Money – it’s what (they say) makes the world go round. And mitigating climate change is going to take a lot of it. To reduce emissions, we need to finance solutions such as solar, wind, carbon capture & storage, energy efficient technology, and land-use...
On June 22, I joined a team of energy experts on a field trip to Ruicheng county in China’s Shanxi province. Shanxi is known as “the sea of coal,” and is responsible for almost a quarter of China’s total coal output. However, officials and experts in this small county...
The third annual 1 Gigaton Coalition report, “Renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries: contributions to reducing global emissions,” launched Oct.31 at a release event in Paris. This year’s report expands on two previous iterations, quantifying...
General Purpose Data-Driven Yale is seeking summer student research assistants to contribute a range of projects aimed to bring quantitative rigor and analysis to environmental policymaking. Research projects include measuring urban environmental performance;...
The inaugural report of the 1 Gigaton Coalition, Narrowing the Emissions Gap: Contributions from renewable energy and energy efficiency activities, is now available. This study details the emissions saved after analysing nearly 6,000 renewable energy and energy...
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