TRANSrisk conducted 15 case studies that explore the transition to low-carbon economies, including 14 country-level case studies and one at the global and regional level.
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Source: Transitions Pathways and Risk Analysis for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Strategies (TRANSrisk)
Date: November 2016
The rapid growth of electric vehicle (EV) charging in the next decade will challenge traditional paradigms of regulation and policy in the electricity sector, according to the authors of this report.
Source: Electricity Innovation Lab Rocky Mountain Institute
This report summarizes the experience of public financing agencies and relevant lessons learned regarding the use of publicly backed guarantees (PBGs) to build clean energy markets.
Source: United Nations
Date: January 2010
This report recommends the following: 1) Governments must provide sufficient and predictable long-term support to solar energy deployment; 2) Policymakers should focus not on solely manufacturing jobs, but on the total number of jobs that could be created (e.g.
Source: World Resources Institute
Date: May 2010
After analysing the current and planned energy efficiency (EE) policies, integrated resource plans and demand-side management plans for all U.S. states, this report creates tiered scenarios for future EE spending and savings.
Source: United States Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Date: October 2009
This report addresses best practices for small hydro systems. Small hydro represents a small but secure and reliable source of renewable energy, however, the transaction costs of realizing that potential are high and provide a major stumbling block to implementation.
Source: European Commission, French Environment and Energy Management Agency
Date: September 2005
This report describes more than 20 specific practices for promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy in U.S. states and cities. Examples of effective implementation are also provided.
Source: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, Alliance to Save Energy, American Council On Renewable Energy
Date: April 2010
This report shows positive correlations between the total number of market transformation policies within a given state and the total megawatt hours of renewable energy generated within that state.
Source: United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Date: October 2009
This report examines the role of coal as an energy source in a world where constraints on carbon emissions are adopted to mitigate global climate change.
Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: January 2007
This report addresses obstacles to commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and provides policy recommendations for successful demonstration programs and project implementation.
Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: December 2009