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A Framework for Social Adaptation to Climate Change

This publication is a great resource for coral reef and other tropical marine ecosystem managers, policy makers, conservation practitioners, academics, business and other resource user communities, government employees, reef users and scientists in tropical coastal regions. It presents an a framework for understanding the vulnerab ...
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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

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

Adapting to Climate Change in Ontario

The Expert Panel on Climate was convened to provide advice and help to the Ontario government to understand, prepare and plan for climate change impacts. The panel met with senior level government managers from 17 provincial ministries and government agencies. "During these meetings, the ministries and agencies outlined: The ...
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Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation
The Queen's Printer for Ontario, Canada, November 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Advancing the Science of Climate Change

This is another policy brief from The National Council of the National Academies. As both experts and lay communities recognize that climate change is indeed taking place and posing serious risks and consequences for both natural systems and human society, the question has shifted from "What is happening?" to "How can we respond?". This p ...
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Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change
The National Council of the National Academies, March 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

An International Survey on Time Discounting

From the Abstract: "We present results from an international survey on time discounting in 45 countries/regions. Consistent with the pattern predicted by the hyperbolic discounting model, most participants discount the near future more than the long-term future. The tendency to wait and the subjective discount rates are highly heterogeneous o ...
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Mei Wang, Marc Oliver Rieger, and Thorsten Hens
Social Science Research Network, October 2009
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists

Are There Basic Physical Constraints on Future Anthropogenic Emissions of Carbon Dioxide?

From the Abstract: "Global Circulation Models (GCMs) provide projections for future climate warming using a wide variety of highly sophisticated anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios as input, each based on the evolution of four emissions “drivers”: population p, standard of living g, energy productivity (or efficiency) f and energy carbonizat ...
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Timothy J. Garrett
Online at Springerlink.com., November 21, 2009
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts,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

Assessing Dangerous Climate Change Through an Update of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang...

From the Report: "Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [United Nations (1992)...accessed February 9, 2009] commits signatory nations to stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that 'would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference (DAI) with the climate system.' In an effort to ...
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Joel B. Smitha, Stephen H. Schneiderb, Michael Oppenheimerd, Gary W. Yohee, William Haref, Michael D. Mastrandreac, Anand Patwardhang, Ian Burton, Jan Corfee-Morloti, Chris H. D. Magadzaj, Hans-Martin Fusself, A. Barrie Pittock, Atiq Rahman, Avelino Suarez, and Jean-Pascal van Yperselen
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., March 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

“Tailoring Rule” Outlining Clean Air Act Permitting Thresholds for Facilities that Emit Greenhou...

The "Tailoring Rule" is the latest in a series of linked actions by the EPA based on the Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA. In that decision, the Court stipulated that GHGs are “pollutants” under the Clean Air Act, and ordered EPA to make a science-based determination as to whether GHG emissions from motor vehicles cont ...
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Van Ness Feldman, Attorneys at Law
Van Ness Feldman, Washington D.C., May 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor 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

Catalysing Change: The UNECE Response to the Climate Countdown

"The publication provides an overview of the main impacts of climate change in the UNECE region, which spans North America, Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia, and Israel." It also covers "regional mitigation measures and adaptation strategies, and highlights that UNECE’s activities related to climate change cover the following areas: sustaina ...
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Laura Altinger
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Climate Change Adaptation: The Pivotol Role of Water.

Water plays key roles in climate change and its effects on human societies. First, it is the lifeblood of the planet; second, it is the primary medium through which climate change influences earth's ecosystems, as well as all natural, social and economic systems and livelihoods. Water stress is already occurring around the planet and continuin ...
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U.N.-Water
U.N.Water, Washington, D.C., USA, 2010
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

Climate Change Indicators in the United States

"This report presents 24 indicators, each describing trends related to the causes and effects of climate change. The report focuses primarily on the United States, but in some cases global trends are presented to provide context or a basis for comparison. It aims to collect data and generate analyses to: (i) monitor the effects/impact ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C, USA, September 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Climate Change: Faster, Stronger, Sooner

Research published on climate change since the deadline for the assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reveals that global warming is accelerating, at times far beyond IPCC 2007 forecasts. This summary presents some sobering facts, some even dire predictions, regarding the Europen Unioin and the accelera ...
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Tina Tin
World Wildlife Federation, Brussels, Belgium, October 2008
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

Climate Crisis, Credit Crisis" The Quest for Green Growth

This is the report from the Brookings Blum Roundtable held in August of 2009. The report was postponed to incorporate the outcomes of the UNFCCC in Copenhagen 2009. While in many respects the participants of the roundtable felt that climate talks in Copenhagen were a failure, there was some movement towards international cooperation and the pos ...
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Kemal Dervis¸ , Abigail Jones, Karen Kornbluh, and Sarah Puritz
The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., March 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|For the Public

Climate Policy Without Commitment

This paper models R&D and mitigation policies with regards to time inconsistency issues.Abstract:"Climate mitigation policy should be imposed over a long period, and spur development of new technologies in order to make stabilization of green house gas concentrations economically feasible. The government may announce current and future policy packa ...
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Rolf Golombek, Mads Greaker, Michael Hoel
CESIFO Working Paper No. 2909, Munich, Germany: January 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists

Climate-Resilient Industrial Development Paths: Design Principles and Alternative Models

From the Abstract: "The 'climate imperative'—the urgent need to both mitigate and adapt to global climate change—has important implications for economic development paths in general and industry and energy policies in particular. Development models and practice historically have treated climate—and indeed, the natural environment in general ...
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Lyuba Zarsky
Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA, February 2010
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

Combating Climate ChangeThe German Adaptation Strategy

Although this document focuses on the German strategies for adapting to climate change, the information presented is pertinent to the entire developed world, emphasizing that climate change is already changing the way we live and will have far-reaching consequences for the natural environment, human societies and the global economy if not properl ...
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Almut Nagel, Jürgen Schulz, and Thomas Stratenwerth (Eds.)
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin, Germany, March 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Displacing Coal with Generation from Existing Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants

The proposal to reduce carbon emissions by replacing coal plants with increased natural gas generation (some of which could come from underutilized plants) is a complex subject. This report is an overview of the issues involved. The report states it does not present definitive answers, which would be premature, given the current state of ...
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Stan Mark Kaplan
Congretional Research Service, Washington, D.C., USA, January 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Environment as infrastructure: Resilience to climate change impacts on water through investments in ...

From the document: "This Perspective Document is part of a series of 16 papers on Water and Climate Change Adaptation." "'Climate change and adaptation’ is a central topic on the 5th World Water Forum. It is the lead theme for the political and thematic processes, the topic of a High Level Panel session, and a focus in several docume ...
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D. Mark Smith and Stefano Barchiesi
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland, 2010
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

Environmental Justice and the Green Economy: A Vision Statement and Case Studies for Just and Sustai...

This report (available for download as PDF documents in both English and Spanish) highlights grassroots environmental justice successes that are creating the vision for a just and sustainable economy. The publication includes case studies from low income communities and communities of color in Los Angeles, Navajo Nation, Harlan County ...
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Working Group of We Act for Environmenta. Justice
We Act for Environmental Justice, Harlem, NY, March 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

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