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2010 Energy Technology Perspectives
This is the Executive Summary of an informative report is the 2010 edition of a series by the International Energy Agency. It's purpose is to inform decision makers on the technological actions required to meet the
energy revolution IEA says is necessary to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by
50% by 2050 (compared to 2005 levels). The report ...
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International Energy Agency
International Energy Agency, Paris, France, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
2050 Vision: How can the UK play its part in avoiding dangerous climate change? - Exec Summ
This document is the Executive Summary of a book released by the IPPC. The study involved the use of two different models used in the UK by different organizations looking at the economic of climate change and responses to the issue. Both models imply that an 80 per cent reduction in carbon emissions would be feasible with technologies known about ...
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Lockwood, Matthew, and Jenny Bird with Raquel Alvarez
London, UK: Institute for Public Policy Research: Nov. 5, 2007
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Proposing Policies
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor the Public
A Climate for Collaboration: Analysis of US and EU Lessons and Opportunities in Energy and Climate P...
From the Abstract: "This paper aims to improve mutual understanding between the EU and US with regard to climate change and energy policy, suggesting specific opportunities for transatlantic cooperation in this area. A background on the environmental, legislative, and economic contexts of the EU and US as they relate to climate policy sets the con ...
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Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Adapting Institutions to Climate Change Summary Report
Although this study examines the readiness of institutions in the UK to
initiate and build adaptive capacity, it's conclusions are pertinent to
other developed countries as well.
"This report explores the challenges facing institutions in adapting to climate
change by examining existing institutional arrangements for three exemplar ar ...
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The Royal Commission
The Royal Commission, London, UK, March 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Analysis of the Rural Economic Development Potential of Renewable Resources
The global economic slide has hit the state of Indiana hard, causing the loss of almost 200,000 jobs since the beginning of 2008. Despite an unprecedented set of economic
challenges, Indiana is in a position to grow, if it takes advantage of the potential for effective development of its outstanding renewable resources.
From the Executive ...
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Martin R. Cohen, October 2009
National Resources Defense Council
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Biofuels – at What Cost? Government Support for Ethanol and Biodiesel in the United States
From the introduction: "This report examines government support for ethanol and biodiesel in the United States. We have surveyed current government subsidy policies at the federal, state and, to the extent possible, local level. This analysis forms part of a multi-country effort by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) to characterize and quantify ...
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Doug Koplow (Earth Track, Inc.)
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Geneva, Switzerland, October 2006
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Biofuels Subsidies and the Green Paradox
This paper discusses the green paradox, in which renewables stimulate fossil fuel consumption, and biofuel subsidies.Abstract:"This paper develops sufficient conditions under which the Weak Green Paradox may (and may not) hold in terms of subsidies for biofuel production such that the supply-side responses by fossil fuel producers may more than off ...
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R. Quentin Grafton, Tom Kompas, Ngo Van Long
CESIFO Working Paper No. 2960, Munich, Germany: February 2010.
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists
Biofuels, Climate Policy and the European Vehicle Fleet
Abstract:
“We examine the effect of biofuels mandates and climate policy on the European vehicle fleet,
considering the prospects for diesel and gasoline vehicles. We use the MIT Emissions Prediction and
Policy Analysis (EPPA) model, which is a general equilibrium model of the world economy. We
expand this model by explicitly introducing ...
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Xavier Gitiaux, Sergey Paltsev, John Reilly and Sebastian Rausch
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change: August, 2009
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Building a Green Economy
Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman provides a review of climate change economics and then discusses the processes of - and logic for -building a green conomy in the United States now, while facing 10% unemployment. This article from the New York Times Magazine is accompanied by readers' comments which contain many other arguments, pro and ...
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Krugman, Paul
New York Times Sunday Magazine, April 5, 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor the Public
Can Biofuels Be Sustainable by 2020? An Assessment for an Obligatory Blending Target Of 10% in the ...
From the executive summary: “This study looks into the expected near future developments in the production of biofuels to assess the availability of sustainable biofuels for the Netherlands in 2020 and the implications for sustainability components as outlined and accepted by society at large, including the Netherlands government, in the criteria ...
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Prem Bindraban, Erwin Bulte, Sjaak Conijn, Bas Eickhout, Monique Hoogwijk and Marc Londo
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency WAB 500102 024, January 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Specialized Analysts
Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies in the European Power Market
This paper models the impact of carbon capture and storage technologies on European electricity markets. Though written with a European focus, the paper also provides useful analysis for CCS technology use in the U.S.Abstract:"We examine the potential of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies in the European electricity markets, assessing wh ...
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Rolf Golombek, Mads Greaker, Sverre A.C Kittelsen, Ole Røgeberg and Finn Roar Aune
Statistics Norway, Research Paper, Discussion Papers No. 603, Kongsvinger, Norway: December 2009
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists
Carbon Dioxide Offsets from Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Waste
This paper discusses the economics of generating renewable energy through anaerobic digestion of dairy waste.Abstract:"Anaerobic digestion allows farmers to create renewable energy and significantly reduce manure methane emissions. Methane emission reductions have the potential to be an important source of carbon dioxide offsets under cap and trade ...
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Brent A. Gloy
Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: February 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists
Carbon Finance Possibilities for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use Projects in a Smallholder ...
From the Report: "This guide is intended to guide extension service advisors and institutions who work with small‐scale farmers and foresters with an interest in Carbon Finance and Carbon Projects. Its aim is to support setting‐up carbon projects which involve small‐scale farmers. Their participation allows them to be involved in the devel ...
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Christina Seeberg‐Elverfeldt
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, February 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Certification Strategies, Industrial Development and a Global Market for Biofuels
With both the US and the EU in the process of
designing policies that will meet the recently enacted standards for the sale of biofuels, policemakers must do their best to reach a balance between protecting the environment while encouraging economic growth. This is particularly true for the world's poorest countries. This paper provides such a ...
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Ricardo Hausmann and Rodrigo Wagner
Discussion Paper 2009-15, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, MA., October 2009.
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
Clean and Energy-Efficient Vehicles - European Strategy for the Uptake of Green Vehicles
The European Commission has tabled a technology-neutral strategy on clean and
energy-efficient vehicles, and instead, proposed an action plan based on a twin-track approach: 1) improve the efficiency of conventional engines, and 2) make "ultra low-carbon
mobility a reality for European consumers."
From a global perspective, this strate ...
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The European Commission
The European Commission, April 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Clean Energy and Air Quality - State Policy Review
States: CT MN NM NC OH WA
"States are working to produce enough energy to meet growing demand in a challenging environment—one that is constrained by concerns about climate change and the pollution caused by traditional fossil fuel-fired power plants. To meet this challenge, state legislators are implementing clean energy production policies ...
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Anderson, Glenn
Denver CO, and Washington, DC: National Conference of State Legislatures, December, 2008
Objectives: Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
Clean Energy Corps: Jobs, Service, and Equal Opportunity in America’s Clean Energy Economy
from the one-page summary:
"More than ever, Americans are ready for change. And, though these are not easy times, the country is filled with hope that, working side by side, we can create that change. The Clean Energy Corps is a proposal to bring Americans together to create 600,000 quality jobs, retrofit and upgrade 15 million buildings, a ...
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Walsh, Jason, with Lisbeth Shepherd, Dean Baker, Joel Rogers, Benjamin Goldstein and Bracken Hendricks
Washington, DC: Green for All, for the Clean Energy Corps Working Group. 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Clean Energy League Tables
This paper provides data on 2009 investments in the clean energy sector.From the Introduction:"Given the depth of the world recession that ensued after the financial crisis of autumn 2008, it is not surprising that 2009 witnessed a drop in total investment in the clean energy sector."However, Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s latest figures, based on ...
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Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Bloomberg New Energy Finance, New York, NY: March 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Specialized Analysts
Clean Tech Job Trends 2009
This report examines all aspects of clean tech jobs: from compensation and location to educational requirements. Clean tech jobs are defined as "those that are a direct result of the development, production, and/or deployment of technologies that harness renewable materials and energy sources; reduce the use of natural resources by using them mo ...
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Ron Pernick, Clint Wilder, Dexter Gauntlett, and Trevor Winnie
Clean Edge Inc., October 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Climate and Trade Policies in a Post 2012 World
This is a collection of articles by leading experts on the relationship between trade and climate change policies. It examines the future interplay between climate, trade policies, and institutions. The collection consists of articles that focus on "international, regional and national policies and institutions relevant to the implementation of ...
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United Nations Environment Programme Economics and Trade Branch and the ADAM Project
United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
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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