Expertise
- Cap and trade/invest
- Climate policy impact analysis
- Air quality management
- Carbon capture and sequestration policy
- Environmental regulation
Climate and Air Quality
RAP seeks to align power sector regulation with environmental and climate goals, as outlined in our Clean First strategy. Since the power sector is the largest single source of industrial pollution, it is also where deep emission reductions can be found. In addition to Clean First, RAP supports innovative approaches such as cap and invest, future capacity markets and portfolio management to provide more effective and less costly regulation while achieving significant results.
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Complying with Environmental Regulations: A Knowledge Management Series
This Series provides current and new PUC Commissioners and staff with the necessary resources to properly weigh the challenges associated with environmental compliance.
Learn MoreMarket Mechanisms to Support Climate Goals
The most successful market-based mechanisms support programs that invest directly in energy efficiency. At a two-day workshop held in Beijing, RAP's David Crossley, Max Dupuy and Eoin Lees were among the international speakers who explored how market mechanisms could support China's climate change goals.
Learn MoreClean First: Aligning Regulation with Environmental Goals
Power sector regulators will play a vital role in efforts to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the years ahead. Neither carbon taxes nor cap-and-trade policies alone will achieve the sizeable reductions of GHG emissions that are needed. RAP proposes that in regulatory decisions, clean resources should get every reasonable preference over resources that have greater environmental impact.
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Improving Air Quality in Key Urban Areas
In the early stages of establishing systems for air quality regulation, China has an opportunity to develop programs and institutions that simultaneously address the interrelated problems of climate change and air pollution cost-effectively. An important step in this direction occurred in May 2010, when China’s highest decision-making body, the State Council, issued a first-ever regulation on regional air quality management.
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Roadmap 2050: Decarbonising Europe
In July 2008 the leaders of the EU and the G8 announced a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The European Council set the objective for Europe at 80 to 95 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The Roadmap 2050 study demonstrates to policymakers and businesses the feasibility of achieving 80 percent greenhouse gas emission reductions in Europe by 2050 using today’s technologies. A new accompanying study - “Power Perspectives 2030: On the Road to a Decarbonised Power Sector” - shows us what needs to be done by 2030 and helps policymakers and business alike to navigate the medium term path to a fully decarbonised power sector in the EU by 2050.
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