Reference no: EM132821665 , Length: word count:3000

Assignment - Instruction - Overall Brief - Prepare an essay of no more than 3,000 words on the following topic: Choose one major greenhouse gas emitting sector (end use or conversion channel) of the global energy system, and a specific country or region of your choice. You may also consider subnational jurisdictions, such as cities.

Part 1 (800 words) - Outline briefly why this sector is of policy interest, and introduce key challenges facing the sector in the country/region of your choice.

Part 2 - For your chosen country/region and sector, describe three major policy options or laws that could be considered during the next decade, if the country were to seriously factor the overall Paris goals into its energy strategy.

Please consider all three domains of economic decision-processes, as described in Planetary Economics (you can, but do not necessarily have to, choose one policy relevant to each domain). Explain your specific policy options in relation to these domains, and to the characteristics of the sector and country/region chosen.

Consider the likely determining factors for the adoption and impacts of the policy options chosen, noting if and where relevant, relationship to the country's current NDC and other drivers of energy strategy.

Finally, discuss how the policies considered might interact with each other, and whether they are alternatives, or complementary, ways of achieving national/regional energy-related objectives.

General advice for non-technical coursework -

Themes: A common failing in coursework and project writing is the presentation of descriptive material without a clear focus. Your report should have a clear set of interconnected themes; it should not be a collage of more or less related material.

Report Style: A relatively formal writing style is appropriate for academic reports. You should keep your English simple and direct.

Thought needs to be given to subdividing the material into logical sections. You need not number sections unless you feel that this will enhance your work; numbering can improve clarity, but can also break up the flow and development of the theme.

You may put tables or charts adjoining the text where this will help the reader to follow your argument.

Where the figures provide background information that is fully summarized in the text, they are better placed at the end of the text. Wherever they are placed, figures, tables and charts must be clearly labeled so that they can be referred to in the text without confusion.