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A U.S. Innovation Strategy for Climate Change Mitigation

Within a market-based economy, success is maximized if policies directly address specific market problems. For technology innovation relevant to mitigating greenhouse gases (GHGs), the two principal market problems are a lack of private incentive to reduce GHGs by adopting low-GHG technologies, and underinvestment by industry in research and d ...
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Richard G. Newell
Brookings instirurte: december, 2008
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Building Business Resilience to Inevitable Climate Change: Carbon Disclosure Project Report

This report examines the reticence of the mining industry to come to terms with the risks and challenges of climate change to their operations and future effectiveness. From the Executive Summary: "The existence of uncertainties regarding the business risks arising from climate change, should by itself act as a catalyst for companies to q ...
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Acclimatize
Acclimatize, Oxford, UK, 2010
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

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

Cool the Earth, Save the Economy: Solving the Climate Crisis Is EASY

This book, by a University of California - Berkely Professor of Environmental Science, POlicy and Management and a PhD biologist and focused on the US, offers solutions to the climate crisis which are organized with the acronym EASY. "The goal is to reduce current annual US carbon emissions by 75% by the year 2003. The 4 components of the EASY pl ...
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Harte, John and Mary Ellen Harte
Berkeley, CA: Self-published by John and Mary Ellen Harte,: 2008
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public

Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change

This is a policy brief from the National Council of the National Academies. From the Abstract: "Meeting internationally discussed targets for limiting atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and associated increases in global average temperatures will require a major departure from business as usual in how the world uses and produces en ...
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Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change: Robert W. Fri (Chair)
National Council of The National Academies
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions: Insights from Example Development

This report is an analysis based on a study of an example NAMA in the transport sector for exico. Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) are often recommended as the solution to many unanswered questions regarding climate change mitigation, yet no one, including the negotiations of Copenhagen 2009, have defined what they are. In ...
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Martina Jung, Marion Vieweg, Katja Eisbrenner, Niklas Höhne, Christian Ellermann, Sven Schimschar, Catharina Beyer
Ecofys, Cologne, Germany, March 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor Nations,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

SUGGESTED STATE LEGISLATION Supplement -- State Energy Actions

"The Council of State Governments (CSG) is pleased to bring you this Supplement edition to the 2008 Suggested State Legislation, a valued series of compilations of draft legislation from the states about topics of current interest and importance to the states. The CSG Committee on Suggested State Legislation compiled this supplement as part of Ok ...
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Voit, William K., and Nancy J. Vickers, compilters
Lexington, KY: Council of State Governments. 2008 Volume
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public

The Little Climate Finance Book

Everything you ever wanted to know about financing global climate change in a highly accessible form, even for lay readers. The discussion is organized around the following topics: Understanding Financing Generation Delivery Institutional Arrangements (government and non-government) Comparative Analysis Wh ...
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Global Canopy Programme
Global Canopy Programme, Oxford, UK, November 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,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

The Materiality of Climate Change: How Finance Copes With the Ticking Clock

The report is a thorough review of key financial analyst and academic research on climate change. It's purpose is to accelerate the integration of climate change risks, as well as opportunities into financial analysis and practice. Excerpted from the major conclusions section: 1. There is now sufficient evidence on the materia ...
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United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Specialized Analysts

The Merit of Sectoral Approaches in Transitioning Towards a Global Carbon Market

From the WEbsite of the Center for European Policy Studies: "Sectoral approaches can be considered part of a transition towards a global carbon market. Providing the potentially strongest link between the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) and sectoral approaches, sectoral benchmarks can be used for setting caps, free allocation, or ...
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Noriko Fujiwara, Anton Georgiev, and Monica Alessi
Center for Euopean Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium, May 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