ECN: International energy and climate policy
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International energy and climate policy
ECN Policy Studies is dedicated to improving international energy and climate policy, studies new opportunities for post-2012 climate agreements, and analyses the consequences of international climate policy instruments such as emissions trading. On this website, you will find our most recent News and events, recent projects, tools and publications.
The group International Energy and Climate Issues works on the following themes:
Energy and development
International climate policy
Carbon markets
CCS in the global context
Transport in the global context
News and events
| 09.11.2011 | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, IVM and ECN organise the 2011 IS Academy/RENEW workshop on “New realities in energy and development”. More information on the IS Academy website and with Pieter van Beukering |
| 20.10.2011 | GIZ and the Ministry of Transport in Indonesia, in collaboration with ECN, kick off TRANSfer project on transport-NAMAs |
| 12.10.2011 | As part of its engagement in the Kenya National Climate Change Action Plan process, ECN Policy Studies presented initial work on financing of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in Kenya at a workshop of the UK funded Capital Markets Climate Initiative (CMCI) |
| 04.10.2011 | ECN contributed to a side-event in Panama on early lessons learned in NAMA development. Presentation can be found here and associated discussion paper here. |
| 01.10.2011 | UNIDO/IEA Technology Roadmap for Carbon Capture and Storage in Industrial Applications, with ECN as principal consultant, launched in Beijing. See www.unido.org/ccs. |
All news and events
Ongoing and recent projects
- ECN is currently involved in developing NAMAs for Kenya, as a joint effort with the Canada based institute IISD and several local experts. Read more
- With support from the Dutch government, ECN Policy Studies research aims to contribute to more clarity and understanding on the concept of low-carbon development strategies. Read more
- ECN contributes to the TRANSfer project by developing a NAMA in the transport sector in Indonesia. Read more
- ECN is partner of the Coordinated Low Energy Assistance Network (CLEAN)
Read more - CASINDO aims to intensify and expand the activities that are currently implemented in four target regions in the framework of the CAREPI project as well as ongoing activities under the Indonesian-Netherlands Energy Working Group.
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Earlier projects
Publications
- Energy: Inspiration for the future (December 2011) Renewables are the fastest-growing energy source but are coming from a low base. What does it take to have them make a difference? This book, compiled in honour of the retirement of prof. Jos Bruggink collects views on the future of a number of energy-related issues, http://www.ecn.nl/publicaties/ECN-B--11-023, edited by Piet Boonekamp and Heleen de Coninck, with contributions from Pieter Boot (PBL), Dolf Gielen (IRENA) and Wim Sinke (ECN).
- CLEAN paper on an implementation framework for the Climate Technology Centre and Network (November 2011) http://en.openei.org/w/index.php?title=File:CTCN_Implementation_Framework_CLEAN_paper.pdf&page=1, by Ron Benioff, Sadie Cox (NREL) and Heleen de Coninck (ECN)
- Annual Status Report on NAMAs 2011 (November 2011): an up to date snapshot of current NAMA developments around the world http://www.ecn.nl/publicaties/ECN-O--11-078, by CCAP, Ecofys and ECN.
- Is there a case for the EU to move beyond 20% GHG emissions reduction by 2020? By Jos Sijm. November 2011 http://www.ecn.nl/publicaties/ECN-E--11-063
- Paving the way for low-carbon development strategies.
Executive Summary. September 2011 - Next steps towards a Climate Innovation, ECN Ghana Policy Briefs, March 2011
Earlier publications
Tools
ECN Policy Studies maintains a number of publicly available quantitative models and tools that can assist decision-makers on energy and climate policy both nationally and internationally. The tools include
- a non-Annex I mitigation action cost curve,
- a climate change toolkit that visualises data relevant for the climate negotiations,
- a CO2 price model for the EU ETS,
- a 'ClimateTechWiki', with low-carbon technology descriptions
- and the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning tool (LEAP).
For more information on the subject of International Energy and Climate Policy, please contact Heleen de Coninck.
