This policy brief summarises the findings from the recent book “Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage: From global potentials to domestic realities” which explores the extent to which BECCS could help in addressing climate change.

Explaining just what a think tank does is not an easy task. Quantifying the results of the think tank’s work is often solved by reporting activities such as conferences held, politicians met or publications launched. When pressed to deliver “real”…

Executive summary First, the more protectionist development of American trade policy of the last decade seems likely to be a permanent change for the USA, but still only a temporary anomaly in the world economy’s movement towards increasing trade due…

The origins of the wealth and poverty of nations is an intensely debated issue in development economics. Scholars agree the institutional framework emphasising low transaction costs and secure property rights, broad-based and inclusive de jure and de facto political institutions,…

China has the world’s largest emissions of greenhouse gases, the biggest market for passenger cars, the most rapid growth in bicycle-sharing and the toughest targets for electromobility. It combines a state-controlled system with market incentives, linking overarching long-term targets with…

This is the first of three events of the Young Changemakers Academy, encouraging young people to take part in the democratic process constituting the election for the European Parliament. The seminar will be divided into two parts: Part One: Protecting…