Climate Change Mitigation
Our experts help policy-makers identify and prioritize options for reducing emissions, such as by developing clean and renewable energy systems. We also support developing countries in identifying and accessing financing for low-carbon development. We do this by developing road maps for reform, engaging proactively with policy-makers and the stakeholders they engage with, providing quantitative and qualitative analysis of policy options for energy and carbon mitigation, and identifying means of implementation.
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After the Oil Crash, We Need a Managed Wind-Down of Fossil Fuel Production
To meet climate goals and avoid further market chaos, governments need to plan the decline of coal, oil and gas production, with support for workers.
Could the COVID-19 Pandemic Give the 2020 Environmental Agenda a Much-Needed Boost?
COVID-19 has changed everything. But if we take the right steps and trust science, a lot of good can happen.
How COVID-19 Could Impact the Clean Energy Transition
IISD experts Peter Wooders and Ivetta Gerasimchuk met virtually to discuss the impact that COVID-19 could have on the clean energy transition, from renewables to fossil fuel subsidies.
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Green or Brown? As lockdowns lift, governments face a recovery climate choice
Despite mounting pressure for economic rescue packages to be used to tackle climate change, most of the money spent so far on overcoming the coronavirus pandemic has gone towards propping up business as usual, according to three studies.
Governments put 'green recovery' on the backburner
G20 countries aim their pandemic bailout spending at fossil fuel industries, leaving Paris climate change targets in doubt
Canadian Climate Groups Urge ‘Green Strings’ On COVID Recovery Funding
As Finance Minister Bill Morneau prepares to release a fiscal update today, Canada’s leading environmental organizations are calling for “green strings” on Ottawa’s COVID-19 recovery funding package.
Experts
Peter Wooders
Senior Director, Energy
Christopher Beaton
Lead, Sustainable Energy Consumption
Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Lead, Sustainable Energy Supplies
Philip Gass
Lead, Transitions
Richard Bridle
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Renewable Energy
Vanessa Corkal
Policy Analyst, Energy
Anna Geddes
Associate, Energy Program
Mostafa Mostafa
Policy Analyst, Energy
Joachim Roth
Associate, Energy Program
Lourdes Sanchez
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Indonesia
Shruti Sharma
Associate and Energy Specialist
Anissa Suharsono
Associate, Energy Program
Balasubramanian Viswanathan
Associate, Energy Program
Andrea Bassi
Senior Associate
Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate
Andrea Bassi
Senior Associate
Avet Khachatryan
Associate
Deborah Murphy
Senior Associate
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