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November 2012

Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry

Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), University of Leeds, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science
Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change? This paper constructs new firm-level panel data on auto industry innovation distinguishing between “dirty” (internal combustion engine) and “clean” (e.g.
October 2015

The Emergence of Electromobility. Comparing Technological Pathways in France, Germany, China and India

Oxford University Press

Globally, new forms of electromobility are challenging established transport technologies based on internal combustion engines.

October 2019

Financing Electric and Hybrid-Electric Buses: 10 Questions city decision-makers should ask

World Resources Institute (WRI)
This paper seeks to build on guidance provided by existing literature and dive deeper into some of the financial issues cities face, such as decisions about the different technologies, plans, operations, procurement strategies, regulations, and financing opportunities.
9 January 2018
Research

The Green Economy Barometer: 2017 in review

Ben Martin
The Green Economy Barometer is the Green Economy Coalition's annual stock-take of the global economy, charting the advances and setbacks on the road to a fairer, greener economy, and looking ahead to what's on the horizon.
November 2019

Using Renewables for Electric Vehicle Demand: A Review of Utility Program Designs and Implementation Strategies

World Resources Institute (WRI)
This paper explores the range of approaches and emerging program designs currently used in the United States to match EV loads and renewable energy, with an emphasis on methods that more closely link the timing and location of the EV demand with renewable energy supply.
27 November 2018
Event Updates

How does today’s low-carbon transition compare with past industrial restructuring?

Enrico Botta
Enrico Botta presented his issue paper A review of “transition management” strategies: Lessons for advancing the green low-carbon transition at the GGKP's Sixth Annual Conference, held in conjunction with the OECD's 2018 Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum on the theme of "Inclusive solutions for the green transition: Competitiveness, jobs/skills and social dimensions".
November 2016

Bioenergy and Food Security Assessment for Turkey: Sustainable bioenergy options from crop and livestock residues

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The report Bioenergy and Food Security Assessment for Turkey is structured in five parts and covers a country overview of the agriculture and energy sectors, the assessment of the biomass potential, a techno-economic assessment of the energy end use options, the assessment of the availability of agro-processing residues, and a set of conclusions and recommendations for next steps based on the outcome of the analysis.

Rwanda National Adaptation Programmes of Action to Climate Change

Organisation: 
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Country: 
Rwanda
Rwanda National Adaptation Programmes of Action to Climate Change (NAPA) is articulated on six priority adaptation options to climate change which include:
  • An Integrated Water Resource Management – IWRM;
  • Setting up an information systems to early warning o
June 2012

Green Skills and Environmental Awareness in Vocational Education and Training. Synthesis Report

European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

In the light of the strong policy commitments at European level to the development of a sustainable and resource-efficient economy, in recent years Cedefop has been focusing on ‘green’ growth and its implications for skills and vocational education and training policies.

10 June 2016
Events News

Pan-European Region Makes High-level Commitments Towards Greening Economies: GGKP Highlighted and Makes BIG-E Committment

This week in Batumi, Georgia, during the Eighth Environment for Europe (EfE) conference, governments endorsed the Pan-European Strategic Framework for Greening the Economy by acclamation.

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