The recent "coal-to-gas" (CTG) energy policy serves as an important measure to mitigate air pollution in northern China, and also carries out a mission of alleviating rural energy poverty. To unravel the impact of the CTG policy on rural energy poverty, this study examines the effect on economic...

Das Klimaschutzgesetz (KSG) sieht eine Reduktion der deutschen Treibhausgasemissionen bis zum Jahr 2030 um 65 Prozent gegenüber den Emissionen im Jahr 1990 vor. Der Ausstieg aus der thermischen Verwertung der Kohle (vor allem der Braunkohle) leistet einen substanziellen Beitrag zum Erreichen...

Overlapping climate policies can interact in undesired ways. This paper is the first to employ an event study to investigate the interaction of national coal phase-outs and the European emissions trading system (EU ETS) by empirically examining how allowance prices reacted to coal phase-out...

Although coal plants in some countries are actively being retired ahead of their planned closure dates, there is yet to be sufficient clarity on which business model(s) might help to achieve this at scale. Policy-based and market-led closures, buyout of coal plants, auctioning them off,...

This study examines the underlying concerns of global warming in the context of a small island developing states and the ensuing action of phasing out coal to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 °C, as stipulated by the Paris Agreement. Coal is amongst the most carbon intensive fuel,...

Das vorliegende Kurzgutachten befasst sich mit der Analyse des aktuellen Standes der Maßnahmen des StStG. Ausgangspunkt für die Analysen stellt eine Auswertung der aktuellen Literatur zum Strukturwandel in den deutschen Kohlerevieren dar. Dieser Literaturüberblick zeigt, dass die...

This volume provides an overview of the political economy of coal in diverse country contexts. Coal is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions globally, accounting for about 40 percent of energy-related CO2 emissions. Continued construction of coal-fired power plants could make the...