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<\/strong>As shown above, may fly open access<\/a> published Era3 of Humanity: Shape Paradise or Slip into Hell. <\/b>The printed book is also available. <\/p>\n

PS: due to time constraints, I do not communicate via face book, X or similar media. You may contact me via email.<\/p>\n

Latest publications:
<\/b>January 1, 2026: AVIEL Wishes for 2026 and beyond<\/a>
December 31, 2025: Briefing<\/a> about Era 3 of Humanity
September 8, 2025: Era3 of Humanity:<\/a> Shape Paradise or Slip into Hell. May fly, open access
January 21, 2025 <\/span>Dubious Promises of Hydrogen Energy in a Climate-Constrained World<\/a>, in Energies 18, 491<\/span><\/p>\n

September 24, 2024 <\/span>Essential Questions about Atomic Power<\/a>, Webinar Astana
<\/span>September 17, 2024<\/span> Energy Management in a Carbon Constrained World<\/a>, UA Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
<\/span>May 22, 2024 <\/span>Strategic Decision-making in Energy Policy,<\/a> Nazarbayev University Kazakhstan, Astana
<\/span>May 21, 2024 <\/span>The Future of Nuclear Energy<\/a>, Nazarbayev University Kazakhstan, Astana
<\/span>May 20, 2024 <\/span>Electricity Economics<\/a>, Nazarbayev University Kazakhstan, Astana
<\/span>May 20, 2024 <\/span>Innovations in electricity generation<\/a>, Nazarbayev University Kazakhstan, Astana
<\/span>May 15, 2024 <\/span>Energy and Economics,<\/a> Nazarbayev University Kazakhstan, Astana
<\/span>May 14, 2024 <\/span>Climate Change, Sustainability, and Energy, <\/a>Nazarbayev University Kazakhstan, Astana<\/span>
<\/span>May 13, 2024 <\/span>A few comments about sustainability<\/a> Astana, SDSN conference
<\/span>March 21, 2024 <\/span>Atomic power is maintained by fake discourse<\/a>. Brussels, Don’t nuke the climate<\/span><\/p>\n

September 10, 2023 Energy and Climate Policy Debunked<\/a> REFORM Group meeting lecture
March 9, 2023 EU Emissions Trading System: Critical Review<\/a> Seminar at KULouvain, Department of Mechanical Engineering
November 21, 2022 Sustainability and the Energy Question<\/a> Lecture at Erasmus University, Rotterdam
November 14, 2022 The geopolitics of trillion US$ oil & gas rents<\/a> Extended version, published by the Int.J. of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management<\/a>
November 7, 2022 Quo Vadis Energy System Transformation?<\/a> Version2-update Essay
October 5, 2022 FOREWORD<\/a> World Nuclear Industry Status Report WNISR2022<\/a>
October 5, 2022 Energy & Decarbonization Politics affected by Price and Money<\/a>
September 11, 2022 Europe’s dystopia in pricing electricity <\/a>
July 21, 2022 The geopolitics of trillion US$ oil & gas rents<\/a> – The Guardian. Revealed: oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years, by Damian Carrington<\/a>
June 15, 2022 Emissions Trading with focus on EU ETS<\/a>. Lecture
May 9, 2022 Predatory Wars for Trillion US$ oil&gas rents<\/a> UPDATED
February 14, 2022 Madsen Paul Thois A Review of ‘Pricing Carbon Emissions. Economic Reality and Utopia’<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier publications (some recent on this site)
October 31, 2021: Nuclear Power and Sustainability<\/a> Palgrave book chapter
June 2021 Pricing Carbon Emissions: Economic Reality and Utopia<\/a> ROUTLEDGE, 262p. is available as OPEN ACCESS ebook<\/a>. Since January 2023, Routledge sells a paperback version of the book at \u00a329,59.<\/strong>
February 22, 2012 Micro-economic approach to the energy rebound effects for households.<\/a> Working paper by Johan Couder & Aviel Verbruggen<\/p>\n

On this site you mainly find text and slide pdfs available for downloading. The pdfs are classified in seven clusters, listed in the top menu Publications,<\/strong> and under three more topmenu’s like Inconvenient Views, Transversal Issues, and About Aviel.
There is a roadmap <\/a>of the site.
Various items in the wide field of energy & environmental, climate economics and policy are covered. The framing paradigm of my research is Sustainable Development<\/a>. Since a few years I adopted political economy as major perspective for analysis.
My research is conform the principle
Prefer to speak true words receiving blame<\/strong><\/em>
          above deceiving advice in soliciting praise.<\/strong><\/em>
Direct access to my publications and lectures looks the most effective and efficient way of communication. I appreciate to be referenced when you use my work. When you want to share comments, please mail me via Aviel.Verbruggen@uantwerpen.be  B ab

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