Climate Change & Environment
Prices in Emissions Permit Markets: The Role of Investor Foresight and Capital Durability
The Brookings Institution
This 21-page US paper develops a theory that relates the initial clearing price of CO2 allowances to the marginal cost premium of carbon-free technology, the maximum rate of energy capital replacement and the market interest rate.
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-12-03
Geosequestration: What is it and How Much Can it Contribute to a Sustainable Energy Policy for Australia?
The Australia Institute
A 12-page summary of a discussion paper examining how much emissions abatement geosequestration may deliver, how soon and at what cost, comparing it with alternative emission-reduction options
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-10-21
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
The Australia Institute
This 20-page Australian policy brief draws on the Australian experience with deforestation to identify some of the issues that might obstruct progress on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-06-02
Climate Change Policy in Australia: Isolating the Great Southern Land
The Australia Institute
Text of a 21-page lecture examining the implications of climate change worldwide, a review of political reactions to it, and implications for Australia
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-09-22
'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
The EU Climate Strategy: Building Blocks for International Climate Policy after 2012
SWP
An 8-page German commentary on the new EU energy and climate change policy
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2007-05-03
Obama's New Climate Policy
SWP
This 47-page German paper discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by climate policy change in the US
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-08-23
"Climate Tariffs" and the Credibility of the EU Climate and Energy Package
SWP
This 8-page German commentary is a critique of Pres. Sarkosy\'s proposals for levying \"climate tariffs\".
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2008-11-08
International Climate Policy: Priorities of Key Negotiating Parties
SWP
This 111-page German research paper presents the climate policy priorities of the six major emitters and the EU
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-04-20
Climate Change and Energy Security in Europe
Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies
This 82-page study looks into the EU's progress in terms of the integration of its climate and energy policies and stress the areas that require additional work. Particular attention is given to possible synergy and possible discussions between climate and energy policies.
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-06-22
Health, Place and Nature: How Outdoor Environments Influence Health and Well-Being
Sustainable Development Commission
This 29-page UK research looks at the contribution of aspects of the outdoor environment, both natural and built, to health
Health, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-04-03
Fresh Water Futures: Imagining Responses to Demand Growth, Climate Change, and the Politics of Water Resource Management
Stimson Center
The 27-page report of a US conference held to focus on the future of global fresh water resources and the politics of water resource management
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-06-13
An African Union? The Shortcomings of Africa’s Strategy in Copenhagen
Stimson Center
A US commentary on Africa's strategy in Copenhagen
Climate Change & Environment, RegionalPosted: 2010-01-05
Mekong Tipping Point: Hydropower Dams, Human Security and Regional Stability
Stimson Center
This US paper describes how Mekong governments are making economic development decisions now that, if not soon reconsidered based on more careful study, will imperil food security and livelihoods, threaten domestic political stability, and put great stress on still distrustful regional relationships
Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-08-23
Human Activity and the Environment: Annual statistics
Statistics Canada
This 153-page annual Canadian report paints a statistical picture of Canada's environment with special emphasis on human activity and its relationship to natural systems
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-11-20
Baselines for Carbon Emissions in the Indian and Chinese Power Sectors: Implications for International Carbon Trading
Stanford Institute for International Studies
A 39-page U.S. working paper studying the dynamics of carbon emissions baselines of electricity generation in Indian states and Chinese provinces
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-02-23
Taking Up the Security Challenge of Climate Change
SSI
A 26-page US paper examining the destabilizing effects of climate change and how the military could be used to mitigate global warming and to assist at-risk peoples and states to adapt to climate change, thereby promoting stability and sustainable security
Climate Change & Environment, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-08-16
China Can Achieve Low Carbon Growth: Pathways for Low Carbon Development
SPRU
This 80-page UK report shows that decoupling the growth of carbon emissions from economic development is challenging but achievable in China. It reveals the various pathways that will lead to low carbon development in China
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-05-01
A Policy Platform for a Low Pollution Economy
Southern Cross Climate Coalition
This 18-page document proposes a combined policy platform designed to lay the necessary foundations for Australia’s transition to a low-carbon pollution economy
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2011-05-08
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
Rethinking the Economic Borders of the State
SMF
This 29-page UK essay discusses how the shape of the state should change to confront the twin challenges of economic growth and environmental sustainability?
Governance & Politics, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-11-26
Climate Change, Land and Security
SIPRI
A Swedish essay on the interaction of climate change and security
Climate Change & Environment, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-12-18
Europe’s Share of the Climate Challenge
SEI, with FoEE
This 68-page Swedish report examines how Europe can show leadership in keeping global climate change within these limits: firstly, by undertaking domestic actions to rapidly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), and secondly, by fulfilling its international obligations to help other countries address the twin crises of climate change and development
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2009-12-08
From a Social to a Sustainable Market Economy: A new paradigm for the 21st Century
SEF
A 12-page German policy paper considering how the integration of a social market economy and sustainable development can be achieved
Economic Policy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-06-18
The Gathering Storm: Is Climate Change a Threat to Security?
Security Index
This 11-page Russian article analyzes the implications of climate change and global warming for security in different regions of the world
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-08-28
Exploiting the Oil-GDP effect to Support Renewables Deployment
Science and Technology Policy Research
This 26-page working paper draws on empirical Oil-GDP literature to show how renewable energy investments can help avoid macroeconomic losses produced by the oil-GDP effect
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-01-26
Is there a more effective way to Reduce Carbon Emissions? An Alternative to Emissions Trading and Carbon Taxation
School of Economics, the University of Queensland
This 56-page Australian paper considers a new scheme, the Tender-Price Allocation Mechanism, which focuses carbon factor cost expenditure on abatement rather than just revenue transfers
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-12-15
The Road to Copenhagen: Climate Change, Energy and South Africa’s Foreign Policy
SAIIA
This 30-page South African occasional paper considers the challenges facing South Africa in balancing domestic priorities with growing international pressure to reduce carbon emission
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-12-03
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
Converging Peril : Climate Change and Conflict in the Southern Philippines
RSIS
This 48-page Singaporean working paper studies how the provinces of the ARMM in the southern Philippines are experiencing convergence risks from climate change and violent conflict
Climate Change & Environment, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-11-24
Environmental Civil Society and Governance in China
Royal Institute of International Affairs
An 8-page briefing paper examining the emergence and influence of environmental NGOs in China
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-09-04
The CITES Treaty and Compliance: Progress or Jeopardy?
Royal Institute of International Affairs
A 16-page briefing paper on the compliance system of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species considers whether negotiations for new guidelines on compliance threaten to undermine the existing regime
Climate Change & Environment, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2004-09-22
The First Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Royal Institute of International Affairs
A 6-page situation report on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, dealing with the international trade in genetically-modified organisms (GMO's)
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-06-01
Climate Change and Policy Considerations: New Roles for Earth Science
RFF
This 12-page US issue brief describes how earth observations data play a unique and critical role in supporting assessments and policy decisions related to global climate change.
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-01-14
Cost-Effective Unilateral Climate Policy Design: Size Matters
RFF
A 50-page US discussion paper addressing the appropriate response to the threat of emissions leakage
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-07-25
Designing Climate Mitigation Policy
RFF
This 53-page US paper provides an exhaustive review of critical issues in the design of climate mitigation policy by pulling together key findings and controversies from diverse literatures on mitigation costs, damage valuation, policy instrument choice, technological innovation, and international climate policy
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-05-28
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
Emissions Trading versus CO2 Taxes
RFF
A 10-page US backgrounder comparing the merits of CO2 taxes and cap-and-trade programmes
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2007-06-29
Cost-Effective Unilateral Climate Policy Design: Size Matters
RFF
This 51-page US discussion paper assesses the relative attractiveness of different anti-leakage measures as a function of the abatement coalition size
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-08-25
Climate Change and Policy Considerations: New Roles for Earth Science
RFF
A 12-page US issue brief on the likely future role of earth observations in supporting assessments and policy decisions in relation to climate change
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-02-23
Decentralization in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Lessons for Global Policy
RFF
This 34-page discussion paper analyzes the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and highlights the challenges facing a global emissions trading regime
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2007-03-07
Benefits of Organic Agriculture as a Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy for Developing Countries
RFF
This 19-page US discussion paper is a short review of organic agriculture as an adaptation strategy to climate change and variability
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-04-29
International Technology-Oriented Agreements to Address Climate Change
RFF
This 50-page US discussion paper examines whether technology-oriented agreements have the potential to make a valuable contribution to addressing climate change
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-01-17
Does Disclosure Reduce Pollution?
RFF
This 33-page US discussion paper evaluates the impact of India's Green Rating Project on the environmental performance of pulp and paper plants
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-10-21
Instrument Choice in Environmental Policy
RFF
This 34-page US paper examines the extent to which different policy instruments meet major evaluation criteria
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-04-09
Are Energy Efficiency Standards Justified?
RFF
This 45-page US discussion paper develops and parameterizes an overarching analytical framework to estimate the welfare effects of energy efficiency standards applied to automobiles and electricity-using durables
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2011-05-13
Evaluating Voluntary Climate Programs in the United States
RFF
A 36-page US paper guaging the environmental effectiveness of two voluntary climate change programmes in the US
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-08-22
Assessing U.S. Climate Policy Options
RFF
A report comprising 15 issue briefs on different aspects of US climate change policy issues (single page linking to each issue brief)
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-02-29
Combining Policies for Renewable Energy: Is the Whole Less than the Sum of Its Parts?
RFF
This 41-page US article reviews the recent environmental economics literature on the effectiveness of RES-E policies and the interactions between them, with a focus on the increasing use of tradable quotas for both emissions reduction and RES-E expansion
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-03-20
Climate Adaptation and Federal Megsadisaster Policy: Lessons from Katrina
RFF
This 16-page US issue brief addresses the challenges of dealing with natural megadisasters
Climate Change & Environment, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2010-02-15
Adaptation of Agriculture and the Food System to Climate Change: Policy Issues
RFF
A 12-page US issue brief discussing how government policies are likely to affect the ability of agriculture and food sector to adapt to climate change
Climate Change & Environment, Poverty & HungerPosted: 2010-02-15
Climate Change Governance: Boundaries and Leakage
RFF
A 62-page US discussion paper addressing how to create incentives for the major developing countries to reduce carbon emissions
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-01-07
China and Climate Change: A Strategy for U.S. Engagement
RFF
A 54-page US report offering recommendations on how the US administration should engage with China on climate change
Climate Change & Environment, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2011-01-27
Are Energy Efficiency Standards Justified?
RFF
This 45-page US discussion paper develops and parameterizes an overarching analytical framework to estimate the welfare effects of energy efficiency standards applied to automobiles and electricity-using durables
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2011-01-27
Borrowing to Save Energy: An Assessment of Energy-Efficiency Financing Programs
RFF
A 53-page US report focusing on the issue of increased availability of debt financing for energy efficiency investments
Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2012-04-14
Assessing U.S. Climate Policy Options
RFF
A 212-page report presenting 15 issue briefs focusing on different aspects of federal climate policy design
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-01-19
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
Sharing the Load: A Multi-country Survey of the Willingness to Pay for Slowing Climate Change
RFF
This 2-page US issue brief gives the results of a survey of US citizens and Swedes who were asked to define their willingness to pay to avaoid the consequences of global temperature changes
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-01-07
Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes
RFF
This 37-page US discussion paper presents a qualitative analysis of three options for mitigating the risk of climate mega-catastrophes—drastic abatement of greenhouse gas emissions, development and implementation of geoengineering, and large-scale ex ante adaptation—against the criteria of efficacy, cost, robustness, and flexibility
Climate Change & Environment, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2009-11-25
Global Climate Negotiations and Tropical Deforestation
RFF
A 7-page US congressional testimony on the state of play of global climate negotiations and the status of international efforts to reduce emissions from tropical deforestation
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-11-25
The Nonmarket Benefits of Nature: What Should be Counted in Green GDP?
Resources for the Future
A 20-page US discussion paper considering how green GDP might account for nature's value
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-05-26
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 Case for Intensity Targets
Resources for the Future
An 18-page U.S. discussion paper arguing the case for using intensity targets rather than absolute emissions limits for greenhouse gases
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-02-23
Cost-Effectiveness of Renewable Electricity Policies
Resources for the Future
A 35-page U.S. discussion paper analyzing different policies aimed at promoting renewable sources of electricity
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-01-26
On the Costs to Reduce Greenhouse Gases from Passenger Vehicles
Resources for the Future
This 40-page US discussion paper argues that the use of taxation to reduce passenger vehicle emissions produces net benefits rather than costs
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-03-27
Adoption of Clean Leather Tanning Technologies in Mexico
Resources for the Future
This 23-page discussion paper provides the background and survey results of the adoption of five clean technologies by a sample of 137 Mexican tanneries
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-09-04
Forest Sequestration: Performance in Selected Countries in the Kyoto Period and the Potential Role of Sequestration in Post-Kyoto Agreements
Resources for the Future
This 65-page US report examines the rationale and potential of the use of forests for carbon sequestration in the context of the Kyoto Protocol
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-05-26
Corporate Codes of Conduct: Is Common Environmental Content Feasible?
Resources for the Future
A 78-page discussion paper exploring options for establishing common environmental content in voluntary corporate codes of content
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-03-31
Muddling Through While Environmental Regulatory Capacity Evolves: What Role for Voluntary Agreements?
Resources for the Future
This 39-page discussion paper examines the effectiveness of voluntary pollution control agreements in Mexico, their usefulness in developing countries in general, and provides a concrete definition of environmental regulatory capacity
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-04-25
Potential Cost-Effectiveness of Incentive Payment Programs for Biological Conservation
Resources for the Future
A 34-page discussion paper assessing the potential cost-effectiveness of incentive payment programmes relative to traditional top-down regulatory programmes for biological conservation
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-06-26
Economics of Pollution Trading for SO2 and NOx
Resources for the Future
A 59-page discussion paper providing an overview of the economic rationale for emission trading, and a description and evaluation of major U.S. pollution trading programmes.
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-04-01
Economics of Natural Resource Scarcity: The State of the Debate
Resources for the Future
A 45-page U.S. discussion paper considering the extent to which technological progress alone can remedy scarcity of natural resource commodities
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-04-25
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
Climate Policy Design Under Uncertainty
Resources for the Future
This 22-page U.S. discussion paper considers how policy choices balance uncertainty about costs and benefits when considering climate change mitigation
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-10-26
Is Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance a Better Way to Reduce Gasoline (Consumption) than Gasoline Taxes?
Resources for the Future
This 21-page U.S. discussion paper considers the case for replacing motor fuel tax with insurance premiums that vary according to the mileage driven
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-04-25
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading
Research Service - Parliament of New South Wales
This 38-page Australian briefing paper reviews greenhouse gas emissions trading, with particular reference to the EU emissions trading scheme and proposals for Australia
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-02-19
Clearing the Air in California
Reason Public Policy Institute
This 5-page U.S. policy brief offers recommendations for achieving cleaner air in California more quickly and cost-effectively than current regulatory policies
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-03-18
Fueling America: How Hydrogen Cars Affect the Environment
Reason Foundation
A 31-page U.S. study examining how clean a fuel hydrogen is, and whether a change to hydrogen-powered cars would be worth the expense financially and environmentally
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-11-22
Rand Forum on Hydrogen Technology and Policy: A Conference Report
Rand Corporation
The 60-page proceedings of a forum held to discuss what needs to be done to better inform decisionmakers in the public and private sectors of the benefits and risks of hydrogen-related programmes and policies
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-09-21
Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings: Learning from the European Union and Australia
Rand Corporation
This 61-page US report examines how policies to increase energy efficiency in buildings in the European Union and Australia have worked and draws implications for the design of similar public policies for the United States
Climate Change & Environment, HousingPosted: 2009-09-23
Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal : Prospects and Policy Issues
Rand Corporation
This 228-page book presents an in-depth review of the prospects of and policy, governance, and environmental issues associated with establishing a CTL industry in the United States.
Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-12-31
Liquid Assets: How Demographic Changes and Water Management Policies Affect Freshwater Resources
Rand Corporation
A 152-page U.S. report examining the interaction between demographics and water resources, focusing on developing countries
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-11-13
Recycled Water and Human Health Effects
RACGP
A 3-page Australian article describing current research investigating the health impacts of using recycled water for urban non-drinking purposes
Health, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-12-22
Fishy Currency: How International Finance Institutions Fund Shrimp Farms
Public Citizen
A 14-page U.S. report on the detrimental impact of the uncontrolled expansion of shrimp farms on the environment and coastal communities in developing countries
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-04-21
"Green" Buildings
Progressive Policy Institute
A brief report on the progress of "green" buildings in the U.S.
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-02-10
Carbon Capture and Storage at Scale: Lessons from the Growth of Analogous Energy Technologies
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
A 26-page US working paper drawing lessons for the CCS industry from the history of other energy technologies that, as with CCS today, were risky and expensive early in their commercial development
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-02-25
Carbon Capture and Storage: An Assessment of Required Technological Growth Rates and Capital Investments
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
This 33-page US working paper studies the required rates of growth and capital investments needed to meet various long-term projections for CCS
Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-08-09
Role of Carbon Capture Technologies in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Models: A Parametric Study for the U.S. Power Sector
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
This 31-page working paper analyzes the potential contribution of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the U.S. electricity sector
Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-08-09
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
The Stern Review: An Assessment of its Methodology
Productivity Commission - Australia
A 131-page Australian working paper assessing the methodology of The Stern review of climate change
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-01-23
Waste Management
Productivity Commission - Australia
A 443-page draft report on waste generation and resource efficiency in Australia
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-05-29
Submission to the Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading
Productivity Commission - Australia
An 82-page Australian submission to government on the Australian response to climate change
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-04-06
Promoting Better Environmental Outcomes
Productivity Commission - Australia
The 240-page report of an Australian roundtable held to discuss under what conditions can governments improve environmental outcomes, and how governments should intervene to ensure effective and efficient results
Climate Change & Environment, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2009-03-24
Carbon Emission Policies in Key Economies
Productivity Commission - Australia
A 273-page Australian report providing a snapshot of the current cost and cost effectiveness of major carbon policies and how these compare across programs within each country and across countries
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-06-09
Energy Transition in the Netherlands
PRI
This 21-page Canadian case study introducing the basics of the transition approach theory in relation to sustainable development and focusing on the Dutch experience with the energy system
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-12-16
Climate Change Adaptation: Linkages with Social Policy
PRI
A 75-page Canadian research paper consisting of a general scan of current literature from around the world, including adaptation plans and actions in progress by all levels of government. It is intended to provide an overview of approaches, guidelines, tools, and policy options being employed to adapt to climate change to better understand the implications of climate changes for different areas of social policy, and the resulting linkages
Climate Change & Environment, Social PolicyPosted: 2010-12-16
Integrating Climate Change into Invasive Species Risk Assessment/Risk Management
PRI
The 28-page report of a Canadian workshop held to examine how climate change considerations factor into work on invasive species, particularly in terms of risk assessment and risk management.
Climate Change & Environment, Public Safety & Disaster MitigationPosted: 2008-12-13
Climate Change, Well-being and Human Rights
PRI
A 17-page Canadian discussion paper on how the physical effects of climate change will intersect with society and economies and the potentially significant environmental and human impacts that will result
Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2010-08-17
Prioritizing Climate Change Risks and Actions on Adaptation
PRI
A 64-page Canadian discussion paper reviewing select tools and institutional approaches used in other jurisdictions to help prioritize climate change risks and adaptation options
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-04-29
Governance for Sustainable Development: Meeting the Challenge Ahead
PRI
A 34-page Canadian scoping paper drawing on theoretical literature and practical experience to explore the challenges that sustainable development poses for established governance practices
Climate Change & Environment, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2009-04-29