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      Circular Carbon Economy: Least-Cost Path to Net Zero
      Climate Change Policies and Governance

      Circular Carbon Economy: Least-Cost Path to Net Zero

      Eric Williams, Adam Sieminski

      Carbon neutrality can be defined as a state of net-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions achieved by balancing CO2 emissions with removals. ‘Net-zero’ has become a shorthand phrase to describe how governments, companies, and others should respond to climate change challenges…

      Eric Williams Williams, Eric
      Adam Sieminski Adam Sieminski
      16 August 2023
      Building Back Better in Saudi Arabia With Energy Efficiency
      Productivity and Economic Diversification

      Building Back Better in Saudi Arabia With Energy Efficiency

      Nicholas Howarth, Moncef Krarti, Thamir Al Shehri, Eric Williams, Mohammad Aldubyan, Jan Frederik Braun, Elizabeth Carey

      The first priority for governments in managing the COVID-19 crisis is the health of their citizens. However, the implementation of restrictions on activity necessary for limiting the spread of the disease has caused the greatest global recession since the Great…

      Nicholas Howarth Howarth, Nicholas
      Moncef Krarti Krarti, Moncef
      Thamir Al Shehri Al Shehri, Thamir
      Eric Williams Williams, Eric
      Mohammad Aldubyan Aldubyan, Mohammad
      Jan Frederik Braun Braun, Jan Frederik
      Elizabeth Carey Carey, Elizabeth
      5 October 2021
      Residential Energy Model for Evaluating Energy Demand and Energy Efficiency Programs in Saudi Residential Buildings
      Models, Data and Tools

      Residential Energy Model for Evaluating Energy Demand and Energy Efficiency Programs in Saudi Residential Buildings

      Mohammad Aldubyan, Moncef Krarti, Eric Williams

      This paper describes the development of the Residential Energy Model (REEM) for Saudi Arabia using an engineering bottom-up approach. The model can assess energy demand for the current residential building stock and the impact of energy efficiency and demand-side management…

      Mohammad Aldubyan Aldubyan, Mohammad
      Moncef Krarti Krarti, Moncef
      Eric Williams Williams, Eric
      21 February 2021
      Carbon Sequestration Units (CSUs): A New Tool to Mitigate Carbon Emissions

      Carbon Sequestration Units (CSUs): A New Tool to Mitigate Carbon Emissions

      Paul Mollet, Wolfgang Heidug, Paul Zakkour, Eric Williams

      The United Kingdom’s decision to aim for net zero emissions by 2050 and to enshrine it in law raises the bar for global policymakers as the world seeks to limit the impact of climate change. A recent European Commission paper…

      Paul Mollet Mollet, Paul
      Wolfgang Heidug Heidug, Wolfgang
      Paul Zakkour Zakkour, Paul
      Eric Williams Williams, Eric
      13 January 2020
      Achieving Climate Goals by Closing the Loop in a Circular Carbon Economy

      Achieving Climate Goals by Closing the Loop in a Circular Carbon Economy

      Eric Williams

      On October 30, the Saudi Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, announced at the Future Investment Initiative that “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia offers the concept of a circular carbon economy … Such a closed-loop system, much like what…

      Eric Williams Williams, Eric
      7 November 2019
      Finding a Viable Path to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Climate Change Policies and Governance

      Finding a Viable Path to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      Keigo Akimoto, Jun Arima, Mustafa Babiker, Mark Caine, David Hobbs, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Adam Sieminski, Nico Stehr, Hiroyuki Tezuka, Masakazu Toyoda, Eric Williams

      A viable, least-cost pathway to a low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions future must lie within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Paris Agreement. The rulebook for the Agreement was in many ways rewritten at the 2018 United…

      Keigo Akimoto Keigo Akimoto
      Jun Arima Jun Arima
      Mustafa Babiker Babiker, Mustafa
      Mark Caine Mark Caine
      David Hobbs Hobbs, David
      Eija-Riitta Korhola Eija-Riitta Korhola
      Adam Sieminski Adam Sieminski
      Nico Stehr Nico Stehr
      Hiroyuki Tezuka Hiroyuki Tezuka
      Masakazu Toyoda Masakazu Toyoda
      Eric Williams Williams, Eric
      29 August 2019
      Market Impacts

      Market Impacts

      Sections 10.2.4 and 10.2.5 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II Assessment Report 5, IPCC

      Eric Williams

      2014
      Socio- and Macroeconomic Issues in National Long-Term Nuclear Energy Strategies

      Socio- and Macroeconomic Issues in National Long-Term Nuclear Energy Strategies

      International Atomic Energy Agency

      Eric Williams

      2011
      An analysis of large-scale CO2 trunklines using an engineering- economic model

      An analysis of large-scale CO2 trunklines using an engineering- economic model

      8th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A, 2009

      Eric Williams

      2009
      Greenhouse Gas Allowance Allocation: Cost Pass-Through, Sector Differentiation and Economic Implications

      Greenhouse Gas Allowance Allocation: Cost Pass-Through, Sector Differentiation and Economic Implications

      https://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/climate/policydesign/greenhouse-gas-allowance-allocation-cost-pass-through-sector-differentiation-and-economic-implications

      Eric Williams

      2007
      Emission Reductions from Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies: A Guide for Public Benefit Fund Managers

      Emission Reductions from Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies: A Guide for Public Benefit Fund Managers

      CCAP Report. CCAP, 2004

      Eric Williams

      2004