to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
Reports
by Edmund Downie • August 25, 2021
Powering the Globe: Lessons from Southeast Asia for China’s Global Energy Interconnection Initiative
China’s Global Energy Interconnection (GEI) initiative presents a transformational vision for meeting the world’s growing power demand with a globally interconnected electricity grid.
Reports
by Edmund Downie • April 23, 2020
