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German Energy Transition

A team of international energy experts write on energy transitions around the world, how they work, and what challenges lie ahead.

Questionable methane estimates in the gas industry: the lesson from the U.S.
20.Sep.2018 - 15:00
Have you heard that fracking is terrible for the environment? The problem might be natural gas in general: it turns out that regardless of extraction…
Hambach Forest: the front line of Germany’s Energiewende
18.Sep.2018 - 12:00
While the German government is supposed to set a coal phase-out date, energy utility RWE is putting the breaks on the Energiewende. Police are…
South African cities: battleground for a just transition
17.Sep.2018 - 14:00
South Africa has finally released its climate change bill. The legislation could strengthen municipalities in their transition to renewable energy,…
Stricter CO2 standards for vehicles are not the reason for job losses
13.Sep.2018 - 15:00
Despite negative media reports, environmental regulation cannot be blamed for the coming upheavals in the automobile sector. It’s the failure of…

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Just Governance

Nancy Alexander blogs about the performance of the Group of 20 (G20) and its relationship to other governance bodies.

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Insights on current debates from an unprecedented network of economic analysts from the Global North and the Global South, from eleven countries.