This paper proposes that the national focus of energy ‘rebound’ studies should be extended to an international context in the presence of supra-national agreements such as EU 20-20-20. The potential for energy efficiency improvements in one nation to impact energy use in others means that...

This analysis provides an international perspective geared towards understanding the future demands being placed on the world's electricity system. It focuses upon the household or residential demand for electricity in a number of high-income and middle-income countries that may raise power...

China has been experiencing significant transitional development of energy utilization since the New normal phase. The dual controls to limit energy consumption and to reduce energy intensity have been proposed and strengthened at both the national and regional levels. It is thus of significance...

This paper applies principal component analysis to investigate the linkages, or dominant co-fluctuation patterns, of per capita carbon dioxide emissions across countries for the time period 1950-2000. Energy resource world markets are investigated as an offsetting mechanism possibly coordinating...