Policy pointers

Climate Change & Environment

'Trading Up':Improving and Extending the European Carbon Market

AGF

The 36-page report of a British-German conference held to discuss means of reducing GHG emissions in Europe

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2007-08-09

'Step Change' Needed on Climate Change

Chatham House

A series of 5 briefing papers highlighting the connections between climate change, foreign and security policy, enrgy policy, trade and investment (sinlge page linking to each paper)

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-06-29

'Insights' from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management for Agriculture

Comprehensive Assessment

A 37-page discussion paper examining the current status of water availability worldwide

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-10-18

'Clean Coal' and Other Greenhouse Myths

TAI

A 19-page Australian paper addressing some of the most widely repeated myths about reducing carbon emissions

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2007-09-07

'Clean Coal' and Other Greenhouse Myths

Australia Institute

This 19-page Australian paper examines some widely-repeated myths about reducing emissions

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2007-10-11

"Green" Buildings

Progressive Policy Institute

A brief report on the progress of "green" buildings in the U.S.

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-02-10

WRR 2010 Framing Paper: Decision Making in a Changing Climate

WRR

The 24-page framing paper for the 2010 World Resources Report, which details the empirical findings and lessons learned that will present guidance on decision making and explore the implications for development assistance

Climate Change & Environment, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2011-02-14

World's Water Resources Face Mounting Pressure

Earth Policy News

An article highlighting the increasing pressure on the world's water resources

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-07-27

World Youth Report 2010: Youth and Climate Change

United Nations Programme on Youth

This 192-page report offers suggestions on how young people might be more effectively integrated as individual and collective agents of change within the realm of climate change adaptation and mitigation

Families, Children & Youth, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-12-09

World Sales of Solar Cells Jump 32 Percent

Earth Policy Institute

A brief region-by-region report on solar cell production during 2003

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-10-23

World Resources Report 2010-2011: Decision Making in a Changing Climate .

WRI et al.

This 184-page report offers specific, practical strategies and innovative case studies to inform how to integrate climate change risks into national policies and planning.

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-11-14

World Resources 2008: Roots of Resilience

WRI et al.

This 277-page document argues that properly-designed enterprises can create economic, social and environmental resilience to cushion the impact of climate change and help provide social stability

International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-08-15

World Resources 2005 - The Wealth of the Poor: Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty

World Resources Institute et al.

A 228-page report illustrating how natural resources managed at the local level are frequently the most effective means for the world's rural poor people to create wealth for themselves

Poverty & Hunger, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-09-16

World Food Prices Rising: Decades of Environmental Neglect Shrinking Harvests in Key Countries

Earth Policy Institute

A brief update linking falling stocks and production levels of some basic foodstuffs with environmental neglect

Climate Change & Environment, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2004-04-30

World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change

World Bank

This 365-page report states that developing countries can shift to lower-carbon paths while promoting development and reducing poverty, but this depends on financial and technical assistance from high-income countries. It also concludes that high-income countries need to act quickly to reduce their carbon footprints and boost development of alternative energy sources to help tackle climate change

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-09-22

Workshop on Chinese Climate Policies

CICERO

Report of a Norwegian workshop linking issues such as energy, air pollution and sustainable rural development to motivate Chinese climate policies (single page linking to each workshop paper)

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-09-14

Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Arctic

CICERO - Oslo

Presentations given at an Oslo workshop held to discuss adaptation to climate change in the Arctic (single page linking to each presentation)

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-07-02

Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Arctic

CICERO

The presentations delivered to an international workshop held to consider issues raised by adaptation to climate change in the Arctic (single page with links to each presentation)

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-08-05

Wind Farms and Landscape Values - Identifying Issues

Australian Wind Energy Association and Australian Council of National Trusts

This 162-page report identifies and sets priorities for the key issues relating to establishing wind farms in Australia

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-06-19

Wind Energy Demand Booming

Earth Policy News

An article reporting the growth in popularity of wind energy in the U.S., as it becomes competitive with conventional energy sources

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-03-24

Why the CDM Can Reduce Carbon Leakage

CICERO - Oslo

This 19-page Norwegian paper argues that the Clean Development Mechanism has the potential to reduce carbon leakage by around 60%

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-07-02

Why an Emissions Trading Scheme Will Not be Effective in Reducing Future Carbon Emissions

Energy Efficient Strategies

This 9-page Australian paper argues that an emissions trading scheme has many drawbacks and needs to be carefully designed to meet its goals

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-11-16

Who's Responsible for Global Warming?

CICERO - Oslo

This article calculates contributions to global warming by world regions

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-07-02

Whose Logo? Sustainable Consumption and Production in North America

PRI

A 57-page Canadian research paper examining how a “green” product is defined, and by extension, who determines what constitutes a “green” product

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-03-04

Who Owns Our Low Carbon Future? Intellectual Property and Energy Technologies

Chatham House

This 78-page UK report examines two issues, patent ownership of climate-friendly technologies, and the rate of technology diffusion

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-10-03

Who Owns Our Low Carbon Future? Intellectual Property and Energy Technologies

This 77-page UK report argues that the diffusion of energy technologies is taking too long under business-as-usual practices

Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2009-10-27

White Paper - Adapting to Climate Change : Towards a European Framework for Action

Europa

A 17-page European White Paper on adapting to climate change

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2009-06-18

What You Should Know About Nano

Ausralia Institute

This 36-page Australian paper aims to introduce and engage its audience in the experiment that is nanoscale sciences and technologies, particularly from the perspectives of consumer and environmental protection and occupational health and safety

Science & Technology, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-12-01

What Role for Policies to Supplement an Emissions Trading Scheme?

Productivity Commission Australia

An Australian study examining the likely usefulness of measures additional to an emisssions trading scheme for the reduction of greenhouse gases.

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-05-26

What Makes a Carbon Leak?

Parliamentary Library - Australia

An Australian backgounder on carbon leakage

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-01-14

What is a "Green Economy"?

WRI

This article addresses questions relating to the "green economy" concept

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-05-22

What is a "Green Economy?"

WRI

This article addresses questions relating to the "green economy" concept

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-04-14

What Durban Revealed about Climate’s Shifting Allegiances

Inside Story

An Australian commentary on the implications of the Durban conference on climate change

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-12-16

What Are Ecoystem Services? The Need for Standardized Environmental Accounting Units

Resources for the Future

A 29-page US discussion paper offering a definition of ecosystem services and a means for measurement for them

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-03-27

Water-Energy Links in Central Asia: A Long-Term Opportunity and Challenge

Brookings Institution

This US article explores the opportunities and challenges faced by Central Asia in respect of water and energy supplies

Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-07-07

Water Tables Falling and Rivers Running Dry

Earth Policy Institute

An article stressing the need to balance water demand and supply

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-07-25

Water Stress in Sub-Saharan Africa

Council on Foreign Relations

This article examines the issues relating to water stress in Sub-Saharan Africa

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-08-08

Water for a Changing World: Enhancing Local Knowhow and Capacity

UNESCO-IHE

Background and discussion papers for an international symposium held to consider issues relating to water security (single page linking to individual papers)

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-06-18

Water Diplomacy in Central Asia

Middle East Review of International Affairs

A 7-page article examining disputes over shared water resources in Central Asia and foreign policy implications arising from them

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-03-29

Water Can Be a Pathway to Peace, Not War

Worldwatch Institute

A security brief arguing that international water disputes are more commonly settled peacefully than by armed conflict

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-07-05

Water and Energy Futures in an Urbanized Asia

CSIS

This 65-page US report explores the complex simultaneous phenomena of rapid urbanization, resource management and the broader public policy challenges and opportunities in Asia

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2008-01-03

Watch the Price of Carbon!

CEPS

A 3-page commentary highlighting the environmental damage that would result from substituting pure carbon for hydrocarbon

Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-01-03

Waste Management

Productivity Commission - Australia

A 443-page draft report on waste generation and resource efficiency in Australia

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-05-29

Warmth in a Changing Climate

IPPR

This 25-page UK report considers how the government should encourage households to use renewable heat

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-09-19

Warming Increases the Risk of Civil War in Africa

PNAS

A 5-page US article highlighting the risk of civil wars being sparked in Africa by global warming

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-01-08

Warming Increases Risk of Civil War in Africa

PNAS

This 5-page US paper finds that climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50 percent within the next two decade

Climate Change & Environment, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-11-26

Voluntary Environmental Regulation in Developing Countries: Mexico's Clean Industry Program

RFF

A 34-page US discussion paper evaluating Mexico's voluntary approach to environmental regulation

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-08-22

Voluntary Carbon Offsets: Getting What You Pay For

WRI

A 15-page US House testimony on the need to establish standards for voluntary carbon offsets

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2007-08-21

Voice and Choice: Opening the Door to Environmental Democracy

WRI

This 138-page book examines the progress made by governments in providing access to environmental decision-making

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-06-18

Value of Biodiversity

IEEP

A 132-page report documenting EU examples where biodiversity loss has led to the loss of ecosystem services

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2006-08-18

Value of Biodiversity

Institute for European Environmental Policy

This 132-page European study provides evidence on the socio-economic costs resulting from the loss of biodiversity

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2006-06-09

US Climate Change Policy Efforts

CEPS

This 8-page policy brief summarises the emerging regulations at the national level in the US, and offers an assessment of potential emissions reductions under the Clean Air Act. It also describes the efforts at the subnational level, and the interaction of these policies with the Clean Air Act under the particular structure of so-called ‘environmental federalism’

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-09-22

Urban Growth, Climate Change, and Freshwater Availability

PNAS

This 6-page paper highlights the issue that while cities struggle to provide water to the nearly 3 billion additional urban dwellers forecasted by 2050, they will also face equally unprecedented hydrologic changes due to global climate change

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-04-03

Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific

Oxfam International

This 96-page report examines the measures being taken in Asia and the Pacific to mitigate the effects of climate change

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-11-26

Unintended Detrimental Effects of Environmental Policy: The Green Paradox and Beyond

CESifo

A 41-page working paper reviewing the literature relating to policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions having unintended undesirable consequences

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-06-15

Unfit for Purpose: How Car Use Fuels Climate Change and Obesity

IEEP

A 75-page report highlighting the extent to which car use is implicated in the increase in obesity and rising CO2 emissions

Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2007-08-18

UNESCO World Water Development Report, 2009

UNESCO

This 249-page report offers a holistic approach to links between water and climate change, food, energy, health and human security

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-04-13

Understanding India’s Climate Agenda

CEPS

This 6-page policy brief discusses some of the factors that are key to understanding India’s climate agenda with an emphasis on the country’s challenges in development, adaptation, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-03-03

Undermining Mitigation Technology: Compulsory Licensing, Patents and Tariffs

IPA

This 13-page Australian background paper asserts that technologies to reduce global CO2 emissions are being undermined

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-11-19

Unconventional Gas Shales: Development,Technology, and Policy Issues

CRS

A 53-page US report on the issues affecting the development of unconventional gas shales

Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-11-14

Uncertainty and Climate Change Policy

Economic Analysis and Policy

This 8-page Australian paper consists of a summary of the main sources of uncertainty about climate change, and a discussion of the major implications for economic analysis and the formulation of climate policy

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-12-04

UK National Security and Environmental Change

IPPR

This 13-page UK paper examines the complex and far-reaching challenges of environmental change and associated security threats

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-04-08

U.S. Tsunami Programs: A Brief Overview

CRS

A 5-page overview of the US tsunami programmes

Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-03-16

U.S. Moving Toward Ban on New Coal-Fired Power Plants

Earth Policy Institute

A US article commenting on the trend away from coal-fired power plants in the US

Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-02-27

U.S. Global Climate Change Policy: Evolving Views on Cost, Competitiveness, and Comprehensiveness

CRS

A 18-page US overview of evolving domestic views on salient aspects of U.S. Global Climate Change Policy

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-07-21

U.S. Climate Mitigation in the Context of Global Stabilization

RFF

This 19-page US backgrounder examines recent studies of long-term stabilization scenarios to understand the extent to which near-term US climate policy changes can translate into long-term environmentally significant climate outcomes

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-06-29

U.K. Report to the Commission on Biofuels 2005

Department for Transport - U.K.

An 8-page U.K. report to the European Commission on the promotion of the use of biofuels and other renewable fuels for transport in the U.K. during the preceding year

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-07-14

Tunisia and Climate Change: What it Means for Southeast Asia

RSIS

This 2-page Singaporean commentary considers whether climate change was the hidden trigger for the Tunisian uprising

Climate Change & Environment, Crime, Law & OrderPosted: 2011-01-28

Trialling Personal Carbon Allowances

ECI, UKERC

This 58-page UK report sets out to clarify which aspects of personal carbon allowances should be tested

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-01-08

Trees, Poverty and Targets: Forests and the Millennium Development Goals

IIED

A 6-page briefing discussing the place of forests in the MDGs

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-04-28

Transforming UK Homes: Achieving a 60% Cut in Carbon Emisssion by 2050

ECI

This 5-page paper explores the implications of achieving a 60% reduction in carbon emission from UK homes by 2050

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2007-06-19

Transformative Technology for a Sustainable Future

Nautilus Institute

This 8-page US article looks at some of the possible technological breakthroughs that could pave the way to a sustainable future

Climate Change & Environment, Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-02-11

Transferring Environmentally Sound Technologies in an Intellectual Property-Friendly Framework

Brookings

This 42-page US paper argues that meeting any environmental regulations standards agreed at Copenhagen will require the use of a plethora of climate change technologies, to which most developing nations do not have access

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-11-05

Trading Up: Reforming the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme

IPPR

A 38-page UK report considering arguments for expanding the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2006-12-29

Trading Emissions: Full Global Potential

SMF

This 26-page UK essay asserts the potential effectiveness of carbon trading and urges the creation of a global authority to regulate carbon trading schemes

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-02-08

Trade Sanctions, Financial Transfers and BRIC's Participation in Global Climate Change Negotiations

CESifo

This35-page working paper investigates the incentives for individual large population low wage rapidly growing countries in the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and the groups of countries as a sub-global coalition to reduce consumption so as to mitigate climate change

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-09-08

Trade Sanctions, Financial Transfers and BRIC Participation in Global Climate Change Negotiations

Elsevier

This 17-page Chinese paper investigates how the incentives for large population low wage rapidly growing countries in the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India, China) to participate in global climate change negotiations both as a sub-global coalition and individually can be affected by penalties (tariffs) inﬂicted or ﬁnancial transfers made to them by the OECD

Climate Change & Environment, Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-10-07

Trade and the Environment

WTO

An article describing the interaction between trade and the environment

Climate Change & Environment, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2010-07-25

Trade and Deforestation: What Have We Found?

WTO

A research article on the linkage between trade and deforestation

Climate Change & Environment, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2010-02-26

Trade and Climate Change

WTO, UNEP

This 194-page report examines the intersections between trade and climate change from four perspectives: the science of climate change; economics; multilateral efforts to tackle climate change; and national climate change policies and their effect on trade

Climate Change & Environment, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2009-06-25

Tracking to the Kyoto Target 2004

Australian Greenhouse Office

A 16-page report on Australia's greenhouse emissions trends 1990 to 2008-2012 and 2020

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-12-13

Tracking Adaptation and Measuring Development

IIED

This 34-page UK working paper presents a framework for climate change adaptation programming, including potential indicators, for tracking and evaluating the success of adaptation support and adaptation interventions

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-11-30

Towards Pro-poor Adaptation to Climate Change in the Urban Centres of Low- and Middle-income Countries

IIED

This 45-page paper outlines a framework for adaptation to climate change for urban areas in low- and middle-income nations that is pro-poor and that enhances the capacity of low-income households and community organizations to contribute to such adaptation

Climate Change & Environment, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2008-12-18

Towards a Workable Global Emissions Scheme

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

A 14-page report arguing for a strategic technology policy as a major feature of a workable global emissions scheme

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2007-05-07

Towards a Sustainable Transport System

Department for Transport UK

A 90-page UK document setting out UK policy and investment plans for a transport system supporting economic growth in a low-carbon world

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-10-31

Towards a New Climate Regime? Views of China, India, Japan, Russia and the United States in the Road to Copenhagen

FIIA

This 134-page Finnish report outlines the backgrounds of five major carbon emitters: China, India, Japan, Russia and the United States and their views on the post-2012 pact, and contemplates these views in light of the EU position

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-05-21

Toward World Water Welfare

JIIA

A 4-page Japanese commenntary on the need for improved water management worldwide

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-12-14

Top Ten Tipping Points on Climate Change

Climate Institute (Australia)

A 60-page Australian report identifying 10 factors having the scope and reach to be mobilising global response to climate change

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-07-06

Thirst for Corn; What 2007 Plantings Could Mean for the Environment

WRI

A 10-page US policy note examining the potential environmental implications of the surge in corn ethanol production

Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-07-19

The World’s Freshwater Supply is in Demand—and Under Threat

IFPRI,Veolia

This 12-page study demonstrates how inefficient water management—in lieu of available sustainable practices—will significantly undermine society’s ability to grow, and will impact the quality of life of millions of people and our planet’s environmental water resources

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-03-24

The Vulnerability of Energy Infrastructure to Environmental Change

Chatham House

A 12-page UK briefing paper highlighting the need for assessing the impact of a changing environment on us

Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-04-29

The Value of Open Space: Evidence from Studies of Nonmarket Benefits

Resources for the Future

This 82-page U.S. report reviews articles attempting to estimate the value of different types of open space

Climate Change & Environment, Urban IssuesPosted: 2005-02-23

The Use of PPP or MER in the Construction of Emission Scenarios is More than a Question of "Metrics"

Center for International Climate and Environmental Research

A 10-page policy note discussing the relative merits of using purchasing power parity rates (PPP) and market exchange rates (MER) in the construction of emissions scenarios

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-01-05

The University as an Agent of Change for Sustainability

Policy Horizons Canada

This 6-page Canadian paper explores how a university is applying its intellectual, financial and physical resources to be an agent of positive change, both within its own organization and in the various communities of which it is part

Climate Change & Environment, EducationPosted: 2011-11-11