Working Papers
The Reformed Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC Promoting Transparency & Accountability
Published: 2nd March 2010| By: Luis Gomez-Echeverri
The fight against climate change needs the full engagement of developing countries. And for this to happen argues Luis Gomez-Echeverri national institutions with the capacity to identify priorities and manage the resources for action are urgently needed. The report focuses on the institutional needs and best practices already found.
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The Reformed Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC: Renegotiating the role of civil society in the governance of climate change.
Published: 2nd March 2010| By: Anju Sharma
To what extent have existing institutions for climate change finance succeeded in bringing the voices of poor and disadvantaged sections of civil society to the decision-making table? This paper by Anju Sharma analyses the models for civil society engagement adopted by the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds. It finds that [...]
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Copenhagen 2009: Failure or final wake-up call for our leaders?
Published: 2nd March 2010| By: Benito Müller
The OIES Energy and Environment paper by Dr Benito Müller looks at the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and evaluates what happened and suggests what lessons ought to be learned. Review – Teaching Climate Law
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Emissions Trading with Profit-Neutral Permit Allocations
Published: 2nd March 2010| By: Cameron Hepburn, John K. H. Quah, Robert Ritz
This paper examines the impact of an emissions trading scheme (ETS) on industry output price costs emissions market shares and proits. We develop formulae for the number of emissions permits that have to be freely allocated to firms in order to neutralize any adverse impact the ETS may have on proits. Under quite general conditions [...]
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LNG Trade-flows in the Atlantic Basin: Trends and Discontinuities
Published: 1st March 2010| By: Howard Rogers
This paper is written at a time of significant change in the markets which import Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for some or all of their natural gas requirements. In 2009, the weak natural gas demand (a consequence of the global economic recession) observed in key Asian LNG importing countries, Europe and North America provided an [...]
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Natural Gas in the UK: An Industry in Search of a Policy?
Published: 1st February 2010| By: John Elkins
Natural gas plays a central role in the UK (and the world) energy market in the first decade of the 21st century, but is facing the prospect of a decline in its importance as environmental factors combine to reduce the importance of natural gas and the other carbon-based fuels. This will inevitably result in the [...]
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The Turkish-Iranian Gas Relationship: Politically Successful, Commercially Problematic
Published: 1st January 2010| By: Elin Kinnander
With proven natural gas reserves standing at 991.6 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), Iran holds the world’s second largest gas reserves after Russia1. Since the Islamic revolution in 1979, the production of gas in Iran has mainly been intended to meet the domestic demand2. However, at the end of 2001 Iran began to export gas to [...]
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Oil Market Dynamics through the Lens of the 2002-2009 Price Cycle
Published: 1st January 2010| By: Bassam Fattouh
During the period 2002 to 2008, the oil market experienced a sustained increase in prices with the annual average price rising year-on-year for seven consecutive years. This boom, however, ended with a spectacular collapse towards the end of 2008. These sharp price movements captured public and political attention and raised concerns within both major consumers [...]
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The Role of Natural Gas in the Dutch Energy Transition: Towards low-carbon electricity supply
Published: 1st January 2010| By: Floris van Foreest
The issue of climate change and its consequences is increasingly acknowledged on a global level and the idea of moving towards a low-carbon economy is increasingly becoming conventional wisdom. However, the actual implementation of emission reduction measures is a complicated process that is subject to many uncertainties and conflicting political and economic interests. Meanwhile, global [...]
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Natural Gas in Greece and Albania: Supply and Demand Prospects to 2015
Published: 1st December 2009| By: Anastasios Giamouridis
In the wake of the January 2009 Russia-Ukraine crisis, south east Europe began to receive more attention from the European gas community with the realisation that, for these markets, security of supply is a far more urgent issue than for most of north west Europe. However, because – with the exception of Romania – there [...]
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