An Analysis of Climate Change and Renewable Energy Policies in the United States : From the Clinton to Obama Administration

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Ha-Yoon Jung ◽  
Jae-Seung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Policies ◽  
Obama Administration ◽  
Renewable Energy Policies

Keeping Up with the Changing Climate: The WTO’s Evolutive Approach in Response to the Trade and Climate Conundrum

2014 ◽  
pp. 245-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avidan Kent ◽  
Vyoma Jha
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Energy Policies ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Appellate Body ◽  
Policy Tool ◽  
New Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Renewable Energy Policies

Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable Energy Sector (Canada FIT), appears to be the first-ever case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to address the tenuous ‘trade versus climate’ debate in the context of renewable energy policies. Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) for renewable energy, which have emerged as a popular domestic policy tool to address climate change, share an extremely controversial relationship with the international trade regime, especially with the legality of such support schemes increasingly coming under the WTO scanner. In this article, the authors focus on four aspects that emerge from the decisions made by the WTO’s Panel and Appellate Body in this case, namely the clarification of the blurred legal status of renewable energy support schemes under WTO law; a new ‘public goods’ exception; an evolving, “activist” WTO jurisprudence; and the imminent end of domestic content requirements in renewable energy policies. The authors argue in this article that the WTO Panel and Appellate Body’s decisions represent a development of the law, one that is aimed at settling the ever-so-contentious clash between the WTO law on subsidies and climate change support schemes.

Prospects for renewable energy in 2017

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The United States ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Tipping Point ◽  
Content Type

Subject Prospects for renewable energy in 2017. Significance The United States and China, the world’s two largest economies as well as the largest carbon emitters, announced their ratification of the Paris Agreement in September. Earlier this year, prices for renewable energy in select regions set historic lows below fossil-fired plants. Renewable energy seems to have passed the tipping point towards gradual adoption as the primary source of electric power while also hopefully preventing catastrophic climate change.

Multilateralism risks will rise amid World Bank change

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
World Bank ◽  
The United States ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
The Us

Significance Kim's departure creates unforeseen turbulence at the institution, whose corporate commitments around climate change, gender and renewable energy are anathema to the current US administration. Impacts If the US nominee is an ideological conservative, World Bank relations with either the United States or other shareholders will be damaged. Short-term impacts on Bank operations will be minimal. Kim’s belief that he can affect “global issues” more in the private sector emphasises the importance of the Bank reviving its global role.

scholarly journals Trends in Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Renewable Energy Policies in the EU and USA, with Special Emphasis on the Transportation Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-231
Author(s):  
Judit T. Kiss ◽  
Gábor Bellér ◽  
István Árpád ◽  
Dénes Kocsis
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Energy Policies ◽  
Transportation Sector ◽  
Renewable Energy Policies

The aim of this work is to review recent trends in the field of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and renewable energy policies of the European Union and the United States of America. During the last few decades, there was a significant shift within the political attitude towards these fields, therefore important changes were realized in the electricity production and the climate policy. In the present paper, we discuss the current situation focusing on the transportation segment.

The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region: Security Strategy for the Obama Administration

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph A. Cossa ◽  
Brad Glosserman ◽  
Michael A. McDevitt ◽  
Nirav Patel ◽  
James Przystup ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
Obama Administration
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