Publications

This study analyzes the price linkage among the U.S. major energy sources, considering structural breaks in time series. We use the Johansen cointegration method and find that only weak linkage sustains among the NYMEX WTI crude oil, Brent crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, coal, natural gas, uranium, and ethanol futures prices. Our tests reveal...

Many chemicals used in the electronics sector have negative consequences for human and environmental health. These include chemicals such as lead, mercury, brominated flame retardants, halogenated flame retardants, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and phthalates. Typical electronic waste handling practices in developing countries are detrimental to the...

This APFED Showcase Project introduces a range of innovative practices as a package to improve the adaptive capacity of communities to recurring floods from Padma River in the Faridpur District of Bangladesh. The project also tries to deal with the dilemma one faces on how to categorize a project as an adaptation project or a developmental project...

1. The Time for Fundamental Policy Reform is Now Formulation of energy and climate policy following the recent earthquake disaster will have a big impact on the fate of Japan henceforth. Reasons behind policy reform are not limited to energy security or climate security. The present time offers Japan a good opportunity to make great changes in the...

This report provides an analysis of the PES Pilot in Lam Dong province. It considers the market, policy and governance drivers in the Pilot area that contribute to deforestation and forest degradation, the strategies that the Pilot sets out to deal with these drivers, as well as the process of designing the Pilot. The analysis concluded that the...

The conventional pricing mechanism used for electricity systematically hides huge investment and other safety risks which are embedded in the overall cost of production. Especially in the case of nuclear energy, safety risks are often ignored when making an overall cost estimation which keeps it cost competitive. Although consumers are often...