Publications

Achieving Net-Zero in the G20: a Novel Supply-Side Climate Policy to Value Carbon Sinks

T20

The Group of Twenty (G20) includes the world’s largest fossil fuel producers and consumers. Deep transformations in energy-consuming behavior and technology and widespread enhancement of carbon sinks are necessary for these countries to achieve net-zero emissions in alignment with Paris-compliant…

Paul Zakkour, Wolfgang Heidug, Eli Mitchell-Larson

Supply-side Climate Policy for Crude Oil Producers

Paul Zakkour, Wolfgang Heidug

This paper considers the potential for supply-side climate policy to increase climate action, with a focus on crude oil producers and exporting countries. To date, supply-side policies have not been widely used in efforts to tackle climate change, and the…

Zakkour, Paul

Heidug, Wolfgang

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…

Mollet, Paul

Heidug, Wolfgang

Zakkour, Paul

Williams, Eric

A Mechanism for CCS in the Post-Paris Era

Wolfgang Heidug, Paul Zakkour

The Paris Agreement committed ratifying Parties to hold the increase in the global average temperature to much less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C. The Agreement also committed Parties to achieving…

Heidug, Wolfgang

Zakkour, Paul