Publications

The Dynamic Role of Subsidies in Promoting Global Electric Vehicle Sales

Tamara Sheldon, Rubal Dua

We offer the most comprehensive analysis to date of global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) subsidies. We accomplish this by estimating vehicle choice models for 23 countries using 2010–2019 sales data and using counterfactual simulations to assess the cost-effectiveness of PEV…

Sheldon, Tamara

Dua, Rubal

Choosing to Diet: The Impact and Cost-effectiveness of China’s Vehicle Ownership Restrictions

Anthony Liu, Rubal Dua, Wei-min Hu, Arthur Lin Ku

Can voluntary carbon emission reduction pledges, such as the nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, result in significant emission reductions? According to prominent experts such as Nordhaus (2015), Barrett (2005), and Weitzman (2019), free-riding is unavoidable in cooperative situations…

Anthony Liu

Dua, Rubal

Wei-min Hu

Arthur Lin Ku

Modeling Factors Affecting the Choice to Use the Proposed Riyadh Metro System

Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Abu Toasin Oakil, Abdelrahman Muhsen, Anvita Arora

The Riyadh metro system is being implemented as a sustainable transport option that will offer reliable, affordable and comfortable urban mobility. It is important to understand the factors influencing the likelihood that people will use the new metro system. Thus,…

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Oakil, Abu Toasin

Muhsen, Abdelrahman

Arora, Anvita

Urban Transport Energy Demand Model for Riyadh: Methodology and Preliminary Analysis

Abu Toasin Oakil, Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Alma Alhussaini, Nourah Al Hosain, Abdelrahman Muhsen, Anvita Arora

Saudi Arabia intends to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 278 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent annually by 2030, according to its Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Among many policies it…

Oakil, Abu Toasin

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Alma Alhussaini

Al Hosain, Nourah

Muhsen, Abdelrahman

Arora, Anvita

CO2 Emissions Reduction Progress and Future Perspectives in Aviation

CO2 emissions from aviation are a priority for policymakers, researchers, entities, and governments worldwide. Traditional approaches to analyzing the aviation sector must be modified because aviation practices are no longer supply driven. In fact, the recent increase in environmental awareness…

How Responsive Are New Car Buyers in India and China to Factors Driving Fuel Consumption?

Prateek Bansal, Rubal Dua

China and India, the world’s two most populous developing economies, are also among the largest automotive markets and carbon emitters. To reduce carbon emissions from the passenger car sector, both countries have considered various policy levers that affect fuel price,…

Bansal, Prateek

Dua, Rubal

Regional Energy Cooperation: Opportunities to Enhance the Saudi-India Relationship

Yagyavalk Bhatt, Nora Nezamuddin

Saudi Arabia and India, two of the fastest growing economies globally, play important roles in South Asia and the Middle East, respectively. Saudi-India relations have started to acquire a strategic dimension owing to the countries’ growing business opportunities, rising investment…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Nezamuddin, Nora

Can Circularity-Based Approaches Prevent a Cobalt Supply Shortfall?

Rubal Dua

Electric vehicle batteries rely heavily on a small number of critical minerals, including cobalt. Cobalt metal prices have doubled over the past year as a result of a mismatch between supply and demand, particularly for electric car batteries (Hume 2022).

Dua, Rubal

Saudi Arabia’s Potential to Further Hydrogen Use in the Maritime Sector

Nora Nezamuddin, Rami Shabaneh, Ahm Mehbub Anwar

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in Glasgow focussed on advancing low-carbon fuels to reach emissions abatement targets. The conference also reaffirmed the goals of the Paris Agreement: to secure global net-zero emissions by mid-century and limit the…

Nezamuddin, Nora

Shabaneh, Rami

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Is the Recent Price Spike in Electric Vehicle Lithium-Ion Battery Packs Temporary or the Start of a New Trend?

Rubal Dua, Prateek Bansal, Juliet Akamboe

Most nations are evaluating vehicle electrification as a way to decarbonize their passenger car sectors. To make electric vehicles competitive with conventional vehicles for cost-conscious consumers, the upfront purchase price of electric vehicles needs to fall. The battery pack is…

Dua, Rubal

Bansal, Prateek

Juliet Akamboe

Key Improvements in the Saudi Aviation Sector: Exploring the Performance of the Passenger Load Factor

Andres Felipe Guzman, Abdulrahman Alwosheel

Aviation is a significant contributor to the global economy, given that it, directly and indirectly, contributes to jobs, tourism, trade, and countries’ gross domestic product (GDP). However, environmental issues, technological advances, consumer behavior, energy consumption, the volume of passenger and…

Andres Felipe Guzman

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

India’s Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategy: The Decarbonization of its Road Transport Sector

Yagyavalk Bhatt

India submitted its long-term low-emissions development strategy (LT-LEDS) to the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) on November 14, 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The strategy sets out a…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Bans on the Sale of Gasoline- And Diesel-Powered Vehicles: Why Are Policymakers Favoring Commandand- Control to the Point of Banning, and Does It Send Unintended Policy Signals?

Rubal Dua, Prateek Bansal

In recent years, the adoption of command-and-control policies, from mandating sales of zero-tailpipe-emission vehicles all the way to prohibiting future sales of gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles via tailpipe carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions standards or otherwise, has gained momentum globally in…

Dua, Rubal

Bansal, Prateek

Understanding the Trajectory of Urban and Transport Development in Riyadh

Ahm Mehbub Anwar

Riyadh has been a car-oriented city since the 1950s, a trend that was compounded by the economic boom of the 1970s. Likewise, the first master plan of Riyadh, a highway-based plan prepared by Doxiadis Associates International in 1973, encouraged the continued use of…

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Indiaʼs Updated NDC: A Pathway to Net-Zero by 2070?

Yagyavalk Bhatt, Puneet Kamboj

The meeting of the Union Cabinet of India on August 3, 2022, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved India’s updated nationally determined contribution (NDC). The NDC aims to enhance India’s contribution toward a global response to climate change. This…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Puneet Kamboj

Future of Fuels in the Aviation Sector

Aviation is crucial for connecting people and countries worldwide. Although aviation carriers, manufacturers, and governments have all aimed to increase energy efficiency through significant technological advances over recent decades, this transport mode has struggled to find alternatives to fossil-based fuels.…

How Long Will the Semiconductor Crisis Affect the Traditional Automotive Sector? Implications for car fuel demand

Rubal Dua, Hamid M. Al Sadoon, Majed A. Al Suwailem

The 2020 semiconductor crisis has hit the automotive sector, as well as many other sectors. As a consequence of the COVID-19-induced shock, a worldwide semiconductor supply-demand imbalance arose between 2020 and 2022. Demand grew by around 17% annually while manufacturing…

Dua, Rubal

Al Sadoon, Hamid M.

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

Current and Future Trends in Saudi Arabia’s Container Throughput

Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Nora Nezamuddin, Rubal Dua, Abdulrahman Alwosheel

The maritime sector is a key pillar for the diversification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s economy, and it has been prioritised by the Saudi government due to its strategic importance. Saudi Vision 2030 has set a target for making…

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Nezamuddin, Nora

Dua, Rubal

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

Post-Covid Recovery of Air Traffic in Saudi Arabia

Abu Toasin Oakil, Andres Felipe Guzman, Rubal Dua, Abdulrahman Alwosheel

The dramatic drop in air traffic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the related travel restrictions has significantly impacted the aviation industry in Saudi Arabia and around the world. The sector has suffered considerable losses due to the reduction in…

Oakil, Abu Toasin

Andres Felipe Guzman

Dua, Rubal

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

Understanding the Willingness to Make the Modal Shift to the New Metro in Riyadh

Ahm Mehbub Anwar

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital and main financial hub, is currently facing substantial urban growth pressures. The city suffers from serious traffic congestion, especially at peak hours. Owing to the city’s high level of urbanization, travel demands are expected to increase.…

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub