Policy pointers

Climate Change & Environment

The International Nexus between Energy and Climate Change

Egmont

A 6-page Belgian paper on the nexus between energy and climate change

Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-06-29

The Interplay of Foreign Multinational Corporations and the State in Environmental Governance

Australian Political Studies Association

This 22-page paper is concerned by how multinational corporations influence policies at the global level and also at the national level within each of the countries where they operate. It explores the mechanisms through which this phenomenon takes place

Climate Change & Environment, Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2011-11-17

The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism

Parliamentary Library - Australia

This 25-page Australian background note provides information on the Clean Development Mechanism and its associated emissions credits

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2009-04-28

The Little Green Data Book 2007

World Bank

This 240-page compendium of environmental data focuses on carbon dioxide emissions

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2007-05-14

The Macro-Economic Effects of Using Fiscal Instruments to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Economic and Social Research Institute

A 37-page Irish report examining the likely effect of introducing a carbon tax on all forms of energy consumed in Ireland

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-07-25

The Market for Voluntary Carbon Offsets: A New Tool for Sustainable Development?

International Institute for Sustainable Development

This 24-page paper examines the potential benefits of voluntary carbon offset projects in sustainable development

International Development, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-04-05

The Morning After - Optimal Greenhouse Gas Policies for Canada

C.D. Howe Institute

This 35-page Canadian report proposes a plan that offers the prospect of lowering the long-run costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by fostering significant technological change

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-03-30

The Multiplicity of Climate and Rural Risk

DIIS

This 42-page Danish working paper explores the interplay between climate and other aspects of rural risk

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-05-17

The Myth of Green Energy Jobs: The European Experience

AEI

A 7-page US brief claiming that experiments with renewable energy in Europe have led to job loss, higher energy prices, and corruption

Climate Change & Environment, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-02-17

The New International Benchmark Standard for the Measurement of Environmental and Social Performance in Developing Countries: Will It Raise or Lower the Bar?

Overseas Development Institute

A 3-page U.K. opinion on the new set of business standards for managing environmental and social risks, being introduced by the International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-03-05

The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme: A Step in the Right Direction?

IPS

This 52-page paper examines the development, features, merits and likely impacts of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. It also makes some brief comparisons with schemes in other jurisdictions

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-04-15

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 Political Economy of Environmental Taxation in Europe

Centre for European Policy Studies

This 39-page working paper examines how effectively environmental taxation systems are working in Europe

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2006-07-01

The Politics and Economics of Climate Change

IPA

An 8-page lecture on the political and economic aspects of contending with climate change

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-12-01

The Politics of Emissions Trading in Britain and Germany

AGF

A 44-page report examining the politics of emissions trading in Britain and Germany

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2008-10-31

The Potential for Renewable Energy to Provide Baseload Power in Australia

Parliamentary Library - Australia

This 39-page report examines the potential of renewables to provide baseload power for Australia

Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2008-10-21

The Practicalities of Emissions Trading

University of Queensland

A 17-page Australian paper highlighting practical issues concerned with emissions trading

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-11-26

The Real Drivers of Carbon Capture and Storage in China and Implications for Climate Policy

FSI

This 29-page US working paper examines the prospects for the large-scale deployment of CCS in China

Climate Change & Environment, EnergyPosted: 2009-09-05

The Relationsship between the CAP and Biodiversity

IEEP

The 66-page report of a seminar held to discuss the relationship between the EU Common Agricultural Policy and biodiversity

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2007-08-18

The Renewable Energy Toolkit

World Bank

This toolkit is an operational guide to the design of renewable energy projects in developing countries

Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2006-03-01

The Results of Negotiations on the “Climate and Energy Package”

ifri

This French article details the agreement reached last December on the Climate and Energy Package proposed by the European Commission to achieve two of the objectives set up by the European Council in March 2007: a 20% reduction of EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2020 compared to 1990 levels (a 30% reduction in case an international agreement on climate change is concluded); and a 20% share of renewable energy sources in EU energy consumption by 2020, with a 10% target for biofuels

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2009-02-28

The Road to a Climate Change Agreement Runs Through Montreal

Peterson Institute

A 4-page US policy brief assessing the significance of the 1987 Montreal Protocol to address ozone layer depletion

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2010-09-04

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

The Role of Fisheries Licensing in European Environmental Management

Institute for European Environmental Policy

This 34-page report aims to demonstrate the potential for using fisheries licensing schemes for environmental purposes in the EU

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2004-02-18

The Russian Debate on Climate Doctrine: Emerging Issues on the Road to Copenhagen

FIIA

This 7-page Finnish issue paper considers Russian attitudes towards climate change policy

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-06-15

The Russian Debate on Climate Doctrine: Emerging Issues on the Road to Copenhagen

FIIA

This 7-page Finnish briefing paper studies Russian attitudes to climate change mitigation

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-07-16

The Security Implications of Climate Change for the U.N. System

United Nations Foundation

An 8-page paper analysing the security implications of climate change

Defence, Terrorism & Security, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-07-07

The Short Path to Oil Independence: Gas-Electric Hybrids and Wind Power Offer Winning Combination

Earth Policy Institute

A U.S. commentary asserting that gas-electric hybrid vehicles and wind power can together cut oil dependence dramatically

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-10-14

The Stakes in Limiting Climate Change

Peterson Institute

A 7-page US speech arguing that cutting carbon dioxide emissions passes a cost-benefit test

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2009-03-18

The State of Europe's Regional Seas: Are We Meeting Conservation Targets?

Institute for European Environmental Policy

A 30-page briefing paper on the state of Europe's regional seas, aiming to identify the key threats

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2004-11-05

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2006

FAO

A 180-page report on the state of the world's fisheries and aquaculture

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-03-22

The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and India

IDSA

An Indian commentary on the implications of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, for India

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2007-01-09

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

The Strategic Implications of Climate Change

IISS

A 27-page article discussing the strategic implications of climate change

Climate Change & Environment, Defence, Terrorism & SecurityPosted: 2008-07-02

The Sustainability of the EU's Model for Climate Diplomacy

VUB Press

A 22-page Dutch essay focusing on how the EU decides internally on its international climate negotiating position

Climate Change & Environment, European UnionPosted: 2009-09-03

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

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 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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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 the Environment

WTO

An article describing the interaction between trade and the environment

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.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. 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. 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

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

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

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

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

Understanding China's Rising Coal Imports

CEIP

This 16-page policy outlook explains how China’s sudden move to import large quantities of coal could influence the global economy, geopolitics, and the environment

Energy, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2012-02-24

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Waste Management

Productivity Commission - Australia

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

Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2006-05-29

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

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

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 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 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