Initiative forSustainable Energy Policy
As the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, one billion people remain without access to electricity and safe and clean cooking fuels. Pressing environmental problems — including air pollution and early consequences of a changing climate — are concentrated in emerging economies.
How can we promote economic development while minimizing its impact on climate and the global environment?
ISEP — the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy — is a research collective that uses cutting-edge social and behavioral science to solve this global challenge. Centered at Johns Hopkins University, our research collective identifies and tests innovative policy solutions for the global energy transition that advance three central goals: impact, justice, and growth.
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Impact of Relaxing Emission Norms for Coal-fired Power Plants
Blog Blog IntroductionIndia has serious air pollution challenges arising from coal-fired power plants but power generators have been struggling to meet the new, more stringent standards. Even though these...
Geothermal Energy Is Critical to Biden’s 100% Carbon-Free Grid, Why Is It Currently Underutilized?
Blog Blog Geothermal is a renewable energy resource with near-zero emissions that can provide constant power to the grid. This is critical to a sustainable energy future as more intermittent sources of...
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ISEP Fellow Jonas Nahm Testifies Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Green Recovery Plans for the COVID-19 Crisis
Michael Aklin, Johannes Urpelainen
Johannes Urpelainen
Thijs Van de Graaf, Benjamin K. Sovacool