With media outlets focused on President Donald Trump’s questioning of mainstream climate science, you’d be forgiven for not knowing that sub-national action on climate change in the United States is actually growing – and at… [Read more]
Energy, Environment & Infrastructure
Highlights current topics of contention and provides recommendations for governance in regard to climate mitigation and energy policies.
Which Came First – The Latrine or Behaviour Change?
UNICEF estimates that India contributes 60 percent to the total population of individuals who practice open defecation which has grave consequences for water source contamination. MPP student Gaurav Ganti examines how a behaviour change is… [Read more]
Closing the gap: Mobilising missing financial resources for climate change mitigation
On March 23rd, the first edition of The Governance Post Event Series took place. Closing the Gap of Climate Finance event was part of a series of student-led public event initiatives at the Hertie School. Racien Nowak and Jose… [Read more]
What to know about the latest developments in climate action
Following up from last year’s UNFCCC COP 23 meeting in Bonn, MPP Student Rodrigo Jiménez Silva provides an update and overview on all the latest happenings in the world of climate action It should not… [Read more]
Beyond Shiny Teslas: Long-term Solutions to Decarbonising Transport – Interview with Oliver Lah
Green House Gas emissions from the Transport sector are estimated to increase and account for a third of the global energy-related emissions by 2030. While solutions for decarbonising transport continue to predominantly focus on electric… [Read more]
California vs. Washington, D.C.: Pick Your Side On American Fuel Efficiency & Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG)
California and Washington, D.C., are on a collision course, and neither seems likely to pull the emergency brake. The two are locked in a bitter clash over fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards… [Read more]
Deforestation Is The Highest in Over 15 Years – Industry Actors Must Commit To Its Mitigation
Professional Year student Luke Sherman discusses the increasing importance of deforestation mitigation and actor responsibilities as a vital area, necessary to stop the climate from reaching its next tipping points. It is difficult to determine an… [Read more]
The ‘Oil Curse’: Yemen’s Forgotten War, Economic Diversification, and OPEC strategies
As the war in Yemen drags on between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi armed group, leaving over 16,000 casualties in its wake, Executive Editor Nathan Appleman met with Dawud Ansari, researcher at DIW-Berlin and founder… [Read more]
Could Net-Metering Save Obama’s Climate Change Legacy?
As the Trump administration is ever-more adamant about dismantling Obama’s climate legacy, MPP student Kimberly Liu investigates federal and state-level efforts to integrate net-metering, a technology that could potentially safeguard the US against the effects… [Read more]
Five Reasons to Switch to Decentralised Electricity Generation
As European governments are increasingly committed to decarbonising their national economies, the question concerning the state of infrastructure is often left unanswered. For Thore Hagemann, however, this is a mistake: countries should complement their low-carbon plans… [Read more]