Sequencing to Ratchet Up Climate Policy Stringency
Journal article
The Paris Agreement formulates the goal of GHG neutrality in the second half of this century.
Energy and Environment Policy Lab at UC Berkeley, Jonas Meckling
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The Paris Agreement formulates the goal of GHG neutrality in the second half of this century.
News, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jonas Meckling for winning the Evan Ringquist Best Paper Award from the American Political Science Association. The award recognizes Meckling and Jonas Nahm‘s paper “The Power of Process: State Capacity and Climate
Journal article
When do states forge technological change in mature industries?
Journal article
State capacity is central to the provision of public goods, including environmental protection…
Journal article
Many economists have long held that carbon pricing—either through a carbon tax or cap-and-trade—is the most cost-effective way to decarbonize energy systems…
Journal article
The emerging transition to renewable energy, such as wind and solar photovoltaics, creates winners and losers in electricity markets. Here, we provide the first cross-national study of renewable energy ownership in the EU and the US.
Forum article
Jane Flegal on responsible solar geoengineering research: What does responsibility mean, and for whom?
Journal articles, ISQ and NPE
How the globalization of solar shaped business interests, and why policymakers created trade barriers nonetheless.
Journal article, EJIR
What are the origins of global regulation? This article proposes that the developmental state — the state investing in economic development — can be a source of global environmental regulation.
Journal article, Energy Policy
While the US and China cooperated in renewable energy development, since 2011 the countries have engaged in a protracted and major trade dispute in the solar photovoltaics industry…