The Path to Cleaner Coal
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Ken Berlin, Robert M. Sussman. Link to web site for "The Path to Cleaner Coal: Performance Standard More Effective Than Bonus Allowances," Center for American Progress Action Fund. August 2007.
Documents for the ‘Resources’ Category
Stepping Up: Accelerating the Deployment of Low Emission Technology in Australia
Austrailian Buisness and Climate Group Report, August 2007.
Link to the ABCG web site to download the report, "Stepping Up: Accelerating the Deployment of Low Emission Technology in Austrailia."
Europe’s Dirty Secret: Why the EU Emissions Trading Scheme Isn’t Working
Open Europe. August 2007.
Link to Open Europe’s report on the short-comings of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the EU’s main policy tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
CEG Report: A New Geometry of Complementary Climate Technology Solutions
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Lewis Milford, Clean Energy Group. "A New Geometry of Complementary Climate Technology Solutions: What the Heiligendamm G8 Could Mean for a Post-2012 Climate Framework." July 2007.
Global Warming and the Future of Coal
Ken Berlin, Robert M. Sussman. Center for American Progress. "Global Warming and the Future of Coal: Carbon Capture and Storage. May 31, 2007. Link to the document web page on Center for American Progress web site.
An International Regulatory Framework for Risk Governance of Carbon Capture and Storage
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Vajjhala, Shalini, Jenny Gode and Asbjørn Torvanger, 2007. An International Regulatory Framework for Risk Governance of Carbon Capture and Storage. CICERO, 11pp. May 2007.
Global Warming and the Future of Coal: The Path to Carbon Capture and Storage
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Ken Berlin and Robert M. Sussman, Center for American Progress. May 2007.
Sussman and Berlin make a very good case for complementary technology in general, and their report specifically relates to the need for performance standards to implement CCS technololgy. The authors maintain that neither cap and trade nor coal taxes will suffice because the price of carbon emissions or coal will not go high enough to spur the new technology. A performance standard will need to be accompanied by incentives, say the authors, to keep energy prices affordable.
A Broader Palette: The Role of Technology in Climate Policy
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Knut H. Alfsen and Gunnar S. Eskeland, Swedish Ministry of Finance, 2007. This report to the Expert Group for Environmental Studies assesses the Kyoto Protocol and outlines a parallel architecture to address the shortcomings of a cap and trade system to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
IICTP Work Plan - March 2007
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Lewis Milford, Clean Enegy Group. This document describes the work plan focus for members of the International Intiative on Climate Technology Policy.
Climate Technology Policy
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Richard G. Newll, Resources for the Future. February 2007. This paper discusses available technology policies, options to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of those policies, and new approaches to technology policy.
International Technology-Oriented Agreements to Address Climate Change
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Heleen de Coninck, Carolyn Fischer, Richard G. Newell and Takahiro Ueno; Resources for the Future. January 2007. This paper explores how technology agreements can play an important role in climate mitigation strategies.
Towards a European Strategic Energy Technology Plan
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Commission of the European Communities. January 2007. "Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions."
Reengineering the Climate Regime
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Takahiro Ueno, Resources for the Future. November 2006; revised March 2007. This report explores "Design and Process Principles of International Technology Cooperation for Climate Change Mitigation."
Building an Agricultural Research for Development System in Africa
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Adiel N. Mbabu and Cosmas Ochieng, ISNAR Divsion Discussion Paper 8, October 2006.
This paper, prepared by the International Service for National Agriculture Research Divsion, discusses how impact-oriented agricultural research for development systems in Africa can be better organized and managed. Specifically, the paper puts forth the argument that achieving the development targets set by African leaders and the international community, for example, through the Millennium Development Goals, will be extremely difficult without a satisfactory re-orientation of the organization and management of African research for development systems. Such a re-orientation involves carefully linking the agricultural research agenda with national development priorities; improving coordination, interaction, interlinkages, partnerships, and networks among system agents—that is, agricultural research institutes, extension systems, higher education institutions, farmer organizations, civil society, and the private sector—and finding innovative financing and resourcing mechanisms to support the numerous components of the system.
Stern Review on the economics of climate change
Link to the webpage of the Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change on the HM Treasury web site.
Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economic Service and Adviser to the Government on the economics of climate change and development, delivers the most comprehensive review ever carried out on the economics of climate change. October 2006.
A Turning Point for Climate: Initiative on Technology, Innovation & Investment
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Lewis Milford & Mary Jean Burer, Clean Energy Group. September 2006.
An Architecture of Parallel Regimes: Disaggregating the Climate Negotiation
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Ambassador Richard E. Benedick
Interaction Between Innovation Systems and Policy-Making Processes
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Tim Foxon, 4CMR, University of Cambridge
A New Standard for Preventing Global Warming
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Hoff Stauffer, Wingaersheek Research Group. October 2006.
This report describes a strategy for reducing new sources of GHG emissions that relies on performance standards. These standards would strictly regulate the pollutants from direct sources of emissions such as power plants and autos. They would also mandate greater efficiency for new capital such as appliances and buildings that rely on fossil fuel combustion for the generation of electricity, heating, and cooling.