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5 Achievements from Germany’s “Energiewende”

By Lutz Weischer on May 13, 2013
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Germany is in the midst of an unprecedented clean energy revolution.

Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) at COP17 Durban: Five Lessons from Other Regimes

By Lutz Weischer and Remi Moncel on November 23, 2011
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At the United Nations climate conference (COP17) in Durban, delegates will negotiate detailed decisions on measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV). In another post, we review the…

The Right Mix: The Philippines Achieving its Renewable Energy Goals

By Lutz Weischer on July 5, 2011
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This piece, by Pete Maniego and Lutz Weischer, originally appeared in the Manil

IPCC Study: Renewable Energy Could Provide Majority of World’s Energy by 2050

By Lutz Weischer on May 23, 2011

Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a comprehensive study on renewable energy, entitled Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation. The report finds that by 2050, nearly 80 percent of the world’s energy supply could be provided by renewable energy sources. WRI Analyst Lutz Weischer, who works on renewable energy policies, sat down to talk about the report’s implications.

Fact Sheet: Policy Design for Maximizing U.S. Wind Energy Jobs

By Lutz Weischer on September 15, 2010

The United States could become a leader in wind energy jobs with the right policies in place.

U.S. and Foreign Wind Companies Create Good American Jobs

By Lutz Weischer on March 16, 2010

Wind energy needs stable policy support in the United States in order to keep creating jobs.