Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Gazprom has dominated the Russian gas industry. However, the markets in which it operates have changed dramatically, with the company increasingly being challenged at home and abroad. At this critical moment, this insightful book analyses the involvement of the Russian gas industry in the changing international gas market and the dramatic implications for Russia’s role as a global supplier of gas in the future.
Monograph Chapter
In The Globalization of Russian Gas
James Henderson and Arild Moe
- Published:
- 2 December 2019
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2019
Research Review
In The Economics of Climate Resilience and Adaptation
Sam Fankhauser
- Published in print:
- 28 Oct 2019
Collection:
Economics 2019
Sam Fankhauser
Managing climate change requires action on both its causes (reducing emissions) and its consequences (adapting to impacts that can no longer be avoided). Human societies can thrive in many climatic conditions. However, such adaptation is not necessarily smooth, and it cannot be taken for granted. This review synthesises the contribution of economics to the study and practice of climate resilience and adaptation, identifying some of the most influential articles by economists on climate change adaptation since the topic became a subject of academic interest.
Sam Fankhauser
Research Review
In The Economics of Climate Resilience and Adaptation
Sam Fankhauser
- Published in print:
- 28 Oct 2019
Collection:
Economics 2019
Research Review
In The Economics of Climate Resilience and Adaptation
Sam Fankhauser
- Published in print:
- 28 Oct 2019
Collection:
Economics 2019
Monograph Chapter
In Energy Innovation for the Twenty-First Century
Jim Skea, Renée van Diemen, Matthew Hannon, Evangelos Gazis and Aidan Rhodes
- Published:
- 27 September 2019
Collection:
Economics 2019
Energy Innovation for the Twenty-First Century
Accelerating the Energy Revolution
Jim Skea, Renée van Diemen, Matthew Hannon, Evangelos Gazis and Aidan Rhodes
This book addresses the question: how effective are countries in promoting the innovation needed to facilitate an energy transition? At the heart of the book is a set of empirical case studies covering supply and demand side technologies at different levels of maturity in a variety of countries. The case studies are set within an analytical framework encompassing the functions of technological innovation systems and innovation metrics. The book concludes with lessons and recommendations for effective policy intervention.
Research Review
In International Environmental Agreements
Peter H. Sand
- Published in print:
- 28 Jul 2019
Collection:
Law 2019
Peter H. Sand
There has been an exponential growth in international environmental treaty-making over the past fifty years, to the point of ‘treaty congestion’ – with a total of more than 1,300 multilateral (global and regional) agreements on the topic and close to 3,000 bilateral ones currently in force. This research review addresses this phenomenon from a variety of disciplinary perspectives: international law, political science, and ‘ecological economics’. The objective is comparative analysis, with a view to identifying common features and common problems of transnational environmental regimes, in light of their historical evolution, their application and effectiveness in practice, and possible lessons learned in their institutional ‘interplay’ with each other.