Coal 2023: analysis and forecast to 2026
Latest IEA market report sees lower demand to 2026, based on current policies, but stronger actions are needed to drive a steeper decline towards meeting international climate goals. After reaching an
Fuel Pricing
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IOC increases market share in branded fuel segment
Ajay Modi / New Delhi March 26, 2009, 0:53 IST
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Our smaller future
A year ago, in this very column, I discussed the myopia of budget 2008, which did not touch upon events then beginning to unfold. Since then we have seen the world collapse and, perhaps, even
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Fall in crude oil prices affects carbon credits mkt
The ongoing global economic downturn and a sharp fall in crude oil prices in the last few months have dampened the market for carbon credits. The prices of carbon credits dropped nearly 75 per cent in 2008, leaving those who had invested in them with huge losses.
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Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific 2009: addressing triple threats to development
In 2008, three global crises converged to threaten development in the Asia-Pacific region, bringing to the fore particularly testing challenges for policymakers
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What policies are effective at reducing carbon emissions from surface passenger transport?
This report seeks to examine the merits of a range of different policies that offer the prospect of CO2 emissions reduction from road transport. In particular it considers the role of policies that target the
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Estimatiing energy and water demand elasticities for sustainable consumption policies: China sample evidence
China's water and energy price reform began in the late 1978 after running large-scale interventions in pricing system for long time then has a gradually deep influence on consumer's behaviors. The main objective of this paper is to empirically examine Chinese consumer reactions as a response to the introductions of pricing reform for water and energy resource.
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'We need to be futuristic'
The prices of petrol and diesel have been reduced twice since Raghaw Sharan Pandey took over as secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas. In conversation with Yeshi Seli, he points out that, ideally, the retail prices of petrol and diesel should be linked with the price of crude in the international market
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Utilities Turn From Coal to Gas, Raising Risk of Price Increase
With reserves of natural gas already diminishing at drilling sites like this one near Kingsville, Tex., more utilities are switching to that fuel, which could mean higher home heating prices.
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Global economic prospects 2009: commodities at the crossroads
Global Economic Prospects 2009: Commodities at the Crossroads analyzes the implications of the crisis for low-and middle-income countries, including an in-depth look at long-term prospects for global commodity markets and the policies of both commodity producing and consuming nations. Developing countries face sharply higher borrowing costs and reduced access to capital.