Climate Change & Environment
Dead Zones Increasing in World's Coastal Waters
Earth Policy Institute
An update on the increasing prevalence of coastal zones in which the level of dissolved oxygen is too low to sustain life
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-06-16
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
Evaluating U.S. States' Climate Change Initiatives
The French Center on the United States
A 31-page guide to the climate actions of the U.S. states and regional initiatives in North America
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-06-15
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
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
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
From Fossil to Future Fuels
Anglo-German Foundation
A 23-page report of 5th British-German Environment Forum, discussing fuel security, accelerating the take-up of sustainable, energy-efficient technologies and practices, and the achievement of common aims within the international energy system
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-05-09
A Synthesis of Potential Climate Change Impacts on the U.S.
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
A 56-page examination of the impacts of climate change on several economic sectors and natural resources in the U.S.
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-05-04
Globalization and the Environment: A Forum with the German Environment Minister, Jurgen Trittin
Brookings Institution
A transcript of a forum on globalization and the environment at which the German view was presented
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-05-03
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
Moving Beyond Concentration: The Challenge of Limiting Temperature Change
AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies
This 32-page U.S. working paper argues that concentrating on stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations is a mistake
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-04-30
Renewable Energies for Sustainable Development: Impulses for Renewables 2004
German Advisory Council on Global Change
This 24-page policy paper proposes concrete measures to initiate and advance a global transformation of energy systems towards sustainability
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-04-16
2004 Index of Leading Environmental Indicators
Pacific Research Institute and American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
This 95-page U.S. report measures the country's performance in respect of air quality, water quality, toxic chemicals, public land management and species/habitat conservation
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-04-16
Past and Future of the Kyoto Protocol
Globus - Institute for Globalization and Sustainable Development
A 59-page Dutch study into the achievements of and the prospects for the Kyoto Protocol
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-04-15
The Economics of Phasing Out PVC
Global Development and Environment Institute
This 57-page report argues that PVC is a hazardous material and discusses the introduction of alternatives
Climate Change & Environment, HealthPosted: 2004-04-12
Europe Leading World Into Age of Wind Energy
Earth Policy Institute
Commentary on progress in adopting wind-generated energy
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-04-10
Quantifying the Effects of Fisheries on Threatened Species: The Impact of Pelagic Longlines on Loggerhead and Leatherback Sea Turtles
Pew Charitable Trusts
This 11-page U.S. paper, based on catch data from 40 nations and bycatch (non-target) data from 13 international observer programs, provides a bycatch assessment for these two species
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-04-05
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
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
Air Pollution: EPA Could Take Additional Steps to Help Maximise the Benefits from the 2007 Diesel Emissions Standards
U.S. General Accounting Office
This 84-page U.S. report examines the consequences of the Environment Protection Agency's action in bringing forward diesel emissions standards. The effects on industry and on pollution reduction are described and recommendations offered
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-03-12
Air Pollution and Infant Health: What Can We Learn From California's Recent Experience?
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 51-page discussion paper measures the impact of air pollution on infant mortality in California during the 1990's
Health, Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-03-11
Agricultural-forestry linkages: Development of timber and tree crop plantations towards sustainable natural forests
Centre for Strategic and International Studies - Jakarta
This 29-page working paper provides a historical perspective of agricultural development in Indonesia, exploring agricultural-forestry linkage as a route to future sustainable forest management
Climate Change & Environment, International DevelopmentPosted: 2004-02-29
Shifting baselines and the decline of pelagic sharks in the Gulf of Mexico
Pew Charitable Trusts
This 11-page paper compares catch rates in the 1950s and late-1990s and concludes that the most commonly caught species have declined by over 90%
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-02-23
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
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
Petroleum Industry Guidelines for Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Assn
An 81-page document by a joint-industry task force designed to provide an industry-standard method for estimating and reporting emissions
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-02-15
Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms
National Research Council of the National Academies
This 220-page report examines the potential of confinement techniques in preventing GM materials escaping into natural ecosystems
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-02-12
The Economic Values of the World's Wetlands
World Wildlife Fund
This 32-page report highlights the economic and social costs of govenments' failing to manage wetlands sustainably
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-02-12
Market Power with Interdependent Demand: Sale of Emission Permits and Natural Gas from the former Soviet Union
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
This 14-page working paper considers the role of the countries of the former Soviet Union in the emissions permit market
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-02-12
"Green" Buildings
Progressive Policy Institute
A brief report on the progress of "green" buildings in the U.S.
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-02-10
Glaciers and Sea Ice Endangered by Rising Temperatures
Earth Policy Institute
Brief analysis summarising the extent to which rising temperatures are affecting glaciers and sea ice, and pointing to the "knock-on" effects on the environment.
Climate Change & EnvironmentPosted: 2004-01-23