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A Framework for Social Adaptation to Climate Change: Sustaining Tropical Coastal Communitites and In...
Although this report primarily documents the effects of climate change to coastal areas in third world countries, it's findings and recommendations may be useful to managers of coastal areas in developed countries as well.
From the Introduction:
"In this publication we describe how managers, communities and (Adger 2006; Dessai and Hu ...
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N.A. Marshall, P.A. Marshall, J. Tamelander, D. Obura, D. Malleret-King and J.E. Cinner
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland, June 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
A long-run target for climate policy: the Stern Review and its critics
"This report is intended to support the work of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) Secretariat in its review of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2050 (defined here as the ‘long run’). It first sets out the approach taken in the Stern Review to proposing a range of targets for stabilising the atmospheric concentration of g ...
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Dietz, Simon
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Adaptation to a Changing Climate Today’s Iinvestments in Tomorrow’s Climate
This report advocates for the consumer by examining the impacts of climate change on such things as property values, protection of property, repair costs in the event of a climate disaster, as well as the accompanying psychological distress. The most vulnerable will be low-income, the eldery and those with pre-existing medical conditions who w ...
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Consumer Focus
Consumer Focus, London, UK, October 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Adapting to climate change: Towards a European Framework for Action
Climate change increases land and sea temperatures and alters precipitation quantity and patterns, resulting in the increase of global average sea level, risks of coastal erosion and anexpected increase in the severity of weather-related natural disasters. Changing water levels, temperatures and flow will in turn affect food supply, health, indus ...
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Commission off the European Communities
Commission of the European Communities, January 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Agricultural Development Under a Changing Climat e: Opportunities and Challenges for Adaptation
From the Summary for Development Practicioners:
The purpose of this report is to review the major effects of climate change on the agricultural sector; to examine the causes of vulnerability; and to suggest a range of potential options and investment opportunities for supporting adaptation efforts and, more generally, for building adaptive c ...
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Jon Padgham
The World Bank, Washington D.C., August 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,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|For the Public
“Flexible Mechanisms in Support of a New Climate Change Regime: The Clean Development Mechanism an...
"This report is based on discussions in the CEPS Task Force on the Clean
Development Mechanism and Future Flexible Mechanisms post-2012, chaired
by Ulrika Raab, Senior Advisor at the Swedish Energy Agency. It was
assumed that flexible mechanisms will play a crucial role in
facilitating a positive outcome in the UN climate change negotiations
i ...
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Noriko Fujiwara
Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium, December 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Basic Information from the EPA
This link will take you to a page on the EPA website that has posted four two-page fact sheets
on climate change based on recent scientific data and findings. These documents
may be useful to state and local governments looking for public outreach
materials on climate change. The four new fact sheets are:
Climate
Change Sc ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C, USA, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Beyond Aid: Ensuring Adaptation to Climate Change Works for the Poor
Climate change is already impacting people's lives, can span generations and is undermining the progress made between rich and poor countries to end poverty and suffering at the UN Milleniium Summit in 2000.
To compound matters, climate change and risk will continue to increase for some time – even if global emissions were to cease immedi ...
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Catherine Pettengell, Anju Sharma and Robert Bailey
Osfam International, September 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,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|For the Public
Beyond Rising Sea Levels: The Importance of the Insurance Asset in the Process of Accelerating Deliv...
Second of two articles. Addresses new technology risks and their management, both for rising seas and other aspects of climate change, but turns more to managing the the uncertainties inherent in introducing new technologies. Argues that "To ignore price signals sent by the insurance industry is to risk deployment of unsustainable or inefficient te ...
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Patton, Lindene
European Business Review: 2008For the Public
Building Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform: Have we got all the blocks?
It is increasingly recognized by the G-20 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) that subsidizing fossil fuels is not only inefficient but encourages consumption of this limited and polluting source of energy. In addition, continued subsidizatioin of fossil fuels will divert funds from badly needed social concerns such as healthcare, water ...
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Global Subsidies Initiative
Global Subsidies Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland, December 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,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|For the Public
Calculating the Benefits of Climate Policy: Examining the Assumptions of Integrated Assessment Model...
From the Abstract: "Policy-relevant results of Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) are sensitive to a number of uncertain assumptions that govern model simulation of the climate, society, and the policy response to climate change. Uncertainties remain in understanding of the rate and magnitude of climate change, the nature and severity of clim ...
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Michael D. Mastrandrea
The Pew Center, Arlington, VA, USA,
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
CEO Climate Policy Recommendations to G8 Leaders
This set of recommendations (developed by a group of global business leaders from diverse sectors and regions) was created for G8 leaders to consider at their annual summit in Japan. Each is then followed by an in-depth discussion. Excerpted from the report:
Climate change is a serious challenge for the international community,
inclu ...
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World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland, July 2008
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Charting Our Water Future Economic Frameworks to Inform Decision-Making
From the Executive Summary: "Constraints on a valuable resource should draw new investment and prompt policies to increase productivity of demand and augment supply. However, for water, arguably one of the most constrained and valuable resources we have, this does not seem to be happening. Calls for action multiply and yet an abundance of eviden ...
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Lee Addams, Giulio Boccaletti, Mike Kerlin, Martin Stuchtey
The 2030 Water Resources Group, McKinsey Quarterly, 2009
Objectives: Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
China and A Sustainable Future: Toward a Low Carbon Economy & Society
As one of the largest global emitters of CO2, and as the largest developing country, China faces both opportunities and challenges in order to move toward a low carbon economy. These opportunities, as discussed in the report, are listed below.
From the Introduction:
"Improved energy efficiency as an option for developing double-di ...
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Programme of Energy and Climate Economics, Renmin University
United Nations Development Programme, China, December 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Climate Change and Discounting the Future: A Guide for the Perplexed
"Some of the most important disagreements about how aggressively to respond to the threat of climate change turn on the choice of the discount rate. A high discount rate implies relatively modest and slow reductions; a low discount rate implies immediate and dramatic action. The debate between the two sides reflects a disagreement between the posit ...
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Weisbach, David, and Cass R. Sunstein
Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, AEI Center for Regulatory and Market Studies. Working Paper 08-19: August 2008
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For the Public
Climate Change and Fisheries: Vulnerability and Adaptation in Cambodia
From Key Messages:
"Cambodia is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change on fisheries, which supply livelihoods for millions and up to 80% of all animal protein in the diet.
Hydrological variation in the Mekong Basin induced by climate change may amplify an emerging boom-andbust cycle of fish catches, with banner years follow ...
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The Worldfish Center
The Worldfish Center, Pelang, Malaysia, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Climate Change and Individual Behavior: Considerations for Policy
From the Abstract: “Climate change is anthropogenic—the product of billions of acts of daily consumption. That solutions need to be anthropogenic too is well accepted. Yet, suggested Climate change is anthropogenic—the product of billions of acts of daily consumption. That solutions need to be anthropogenic too is well accepted. Yet, suggested sol ...
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Andrea Liverani
Washington DC: The World Bank. Background Paper to the 2010 World Development Report, September 2009.
Objectives: Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Climate Change Meets Trade in Promoting Green Growth: Potential Conflicts and Synergies
From the Abstract: "To
date, border adjustment measures in the form of emissions allowance
requirements (EAR) under the U.S. proposed cap-and-trade regime are the
most concrete unilateral trade measure put forward on the table to
level the carbon playing field. If improperly implemented, such
measures could disturb the world trade order and t ...
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ZhongXiang Zhang
East-West Center - Research Program, Honolulu, HI, July 15, 2009For Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Climate Crash Course for Copenhagen: The Six Simple Reasons Why We Need Global Technology Collabora...
I N TR O D UC T I O N
This paper will reviews why emissions cap and trading will not be sufficient to deliver the emissions reductions at the scale and speed required. Technological innovation is critical to achieve climate stabilization. This paper explains why technology innovation is needed and why countries should pursue complementary tech ...
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Lewis Milford and Jessica Morey
Clean Energy Group, Montpelier, VT, December 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Climate Economics in Four Easy Pieces
"As the climate science debate
is reaching closure, the climate economics debate is heating up. The
controversial issue now is the fear that overly ambitious climate initiatives
could hurt the economy. Mainstream economists emphasizing that fear have, in
effect, replaced the climate skeptics as the intellectual enablers of ina ...
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Frank Ackerman
Dollars & Sense. Nov-Dec, 2008. pp. 22-26.
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor the Public
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