Adoption of renewable energy is one of the most important steps taken to cope with global warming and achieve sustainability. While its supply has seen a global boom, the adoption of renewable energy from the critical demand side faces clear challenges. This paper investigates firms' use of...

Recent literature highlights the contributions of global energy sectors to anthropogenic CH4 emissions and calls for immediate actions. However, it fails to explain the fugitive CH4 emissions induced by the intermediate and final trade. This paper aims to trace fugitive CH4 emissions via global...

China has recently overtaken the US to become the world largest importer of crude oil. In light of this fact, we formally compare contributions of demand shocks from China, the US and the rest of the world. We find that China's influence on the real price of oil has increased over the past two...