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Obama Hits the Reset Button on the Foundatioins of International Climate Agreements
Excerpted from the article: "This union of the US with these four countries is premised on what
could become a new guiding assumption: that the world is divided
between the major emitters of carbon pollution and everyone else. In
that respect the fact that the accord includes a robust compromise on
measurement, reporting, and verification ac ...
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Andrew Light
Obama's Climate Challenge: Winning the Carbon Game
How Obama and his team can pass climate legislation and reach an international accord by December 2009.
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Chris Mooney
Scientific American, Special Edition: Earth 3.0, March 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
OECD Green Growth Strategy – Beyond the Crisis
This 39 point discussion paper from the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Develoment, strongly supports efforts to help governments foster greener growth, achieve emissions reductions, as well as create sustainability and equity worldwide. The discussion looks at all aspects of green-growt ...
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Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD
Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, Paris, France, November 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
OH. Ohio: Assessing the Costs of Climate Change
Brief summary of the state’s projected climate trends and economic costs, with fully annotated and cited sources. Useful for political debate, with brief overview and comments on known data problems.
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National Conference of State Legislatures and Center for Integrative Environmental Research. U. Maryland
Denver CO, and Washington, DC: National Conference of State Legislatures: October 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
OH. What's at Stake: How Global Warming Threatens the Buckeye State
Analysis of the economic consequences of global warming as it increases natural disasters and affects Ohio forests, wildlife, agriculture, and Lake Erie.
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Timothy Telleen-Lawton, Amy Gomberg
Environment Ohio Research & Policy Center, December 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
Oil Prices and Climate Change Mitigation
Abstract: Future oil price trends and oil price volatility have a major impact on the economic attractiveness of distinct mitigation options and their mutual unit cost rankings. This paper assesses the impact of different oil price scenarios on the abatement costs of mitigation options in Europe in 2020, using a technology-by-technology approach wi ...
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Stefan Bakker, Luuk Beurskens, Stelios Grafakos, Jaap Jansen, Jeroen de Joode, Bas van Ruijven, Detlef van Vuuren
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands Report 500102 020, March 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Older People and Climate Change: the Case for Better Engagement New!
This report presents three reasons for better engagement of older people on climate
change issues in particular, and environmental issues in general.
Because an ageing population will have a broad set of socio-economic and
environmental impacts, it is imperative that policies tackle climate change while simultaneously addressing the ne ...
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Gary Haq, Dave Brown and Sarah Hards
Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
On Fair, Effective and Efficient REDD Mechanism Design
From the Abstract: "The issues surrounding 'Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and
Forest Degradation' (REDD) have become a major component of continuing
negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC). This paper aims to address two key requirements of any
potential REDD mechanism: first, the generation ...
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Michael Obersteiner, Michael Huettner, Florian Kraxner, Ian McCallum, Kentaro Aoki, Hannes Böttcher, Steffen Fritz, Mykola Gusti, Petr Havlik, Georg Kindermann, Ewald Rametsteiner and Belinda Reyers
Carbon Balance and Management, November 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change
"Using climate change as a prototype example, this paper analyzes the implications
of structural uncertainty for the economics of low-probability high-impact catastrophes. The paper is an application of the idea that having uncertain structural parameters induces a critical "tail fattening" of posterior-predictive distributions, even when they a ...
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Martin L. Weitzman
Cambridge, MA: Harvard U Economic Department Working Paper. Feb 8, 2008
On the Drivers of Eco-innovations: Empirical Evidence from the UK
This paper uses modeling and survey data from UK firms to discuss the role of environmental regulations in stimulating eco-innovation.Abstract:"The environmental economics literature emphasises the key role that environmental regulations play in stimulating eco-innovations. Innovation literature, on the other hand, underlines other important determ ...
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Effie Kesidou and Pelin Demirel
Nottingham University Business School, Research Paper Series No. 2010-03, Nottingham, UK: 19 February 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Economists
On the Measurement of Environmental Taxes
This paper discusses environmental taxes and the distinctions between Pigouvian and fiscal taxes.Abstract:"The purpose of environmental taxes is to correct the market when it fails to take environmental damages into account, i.e. to internalize the Pigouvian element. In addition, fiscal taxes are levied on both polluting and clean goods, which may ...
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Annegrete Bruvoll
Statistics Norway, Research Paper, Discussion Papers No. 599, Kongsvinger, Norway: December 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists
One Hundred Percent Renewable Electricity: A Roadmap to 2050 for Europe and North Africa
A new study on the use of the SuperSmart Grid shows how the potential to power all of Europe and North Africa solely with renewable electricity by 2050 is not only possible, but essential. The study demonstrates the possibilities if the opportunity is supported by a single European power market united with a similar one in North Africa.
On ...
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Price Waterhouse Coopers
Price Waterhouse Coopers, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: EU and Member States,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Opinion Survey on Obama Administration Priorities
Quick report on a 600 person national survey done late on November 4, 2008 presented in 21 powerpoint slides. Goal was to test support for global warming and climate change legislation given current economic conditions. Finding show extensive support in some areas, especially for job creation focused on investment in clean and renewable energy as ...
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Schoen, Douglas
Washington, DC: Environmental Defense Fund: November 6, 2008For the Public
Optimal Capture and Sequestration from the Carbon Emission Flow and from the Atmospheric Carbon Stoc...
This paper models the optimal exploitation paths of renewable and non-renewable resources in different sectors.Abstract:"We characterize the optimal exploitation paths of two primary energy resources. The first one is a non-renewable polluting resource, the second one a pollution-free renewable resource. Both resources can supply the energy needs o ...
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Jean-Pierre Amigues, Gilles Lafforgue, and Michel Moreaux
Laboratoire d/Economie des Ressources Naturelles, University of Toulouse, Working Paper 10.05.311, Toulouse: 11 February 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists
Optimal Emission Pricing in the Presence of International Spillovers: Decomposing Leakage and Terms-...
This paper analyzes the leakage implications of climate policies in the U.S. and E.U.
Abstract:
"Carbon control policies in OECD countries commonly differentiate emission prices in favor of energy-intensive industries. While leakage provides a efficiency argument for differential emission pricing, the latter may be a disgui ...
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Christoph Böhringer, Andreas Lange, and Thomas F. Rutherford
National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 15899, Cambridge, MA: April 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists
Optimal Emission Tax with Endogenous Location Choice of Duopolistic Firms
This paper discusses the relationship between optimal emission taxes and the location of duopoly firms.Abstract:"This paper explores optimal environmental tax policy under which duopoly firms strategically choose the location of their plants in a simple three-stage game. We examine how the relationship between the optimal emission tax and the choic ...
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Masako Ikefugi, Jun-ichi Itaya, Makoto Okamura
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Nota di Lavoro, Osaka, Japan: 2010.
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists
Optimal Energy Efficiency Policies and Regulatory Demand-Side Management Tests: How Well Do They Mat...
Abstract
"Under conventional models, subsidizing energy efficiency requires electricity to be priced below marginal cost. Its benefits increase when electricity prices increase to finance the subsidy. With high prices, subsidies are counterproductive unless consumers fail to make efficiency investments when private benefits exceed costs. If ...
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Tim Brennan
Washington, DC: Resources for the Future. Discussion Paper 08-46. January, 2009.
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists
Options for Managing Financial Flows from REDD+
This paper discusses mechanisms for distributing funding under the United Nations' REDD (Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation) program.From the Introduction:"To mobilize resources for global forest emission reduction and removal, a cost-efficient, effective, and equitable mechanism is needed to ensure measurable, real and su ...
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Charlotte Streck, Manuel Estrada Porrua, Carina Bracer, and Michael Coren
Climate Focus, Washington, DC: 27 February 2010
Objectives: Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
OR. Oregon Strategy for Greenhouse Gas Reductions
The report recommends green house gas emission reductions to at least 75% below 1990 levels by 2050. Other recommendations pertain to integrating actions; energy efficiency; electric generation and supply; transportation; biological sequestration; materials use, recovery and waste disposal; and state government operations.
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Governor’s Advisory Group On Global Warming
Oregon Department of Energy: December 2004
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
Other Worlds Are Possible: Human Progress in an Age of Climate Change
From the Summary: " This report argues that our chances of triumphing over climate change will rise dramatically if we change the context within which we ‘fight its fire’. More than that, it suggests that we are already surrounded by a sleeping architecture of better ways to organise our economies, communities and livelihoods. We have, in fact, mu ...
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Wangari Maathai, Victoria Johnson, Rajendra Pachauri, Michael Edwards, Manfred Max-Neef, Jayati Ghosh * Herman Daly * David Woodward * Andrew Simms
The New Economics Foundation, London, UK, November 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
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