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PA. Pennsylvania: 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
PAVING THE WAY FOR AGROFUELS EU POLICY, SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA, AND CLIMATE CALCULATIONS
"As criticism of agrofuels grows, the European Commission, various EU governments and international bodies are now developing ‘sustainability’ criteria and standards for their use, but it is unlikely that any set of criteria can mitigate against the large-scale impact of agrofuels. This report summarises EU policy making on agrofuels to date." ...
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Tamra Gilbertson Nina Holland Stella Semino Kevin Smith
Transnational Institute: September, 2007
Objectives: Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor the Public
Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance: A Simple Way to Reduce Driving-Related Harms and Increase Equity
From the introduction: If all motorists paid for accident insurance per mile rather than in a lump sum, they would have an extra incentive to drive less. Driving would decline by an estimated 8 percent nationwide, netting society the equivalent of $50 billion to $60 billion a year by reducing driving-related harms. To put it in perspective, it woul ...
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Jason E. Bordoff and Pascal J. Noel
Hamilton Project Policy Brief No. 2008-06, July 2008
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
Paying the Premium: Insurance as a Risk Management Tool for Climate Change
From the executive summary: By allowing individual countries, companies or individuals to transfer risk of future losses to an insurance provider, insurance can protect policy-holders from large-scale economic losses due to weather disasters, can provide financial liquidity immediately after a loss, and can help build resilience to economic shocks. ...
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Aarjan Dixit and Heather McGray
World Resources Institute Working Paper, June 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor NationsFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Penny Wise, Pound Fuelish: New Measures of Housing and Transportation Affordability
This report is actually a guide to an index that measured housing and transportation affordability in 337 municipal regions and demonstrates that the cost of living is greater for those living in sprawl development than in compact communities when the cost of transportation is factored into the housing equation. In fact, the index shows, that in ...
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Center for Neighborhood Technology
Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago, Ill., February 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
People versus planners: Social Preferences for Adaptation to Climate Change
This paper discusses developing climate change adaptation plans using surveyed preferences.
Abstract:
"Increasing attention is being given to adaptation of natural and human systems to climate change. The academic literature covers a wide spectrum of perspectives. Policy considerations, on the other hand, are driven largely ...
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Leo Dobes
Environmental Economics Research Hub Research Reports, Canberra: 14 December 2009.
Objectives: Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
People-Centred Resilience Working with Vulnerable Farmers Towards Climate Change Adaptation and Food...
Globally, 1.7 billion small-scale farmers are incredibly vulnerable to forces largely beyond their control: climate change, big business interested in food and biofuels and policies that ignore their needs.
Climate wise, the rural lands on which they live are characterised by conditions such as low rainfall, sloping terrain, fragile soils ...
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Jules Siedenburg, Kimberly Pfeifer, and Kelly Hauser
Oxfam International, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Perspectives on Addressing Global Climate Change Issues: Case of U.S. and China
From the Intro: "The purpose of this paper is to identify and compare the approaches to limiting and reducing GHG currently in place in China and US and discuss how GHG emission reduction might be impacted by the policies of the respective countries. After reviewing scientific data on GHG emissions and global climate change, we review current poli ...
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Du Fang, Hongli Hennessey, and Daniel Otto2
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA, September 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Pew Center Statement on Copenhagen Accord
This very brief statement is supportive of the accord as a first step; acknowledges there is much work to be done and commends the Obama administration for carrying the ball forward, despite the constrained way in which he was forced to do so at this time. It concludes with, "It’s no surprise that some of the toughest issues still lie ahead." ...
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Elliot Diringer
Pew Center on Global Climate Change, December 2009
Objectives: Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor the Public
Phase Out of Incandescent Lamps
From the Executive Summary: "Since early 2007 almost all OECD and many non-OECD governments have announced policies aimed at phasing-out incandescent lighting within their jurisdictions. The intention of the regulations Already adopted or under preparation is to encourage the usage of higher efficiency lamps and most notably CFLs in place of stand ...
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International Energy Agency
International Energy Agency, Paris, France, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Physical Climate Science since IPCC AR4
This report provides an update on the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). The news is not necessarily good.
First, on the positive side, the science of climate change has made clear advances during the last three years, increasing the knowledge base and clarifying research questions, particularly in the areas of ocean acidification and E ...
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Markku Rummukainen, Jouni Räisänen, Halldór Björnsson, and Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen
TemaNord, Copenhagen, Denmark, Spring 2010
Objectives: Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Planning for Climate Change in the West (Policy Focus Report)
From the Abstract: "Planning for climate change
in the West requires an understanding of local political and cultural
conditions. Local officials engaged in planning for climate change must
focus on the economic savings of mitigating and adapting to climate
change as they tailor federal and state efforts to suit local and
regional needs, acco ...
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Rebecca Carter and Susan Culp
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, USA, January 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Polar Meltdown Triggers International Arctic Landgrab
Nations scramble to claim their share of the petroleum riches trapped deep within the Arctic seabed as global warming loosens that ocean's icy grip on its bounty.
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Jessa Gamble
Scientific American, Special Edition: Earth 3.0, March 2009
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor the Public
Policies for Funding a Response to Climate Change
This paper asserts that a significant increase in public funding for climate change research and development (R&D) is needed in the United States. While additional public R&D funding alone is unlikely to provide a sufficient policy response to climate change, it is a critical policy component in an effective long-run strategy. Different possib ...
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Brian Roach
Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University. Working Paper No. 08-03: July 2008
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For the Public
Policies for Funding a Response to Climate Change
This paper asserts that a significant increase in public funding for climate change research and development (R&D) is needed in the United States. While additional public R&D funding alone is unlikely to provide a sufficient policy response to climate change, it is a critical policy component in an effective long-run strategy. Different possibiliti ...
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Brian Roach
Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, Working Paper No. 08-03: July, 2008
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists
Policy and Performance in the States
This is a review of the climate performance of different states in the US, citing the Pew Centre on Global Climate Change and US Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Laboratory.
The discussion is organized under the following rubrics:
Energy efficiency policy and performance
Renewable energy policy
Installed renewable ener ...
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Stephen Tindale
November 16, 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Policymaking for Posterity
"Policymaking for posterity involves current decisions with distant consequences. Contrary to conventional prescriptions, we conclude that the greater wealth of future generations may strengthen the case for preserving environmental amenities; lower discount rates should be applied to the far future, and special effort should be made to avoid actio ...
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Summers, Lawrence H., and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper 14359: September 2008
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists|For the Public
Policymaking under Pressure: The Perils of Incremental Responses to Climate Change
Federal policymakers' reluctance to enact a comprehensive climate change policy during the past decade has led to passage of piecemeal, sub-federal policies.The paper explains why such ad hoc responses to climate change may well be no better than, and possibly will be worse than, no action at all. Incremental climate change policies can give rise t ...
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Coglianese, Cary and D'Ambrosio, Jocelyn
Philadelphia, PA: U of Pennsylvania Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-30: June 27, 2008
Objectives: Evaluating ProposalsFor Specialized Analysts
Political Institutions and Greenhouse Gas Controls
Research and insights taken from the field of political economy seen through the eyes of conservatives in the American Enterprise Institute. They suggest that institutions limit the extent to which efficient policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are likely to be adopted. High transaction costs among nations, as well as domestic constraints li ...
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Lane, Lee and David Montgomery
Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, AEI Center for Regulatory and Market Studies. Related Publication 08-09: November 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor the Public
Politics and Economics of Second-Best Regulation of Greenhouse Gases: The Importance of Regulatory C...
This paper discusses the issue of credibility in carbon regulation schemes.
From the Abstract:
"Modellers have examined a wide array of ideal-world scenarios for regulation of greenhouse gases. In this ideal world, all countries limit emissions from all economic sectors; regulations are implemented by intelligent, well-infor ...
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Valentina Bosetti and David G. Victor
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Paper 419, San Diego: 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists
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