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Oil, coal and natural gas will remain the world’s dominant sources of energy over the next decades, with resulting carbon dioxide emissions set to increase to unsustainable levels. However, technologies that help reduce CO2 emissions from fossil fuels can reverse this trend. CO2 capture and...
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Thailand is committed to playing its part in the international efforts aimed at addressing climate issues. As it is for most countries, the power sector in Thailand is among the largest emitters, accounting for 38% of energy-related CO2 emissions. Hence, reducing the emissions from this sector...
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Climate policy raises a number of challenges for the energy sector, the most significant being the transition from a high to a low-CO2 energy path in a few decades. Act Locally, Trade Globally seeks to provide a complete picture of the future role of emissions trading in climate policy and the...
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The world’s largest gas producer and exporter, Russia has an enormous energy saving potential. At least 30 billion cubic meters – a fifth of Russian exports to European OECD countries -- could be saved every year by enhanced technology or energy efficiency. As the era of cheap gas in Russia...
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The historic Paris Agreement on climate change sets the course for a fundamental transformation of the global economy over the next decades. The Agreement’s overarching goal of limiting global average temperature rise to “well below 2°C” will entail profound changes in the global energy...
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India, the Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) initiative aims to encourage the adoption of sustainable lifestyles in India and internationally to tackle the challenges of environmental degradation and climate change. This report examines how India has integrated several policies in its energy...
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experiences. Since the last IEA review in 2015, Spain has solved a long-standing issue of tariff deficits in its electricity and … electricity sector, Spain’s total energy mix is still heavily dominated by fossil fuels. Notably, the transport, industry and … of renewables. When all of Spain’s plans and strategies are implemented, a completely different energy sector will emerge …
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This International Energy Agency review of energy policies and programmes systematically examines Spain's general … for Spain, and makes a series of recommendations on that and other issues including gas storage and electricity …
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Spain’s geographical setting and limited domestic energy resources, security of supply is a core objective of Spanish energy … policy. Energy supply grew by some 3.5% per year from 1996 to 1999 and electricity consumption by 6% per year. Spain is …. Spanish GHG emissions in 1998 were already 21% above the 1990 level, while Spain is committed to reduce them to 15% above 1990. …
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This review analyses the energy challenges facing Spain and provides critiques and recommendations for further policy … improvements. It finds that since the last IEA in-depth review in 2005, Spain has made significant progress in improving its energy … policy. In Europe, the country is now leading in gas diversification and LNG development. Together with Portugal, it has set …
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