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June 07, 2021

Liberation in theory and in practice: Ethiopia and its political modernities - Laying the Past to Rest by Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe London: Hurst, 2019. Pp. 355. - East Africa after Liberation by Jonathan Fisher Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020

In the Journal of Modern African Studies, Dr. Harry Verhoeven examines the works of Elleni Centime Zeleke, Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe and Jonathan Fisher on Ethiopia. 

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April 16, 2021

Energy Efficiency as a Driver of More and Better Goods and Services

In an article for the World Bank, Philippe Benoit, Silvia Zinetti, Joerie De Wit, and Aditya Lukas argue it is important to recognize benefits of energy efficiency for low- and middle-income countries - and to factor them into economic assessments of projects and programs.

Food and Climate Change InfoGuide
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May 03, 2021

Food and Climate Change InfoGuide

A new InfoGuide provides background on the food system, climate change, the impact of the food system on climate change and the impact of climate change on the food system. It also presents strategies for reducing emissions from the food system and improving the resilience of the food system to climate change.

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March 08, 2021

Low-Carbon Production of Iron & Steel: Technology Options, Economic Assessment, and Policy

In a new article published in Joule, Zhiyuan Fan and Dr. Julio Friedmann review current global iron and steel production and assess available decarbonization technologies.

Energy Transition Face Sheet: Pathways to 100% Clean Electricity
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February 11, 2021

Energy Transition Fact Sheet: Pathways to 100% Clean Electricity

A new fact sheet lays out the steps to decarbonize the US economy at a reasonable cost and on an accelerated timeline by growing and rapidly decarbonizing the power sector, with recommendations for policymakers.

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December 03, 2020

The Lancet Countdown 2020: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change

Climate change is a public health issue. The 2020 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change published in The Lancet medical journal brings together experts from across the globe to track how climate change is affecting our health, including Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy Dr. Melissa C. Lott who examines the impacts of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector.

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August 17, 2020

A Near-Term to Net Zero Alternative to the Social Cost of Carbon for Setting Carbon Prices

In a new article in the journal Nature Climate Change, Noah Kaufman, Alexander R. Barron, Wojciech Krawczyk, Peter Marsters & Haewon McJeon introduce a new approach for pricing carbon -- Near-term to Net Zero.

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July 27, 2020

It’s Time to Put Climate Action at the Center of U.S. Foreign Policy

From the Pentagon to the White House Situation Room, climate change must be considered in every decision.

Sorry, but the Virus Shows Why There Won’t Be Global Action on Climate Change
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March 27, 2020

Sorry, but the Virus Shows Why There Won’t Be Global Action on Climate Change

In his latest essay for Foreign Policy magazine (for which he is now a columnist), Jason Bordoff examines what the response to the Covid-19 pandemic can teach us about how we respond to climate change.

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October 11, 2019

To Combat Climate Change, We Can’t Ignore Agriculture

In his latest Wall Street Journal experts column, Jason Bordoff highlights the importance of focusing on agriculture emissions in climate policy, and examines some of the innovative technologies and practices that make it not only necessary, but increasingly feasible, to reduce the climate impacts of livestock.

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