No Standard Oil - Managing Abundant Petroleum in a Warming World

In No Standard Oil, environmental policy expert Deborah Gordon examines the widely varying climate impacts of global oils and gases, and proposes solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in this sector while making sustainable progress in transitioning to a carbon-free energy future.

List of contents

• Foreword by Jessica T. Mathews


• Acknowledgments


• List of Abbreviations


• Introduction - The Unexpected Pitfalls of Contending With Oil and Gas


• Part I: The Problem


• Chapter 1 - Beyond Peak Oil and Gas


• Chapter 2 - The Overlooked Perils of Heterogeneous Oil and Gas


• Chapter 3 - A Better Way to Measure Climate Footprints


• Chapter 4 - Curbing the Climate Footprints of Oil and Gas


• Part II: The Players


• Chapter 5 - Industry: Turning the Titanic


• Chapter 6 - Governments: Acting in the Public Interest


• Chapter 7 - Civil Society: Driving Change


• Part III: The Pathways


• Chapter 8 - Moving Forward: Oil and Gas Climate Solutions


• Afterword


• Notes


• Index

About the author

Deborah Gordon is a senior principal in the Climate Intelligence Program at RMI where she leads the Oil and Gas Solutions Initiative. Gordon also serves as a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and the principal investigator for the Oil Climate Project. Her research has spearheaded the development of the Oil Climate Index Plus Gas (OCI+), a first-of-its-kind analytic tool that compares the lifecycle climate impacts of global oil and gas resources.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Godon
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.08.2025
• EAN: 9780197832165
• ISBN: 978-0-19-783216-5
• Series: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Climate Change, Global Warming, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmental policy and protocols