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Our experts offer practical guidance to help authorities choose the right system of electricity generation and reduce consumption of fossil-based transport fuels, and to implement international climate change commitments.
We work side-by-side with local partners for less costly, more equitable energy systems. Aware of international policy developments, we identify wasteful practices, encourage new thinking, engage civil society and support policy reform.
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Towards a Low Carbon, Climate Resilient Ontario: IISD input to MOECC’s Climate Change Discussion Paper
The Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change released its Ontario Climate Change Discussion Paper 2015. This brief outlines IISD’s response to proposed actions related to:Supporting...
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Diesel Subsidy Reform in India: Lessons learned
The Indian government’s declaration of a formal end to diesel price regulation in October 2014 marked the culmination of a two-year process of price reform.The effective removal of diesel subsidies...
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Energy Pricing, Energy Supply and FDI Competitiveness in Viet Nam: An assessment of foreign investor sentiment
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has made a major contribution to Viet Nam’s impressive structural transformation and economic growth since the 1990s.As the country continues to pursue an ambitious...
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Lessons Learned From China's Residential Tiered Electricity Pricing Reform
Because electricity is an essential commodity for everyday life, the Chinese government mostly regulates its retail price. This paper reviews and evaluates the tiered electricity pricing reform in China, examining the impacts on equity, efficiency and subsidy expenditure.
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Recent Developments in Egypt’s Fuel Subsidy Reform Process
In July 2014, Egypt introduced long-awaited energy subsidy cuts. These had been in the pipeline for over five years, but repeatedly delayed by political instability.Their announcement was therefore...
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Synthesis Report: China's Low-Carbon Readiness and Competitiveness 2015
China’s drive to develop a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy is a top priority of the government, placing pressure on the industrial development zones (IDZs) to respond to a growing and...
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Implementing Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management Systems for Economic Zones in China
China is aggressively pursuing the development of low-carbon economic zones, and while there has been substantial work done to define targets and indicators for achieving greenhouse gas (GHG)...
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Policy Trends and Drivers of Low-Carbon Development in China’s Industrial Zones
With China’s 2009 Copenhagen Accord commitment to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of its economy by 40–45 per cent by 2020, the government has moved on regulations and incentives to improve...
Our experts
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Andrea Bassi
Senior Associate -
Christopher Beaton
Lead, Sustainable Energy Consumption -
Christophe Bellmann
Associate -
Charly Blais
Communications Assistant, Energy -
Richard Bridle
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Renewable Energy -
Vanessa Corkal
Policy Analyst, Energy -
Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate -
Vibhuti Garg
Associate and Senior Energy Specialist -
Philip Gass
Lead, Transitions -
Anna Geddes
Associate, Energy Program -
Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Lead, Sustainable Energy Supplies -
Tristan Irschlinger
Policy Advisor, Fisheries Subsidies -
Avet Khachatryan
Associate -
Tara Laan
Associate -
Lucky Lontoh
Associate and Country Coordinator -
Tom Moerenhout
Associate -
Mostafa Mostafa
Policy Analyst, Energy -
Deborah Murphy
Senior Associate -
Yuliia Oharenko
Associate -
Louie Porta
Senior Associate -
Paulina Resich
Media and Communications Officer -
Joachim Roth
Associate, Energy Program -
Lourdes Sanchez
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Indonesia -
Myriam Schmid
Senior Operations Manager, Energy -
Shruti Sharma
Associate and Energy Specialist -
Ronald Steenblik
Senior Fellow -
Seton Stiebert
Associate -
Anissa Suharsono
Associate, Energy Program -
Alice Tipping
Lead, Fisheries Subsidies -
Vasileia Tsiatoura
Program Assistant -
Balasubramanian Viswanathan
Associate, Energy Program -
Peter Wooders
Senior Director, Energy