At the climate summit in Glasgow, UN Secretary-General António Guterres had a blunt message: “The six years since the Paris Climate Agreement have been the six hottest years on record. Our addiction to fossil fuels is pushing humanity to the brink”. To stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, the goal that international leaders have set to keep the climate crisis … [Read more...] about Six reasons why supporting natural gas can put public finances at risk
Adrien Vogt-Schilb
Adrien Vogt-Schilb is a senior climate change economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, in the Chile office. Adrien's work focuses on the design of effective and politically acceptable climate strategies. He develops tools to align climate policies with development goals in all sectors and to manage political economy issues in the transition to net-zero – including labor, social and fiscal impacts. Adrien is a trained engineer, holds a PhD in economics and is the author of 8 books or monographs, and more than 40 academic papers on climate change and development. He posts about his research on his LinkedIn account https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrien-vogt-schilb/
Aligning Electricity Investment Plans and Climate Policy Commitments in LAC
The Role of Expansion Plans Promoting Feasible Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) The future of energy needs to be sustainable. In the future, energy consumption should not be associated with CO2 emission. Among many uncertainties, this seems to be an agreement. All the IDB member countries signed the Paris Agreement, pledging to make efforts to stabilize … [Read more...] about Aligning Electricity Investment Plans and Climate Policy Commitments in LAC