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Pursuing a Low-Carbon Action Plan: The Case of Chongqing City
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2017-05)
China has committed to stabilize its greenhouse gas emissions and increase the percent of non-fossil fuel energy to 20% by 2030. This goal will require significant programmatic and policy changes across all sectors of its ...
Foundations of Decarbonization in China: A Post-2030 Perspective
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2017-07)
The Harvard-Tsinghua Workshop on Low-Carbon Development and Public Policy is the fourth annual joint workshop between the Harvard Kennedy School’s Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Center for Science, ...
The Future of Carbon Offset Markets
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2020-10)
Corporations, organizations, and even governments are purchasing offsets to reduce their carbon footprint. This policy brief provides an overview of the offset process – who buys them, who produces them, and who certifies ...
Harvard-Tsinghua Workshop on Low-Carbon Development and Public Policy
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2018-09)
On June 7, 2018, the Harvard Kennedy School’s Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Center for Science, Technology, and Education Policy at Tsinghua University held the fifth annual Tsinghua-Harvard Workshop ...
Hydrogen Deployment at Scale: The Infrastructure Challenge
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-08)
Clean hydrogen is experiencing unprecedented momentum as confidence in its ability to accelerate decarbonization efforts across multiple sectors is rising. New projects are announced almost every week. For example, an ...
Comparative Assessment of China and U.S. Policies to Meet Climate Change Targets
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2017-02)
China and the United States together emit more than 40 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide (CO2) according to the latest available data.[1] Therefore any successful global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must ...
Biofuels and the Water-Energy Nexus: Perspectives for the United States
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-11)
This paper focuses on liquid biofuels, especially corn-based ethanol, and the energy-water nexus. It examines the implications of potential land area expansion for increased biofuel production and on water supply availability. ...
The Challenges of Decarbonizing the U.S. Electric Grid by 2035
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2022-02)
The Biden administration has established a national goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035 and reaching net-zero economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To realize these goals, the United States must not only ...
The Role of Electric Vehicles in Decarbonizing China’s Transportation Sector
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2019-04)
The Chinese government has repeatedly embraced a goal of developing and deploying electric vehicles (EVs) as it attempts to transition its passenger fleet away from conventional gasoline and diesel-fueled cars. China’s ...
Mission Hydrogen: Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy
(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2021-10)
To accelerate the global transition to a low-carbon economy, all energy systems must be actively decarbonized. While hydrogen has been a staple in the energy and chemical industries for decades, clean hydrogen – defined ...