Climate Change & Environment
Biopromise? Biotechnology, Sustainable Development and Canada's Future Economy
Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee
A 41-page report containing the findings of a working party identifying the opportunities and challenges for new biotechnology applications in the development of the Canadian economy and the contribution to be made to achieving sustainable development
Science & Technology, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-10-31
Biotech Crops Invade Latin America
Americas Program
A 6-page U.S. report commenting on the consequences of the introduction of genetically engineered crops to Latin America
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-04-05
Biscuit Fire: Analysis of Fire Response, Resource Availability, and Personnel Certification Standards
U.S. General Accounting Office
This 41-page U.S. report into Oregon's 2002 major forest fire examines response, resource availability and personnel certification
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-05-13
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
Bottom Line on Cost Containment
WRI
This 2-page US fact sheet describes several common examples of cost containment mechanisms that can be used with cap-and-trade programmes
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-10-28
Breaking the Suicide Pact: U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change
CEIP
This 8-page US policy brief calls for US-China cooperation to avoid climate disaster
Climate Change & Environment, Foreign PolicyPosted: 2008-05-06
Breathe Easy on Air Quality
NCPA
A 2-page US brief analysis arguing that air pollution is not the cause of asthma
Health, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-01-29
Bridging the Transatlantic Climate Divide
Globus Institute for Globalisation and Sustainable Development
This 49-page Dutch paper proposes a model to measure changes in U.S. and European attitudes to coping with climate change
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2005-12-10
Bringing the Copenhagen Global Climate Change Negotiations to Conclusion
CESifo
This 48-page working paper discusses the Copenhagen global negotiations aimed at achieving new climate change mitigation and other arrangements after 2012
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-12-11
Broadening the Climate Regime: Design and Feasibility of Multi-Stage Climate Agreements
Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
This 32-page Norwegian report examines a multi-stage approach to the climate regime, in which countries assume stronger emission mitigation commitments as their greenhouse gas emissions increase
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-06-16
Building a Low Carbon Economy: Unlocking Innovation and Skills
DEFRA
A 44-page UK report on the challenges of preparing for climate change and possible responses
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2008-05-04
Building a Low-carbon Economy: The UK’s Contribution to Tackling Climate Change
Committee on Climate Change - UK
This 511-page UK report sets out the analysis underpinning its recommendations and the proposed level of the first three carbon budgets covering 2008-12, 2013-17 and 2018-22. It explains how these budgets can be met using existing technologies and putting in place a range of policies to move to a low-carbon economy
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-01-20
Building on Kyoto: Towards a Realistic Global Climate Agreement
The Brookings Institution
This 37-page US policy brief discusses an alternative framework for international climate policy, the McKibbin-Wilcoxen Hybrid3 — an approach that focuses on coordinated actions rather than mandated, inflexible outcomes.
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-12-08
Bundles of Energy: The Case for Renewable Biomass Energy
IIED
This 94-page UK report aims to inform forest and energy decision makers in non-OECD countries of key issues surrounding the biomass energy boom
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2011-03-25
Business Action on Climate Change: Where Next After Emissions Trading?
Institute for European Environmental Policy
A 56-page interim U.K. report addressing what remains to be done to encourage business action on climate change
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2005-02-17
Business and Ecosystems
WRI et al.
This 20-page paper explores six ecosystem challenges and discusses their implications for business and examples of corporate responses
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-03-16
Can an Effective Global Climate Treaty be Based on Sound Science, Rational Economics, and Pragmatic Politics?
AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies
a 19-page paper recommending a new 3-part international approach to climate change issues
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-06-16
Canada's Fossil Energy Future
Natural Resources - Canada
A 55-page Canadian report on how Government and industry can work together to facilitate and support carbon capture and storage
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-02-13
Canada's Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2003
Environment Canada
A 364-page inventory of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-12-05
Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators: Highlights
Environment Canada
A 9-page (annual) Canadian report on air quality, greenhouse gas emissions and water quality
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-10-25
Cap and Trade in Europe
IEEP
A 10-page paper reviewing the workings of the EU's Cap and Trade system for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2007-12-05
Carbon Capture and Storage
Parliamentary Library, New South Wales
A 70-page paper examining the present and future capability of CCS to reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2008-06-17
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
Carbon Capture and Storage: No Mere Pipedream
IRPP
A 4-page Canadian article on the benefits of carbon capture and storage
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-11-06
Carbon Capture and Storage: Selected Economic and Institutional Aspects
wiiw
This 48-page Austrian study provides a general overview of CCS and of related economic and institutional challenges ahead of its probable commercial deployment
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-02-04
Carbon Capture and Storage: The IPPR Perspective
ippr
A UK article considering questions about the technical and economic viability of carbon capture and storage
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-01-08
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
Carbon Emissions Reach Record High
Earth Policy Institute
Article charting the rise in carbon emissions worldwide and offering proposals for reducing them
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-11-14
Carbon Offsets: No Sure Bet to Prevent Climate Change
NCPA
A 2-page US analysis concluding that carbon offset programmes do not work
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-02-27
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme: Australia's Low Pollution Future
Department of Climate Change, Australia
The paper outlines the final design of Australia's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the medium-term, target range of reducing carbon pollution by 5 per cent of 2000 levels by 2020. These elements are placed in the context of Australia's efforts to help shape a global solution, and a range of supporting and complementary climate change initiatives (single page linking to each section)
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-12-15
Carbon Trade or Climate Justice?
IRC Americas Program
This 4-page discussion paper stresses the shortcomings of carbon sink trading
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-06-14
CARMA: Carbon Monitoring For Action
CGD
A database revealing the carbon emissions of more than 50.000 power plants and 4,000 power companies worldwide (single page being the home page of the CARMA database)
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-11-21
Case Closed: The Debate About Global Warming is Over
Brookings Institution
This 22-page working paper argues that greenhouse gases may be easier and cheaper to control than commonly thought
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-05-23
Catalysing Commitment on Climate Change
Institute for Public Policy Research
A 29-page paper identifying what a leadership coalition of countries might do to address climate change through a set of recommendations under four priority areas for action
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-04-06
CDM Baseline Methodologies and Carbon Leakage
CICERO
This 22-page Norwegian working paper discusses the effectiveness of Clean Development Mechanisms in reducing carbon leakage
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-06-03
CDM Country Guides
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
A series of 6 manuals for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project development for Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand (single page linking to each guide)
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-02-06
Certification in Complex Socio-Political Settings: Looking Forward to the Next Decade
Forest Trends
This 41-page paper is one of a series covering critical challenges for the continued growth of certification to impact sustainable forestry around the globe
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-05-17
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
CRS
An 88-page US report on developments in the Arctic and related security issues
Climate Change & Environment, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2012-03-21
Changing Aid Delivery and the Environment
ODI
A 4-page UK briefing paper examining how environmental objectives are pursued when aid delevery mechanisms are in flux
International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-04-06
Changing Climates: Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security for China and Europe
Chatham House
This 101-page UK report focuses on the energy and climate interdependencies of China and the EU
Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-11-27
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
China and the United States: A Comparison of Green Energy Programs and Policies
CRS
This 24-page US report compares the green energy programmes and policies of the US and China
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2010-07-08
China Beyond 2012
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
An article stressing the importance of China becoming a leading partner in efforts to "decarbonise" development
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-03-10
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
China Challenging the United States for World Wind Leadership
Earth Policy Institute
A US note on how leadership of the global wind market is changing
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-12-10
China, Copenhagen and Beyond
Clingendael
This 104-page Dutch report analyses China's standpoint in the climate change negotiations
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-09-28
China’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Policies
CRS
This 22-page US report examines the issues of China’s greenhouse gas emissions and its mitigation policies
Climate Change & Environment, Economic PolicyPosted: 2011-07-29
China's Industrialization and Reduction of Greenhouse Emissions
Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
A 9-page paper examining the growth of China's energy consumption and discussing how its industrialization can be balanced by reduced emissions
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-07-27
China's Route to a Green and Prosperous Future
American Enterprise Institute
A 2-page essay arguing that China and other developing countries can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by opening their economies to greater investment in greenhouse gas-reducing technologies
Climate Change & Environment, Economic PolicyPosted: 2004-11-29
Cities and Climate Change
IISD
This US article looks at the urban dimension of climate change
Climate Change & Environment, Urban IssuesPosted: 2011-10-18
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
Clearing Up ASEAN's Hazy Relations
IDSS
A 3-page commentary on air quality in the ASEAN region
Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2006-10-25
Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy
UCSUSA
A 239-page US report offering a a comprehensive set of smart policies to jump-start the transition to a clean energy economy without delay and maximize the benefits to the environment and economy
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-05-28
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
Climate Change 101: Technological Solutions
Pew Trusts
This 8-page US paper reports on the technological solutions available for mitigating the effects of climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-10-17
Climate Change 101: The Science and Impacts
Pew Trusts
This 8-page US paper summarises scientific understanding of the implications of climate change
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-10-17
Climate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change
IPCC
A 36-page summary for policymakers of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Working Group III focuses on new literature on the scientific, technological, environmental, economic and social aspects of climate change mitigation
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-05-10
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis
IPCC
A 21-page summary of this February 2007 IPCC report, providing the evidence base for human activity's contribution to climate change
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-02-04
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
Climate Change and Cities
id21
A UK article addressing the challenges of adaptation to climate change in cities
Climate Change & Environment, Urban IssuesPosted: 2008-02-25
Climate Change and Conflict
Crisis Group
A brief overview of the relationship between climate change, environmental degradation and conflict
Climate Change & Environment, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2007-08-15
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
Climate Change and Hunger
IFPRI
This 108-page US report reviews current knowledge of the effects of climate change on hunger. It summarizes knowledge from global studies completed and provides an overview of actions that can be taken to address the challenge
Poverty & Hunger, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-12-18
Climate Change and Mosquito-Borne Disease: Causal Link or Green Alarmism?
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
This 6-page commentary challenges the WHO claim that climate change was responsible for 150,000 deaths in 2003
Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2004-02-21
Climate Change and National Security
CFR
A 40-page US report on the challenges to national security presented by climate change
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-12-08
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
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
Climate Change and Security
ORG
This 4-page UK briefing looks at the consequences of climate change for human security
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-10-12
Climate Change and Security
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
A 9-page US article highlighting the complexity of the relationship between global warming and international security priorities
Defence, Terrorism & Security, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-05-05
Climate Change and Security
Egmont
A 12-page report of a conference held to discuss what influence the risks and challenges of climate change will have on the African continent and how they should be dealt with
Climate Change & Environment, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2009-04-30
Climate Change and the Energy Challenge: A Pragmatic Approach for India
PESD Stanford
A 29-page US working paper offering a fromework for a strategy to inform which efforts offer the most leverage on warming emissions and which are most credible because they align with India’s own interests
Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-05-01
Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Looking to 2020
CRS
This 22-page US report considers the lessons to be learnt from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-03-08
Climate Change and Urban Children: Impacts and Implications for Adaptation
IIED
This 74-page UK paper discusses the probable impacts for children from the increasing risks that climate change is likely to bring to urban centres in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Climate Change & Environment, Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2008-04-30
Climate Change and Vulnerable Societies
Brookings
A US House testimony on America’s critical role in supporting climate change adaptation in the world’s most vulnerable communities
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-07-26
Climate Change and Your Health: Rising Temperatures, Worsening Ozone Pollution
UCSUCA
A 28-page US report finding that unchecked global warming could threaten public health and increase health costs by exacerbating ground-level ozone
Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2011-06-03
Climate Change Financing for Developing Countries: Issues and Implication
KIEP
This Korean paper explores the development and climate change issues in terms of assistance to developing countries
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-12-14
Climate Change Forecasters in the Hot Seat
NCPA
A 2-page US brief arguing that the techniques used to derive and verify the IPCC's climate predictions are fundamentally flawed
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-02-22
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
Climate Change Impacts on Australia and the Benefits of Early Actions to Reduce Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
CSIRO
This 41-page technical report outlines the likely impacts on Australia of climate change and the benefits of global emissions reduction
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-10-30
Climate Change in Australia: Risks to Human Wellbeing and Health
Nautilus Institute
This paper argues that climate change belongs to a wider range of human-induced global environmental changes that are now assuming great and urgent importance
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-03-26
Climate Change Meets Trade
CEPS
A 2-page commentary outlining challenges facing the EU resulting from the emergence of a global joint climate-trade agenda
Climate Change & Environment, Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2008-01-31
Climate Change Mitigation: Understanding Comparability (of Targets and Efforts)
IPS
This 23-page New Zealand working paper explores how the international climate change community might judge mitigation efforts by countries, including emission reduction targets, to be comparable
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-07-22
Climate Change Negotiations
Library of Parliament, Canada
A 9-page Canadian background paper dealing with the current status of climate change negotiations
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-11-23
Climate Change Policies
OECD
An 8-page policy briefing drawing attention to policies capable of reducing CHG emissions at an acceptable cost
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-08-31
Climate Change Policy after the Financial Crisis
CEPS
A 2-page commentary assessing how climate change policies in Europe may be affected by the financial crisis
European Union, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-11-01
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
Climate Change Policy: Challenging the Actiists
IEA
This 87-page UK monograph asserts that climate change is better confronted by market-based adaptation than by central planning
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-10-23
Climate Change Policy: Challenging the Activists
IEA
An 87-page document questioning some of the underlying assumptions and proposals of the climate change policy activists
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-09-23
Climate Change Update 2009
Parliamentary Library - Victoria
An Australian overview paper, which updates climate change, providing recent findings of research conducted by climate scientists world-wide. Key data presented on carbon dioxide emissions, global surface temperatures and sea level rise, with a brief guide to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-02-02
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
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict: Receiving Communities under Pressure
GMF
One of a series of eight eight background papers investigating the causes and repercussions of environmental migration
Climate Change & Environment, Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2010-07-22
Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Migration: An Empirical Analysis in Developing Countries
IZA
The aim of this 32-page discussion paper is to assess the relationship between natural disasters caused by climate change and migration by studying the migration rates and the education level in developing countries
Immigration & Refugees, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-09-09
Climate Change, Water Resources and WASH: A Scoping Study
ODI
This 69-page UK study pulls together what is known about the links between climate change and water, drawing on both the scientific and non-scientific literature, for an informed but non-specialist audience
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2011-10-10
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
Climate Change-Induced Water Stress and its Impact on Natural and Managed Ecosystems
IEEP
A 108-page European report on the complex links between global warming and the world's water
Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2008-03-16
Climate Change: Adapting to the Inevitable?
IME
This 30-page UK report considers the possible climate changes which we may expect over the next 1,000 years due to continuing CO2 emissions, and recommends what engineers need to do to adapt to our future world so that we can cope with these changes
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-03-11
Climate Change: Competitiveness Concerns and Prospects
Peterson Institute
A 16-page House testimony on the trade-offs between CHG emissions reduction and US economic health
Climate Change & Environment, Economic PolicyPosted: 2008-03-17
Climate Change: Consensus Forming Around Adaptation
National Center for Policy Analysis
A 2-page U.S. policy brief arguing that a growing number of experts have concluded that the best response to climate change is to adapt to it
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2005-09-21
Climate Change: Debating America's Policy Options
Council on Foreign Relations
A 178-page U.S. report offering U.S. policy makers three alternative routes for addressing the issue of climate change
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-06-21