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The Case for Nature-Based Solutions
Richter, Penn Professor of German and Dutch Studies
The Carbon Shock: Investor Response to the British Columbia Carbon Tax
the context of financial and economic risk. After the former Bank of ... a variety of fields not only limited to finance and economics have ... affect economic variables, and additionally, investor behavior
Can Local Participation Help Solve the Oil Curse?
handful of multinational “supermajors” and state-run firms. Local private firms typically lack the know-how, financing, and technology to conduct the capital-intensive work of drilling and pumping oil. But this
Tax Substitution as Climate Policy for Hard-to-Decarbonize Sectors
economic activity and, consequently, faces strong resistance from current ... sector accounts for 2.5% of CO2 emissions and 3.5% of the effects leading ... and fast expansion of service networks. Still, alternative fuel
Closing Loopholes in Carbon Offset Regulation
Some carbon emissions are too difficult and expensive to eliminate ... lowest cost possible, many companies and countries plan to use carbon ... patchwork of voluntary registries and standards like the Gold Standard
Can Philly Force the Rotten Roots of PGW to Sprout a Green Transition?
Philadelphia Gas Works—as long as one century and a half—came to a head. The ... mistake” and a “massive failure in leadership.” “The citizens of our city, the customers of PGW, and our own city workers will feel the negative
Decarbonizing Transportation: Is the IRA Enough?
$370 billion in climate and clean energy investments to decarbonize the ... States— and thereby help the country reach the Paris Agreement commitment ... the economy by promoting national industries and creating millions of
Accelerating to Net Zero: Fueling the Clean Energy Transition
This event is a part of Energy Week at Penn, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus. Browse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu View the Presentation
Has Europe’s Emissions Trading Scheme Taken Away a Country’s Ability to Reduce Emissions?
emissions” (Plumer and Popovich 2019). Other examples include Spain’s large ... , and carbon levies on air travel in several European countries. These ... , industrial installations and aviation across the 27 member states. ((The UK
Aarit Bhatnagar
Undergraduate Seminar Fellow 2025 Aarit Bhatnagar is an undergraduate student studying economics and history with a concentration in diplomatic history. He developed an interest in the energy sector after working