With the occurrence of more frequent and intense climate change events, transportation
systems, including their infrastructure and operations become increasingly vulnerable …

A low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) is a market-based policy that specifies declining
standards for the average lifecycle fuel carbon intensity (AFCI) of transportation fuels sold in …

China is implementing what is expected to become the world's largest CO 2 emissions
trading system. To reduce emissions, the nation employs a tradable performance standard …

Road freight transportation is a key enabler of global economic activity while also a central
consumer of fossil fuels, which presents a challenge in realising a low-carbon future. To …

Subsidies to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy have been widely adopted.
We study the California Solar Initiative and find upfront rebates have a large effect on …

This paper quantifies how international trade affects CO2 emissions and analyzes the
welfare consequences of regulating the CO2 emissions from shipping. To this end, the …

Emissions from electric vehicles depend on when they are charged and which power plants
meet the electricity demand. We introduce a new metric, the critical emissions factors …

China has launched a national level carbon emissions trading market with a rate-based cap
and benchmarks in the power generation sector. This emissions trading system (ETS) differs …

Legislation passed in 2007 by the US Congress increased by about 1.3 billion bushels the
net amount of corn required to be processed annually into ethanol for motor‐fuel use. We …

Existing energy policies remain well short of achieving a rapid transformation to a low
carbon system of energy supply. One of the principal reasons has been political resistance …