G8 Gleneagles 2005: Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Deployment
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By Siobhan Peters, Head of G8 and International Climate Change Policy Unit, DEFRA. October 4, 2005.
Documents for the ‘Resources’ Category
Ohio Climate Road Map
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By Kurt Waltzer, Clean Air Strategy Coordinator, Ohio Environmental Council. October 4, 2005.
Economic Instruments for Long-term Reductions in Energy-based Carbon Emissions
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National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (2005), "Economic Instruments for Long-term Reductions in Energy-based Carbon Emissions", Ottawa, Canada.
A Climate Solution Concept
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Pershing, J. and Bradley, R. (2005), “A Climate Solution Concept,” Center for American Progress, Washington, DC.
Gleneagles Plan of Action: Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development
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UK’s G8 Presidency (2005), obtained from www.g8.gov.uk
Regulation as the Mother of Invention
Margaret R. Taylor, Edward L. Rubin, David A. Hounshell. 2005. "Regulation as the Mother of Innovation: The Case of SO2 Control." Law & Policy, Vol. 27, No. 2, page 348-378. April 2005.
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The Potential for Transatlantic Investment in Clean Technology - An Opportunity Assessment of the Clean Energy Sector
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Prepared by Clean Energy Group and the Carbon Trust. This first phase of a joint project between CEG and the Carbon Trust was completed in April 2005.
The Report 1) identifies a number of important barriers that hinder investment in clean energy markets; 2) reveals considerable enthusiasm in the transatlantic investment community for promoting new financial structures and policy mechanisms; and, 3) sets out next steps to gain support for the initiative through two subsequent phases of the work.
Governance and co-ordination of distributed innovation processes: patterns of R&D co-operation in the upstream petroleum industry
Virginia Acha and Lucia Cusmano. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol. 14, Issue 1&2, page 1-21, January 2005.
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Climate Change and a European Low-Carbon Energy System
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European Environment Agency (2005), EEA Report Number 1/2005, Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
Developing Better Energy Technoloiges for the Future
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Chapter 6: Developing Better Energy Technologies for the Future, "Ending the Energy Stalemate - A Bipartisan Stategy to Meet America’s Energy Challenges," National Commission on Energy Policy. December 2004.
Induced Technological Change and Climate Policy
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This report was prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change in October 2004 by Lawrence H. Goulder of Stanford University. The report explores the role of induced technological change and examines the implications of induced technological change (ITC) for the effective design of climate policy.
Clean Energy & Fuel Cells: Implications for Innovation Strategies from Historic Technology Transitions
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By Prof. Andrew Hargadon, UC Davis. A new report prepared for Clean Energy Group. September 2004.
The Role of Clusters in Knowledge Creation and Diffusion - An Institutional Perspective
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Michael Steiner, Department of Economics, University of Graz. August 2004. 44th European Congress of the European Regional Science Association.
Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years With Current Technologies
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Pacala, S. and Socolow, R. (2004), “Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years With Current Technologies,” Science, Volume 305, pp. 968-972.
Making Climate a Business Opportunity
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May 11, 2004. Chris Mottshead, BP. Mottershead gave this slide presentation at the Climate Group meeting in Toronto. In his presentation, he outlines 16 new business opportunities for BP and other companies, with a strategy to widen those “wedges” to real businesses.
The longer version of this analysis can be found in the July/August 2004 edition of Foreign Affairs by Sir John Browne, Group Chief Executive of BP, in “Beyond Kyoto.” He argues for a similar cap and trade approach, combined with technology innovation and public investment to take the policy discussions into the real world of business opportunity.
Global Clean Energy Markets - The Strategic Role of Public Investment and Innovation
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By Clean Energy Group, May 2004.
“This report, written by the Clean Energy Group, looks at the energy industry from a disruptive point of view. If the natural process of disruption is allowed to proceed, it would bring about change that would produce critical social, economic, and environmental benefits…I hope this report helps you frame the key issues in a unique and powerful way."
Clayton Christensen
Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Statement of Intent and Principles to Launch the Low Carbon Technology Alliance
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Ottawa, February 6, 2004
The Carbon Trust (UK), Clean Energy Group (US) and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities signed an agreement to form The Low Carbon Technology Alliance, an innovative international, multi-party effort to accelerate low carbon technology deployment by closing the “collaborative gap” among practitioners who are using public investment programs.
Renewable Energy Technology Diffusion: Final Report 2003
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This report by e7, a group of international electricity companies from G7 countries, provides a roadmap to improve the diffusion of energy technologies for sustainable development and includes guidelines for strategic actions to address project-level "microbarriers" and recommendations for sustained cooperation to address policy-level "macrobarriers."
Approaches, Challenges, Potentials: Renewable Energy and Climate Change Policies in U.S. States and German Länder–Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation and Beyond
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Prepared by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. December 2003. This publication offers a selection of views and experiences of U.S. states and German Länder governments, as well as business leaders and NGO representatives from Germany and the United States, by introducing their renewable energy initiatives, assessing their impact on climate protection, economic growth and employment opportunities, elaborating on the potentials of cooperation, and by exploring participation in the International Conference for Renewable Energy 2004.
Beyond Kyoto: Advancing the International Effort Against Climate Change
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December 2003, Pew Center on Global Climate Change. The report is a compilation of six "think pieces" on core issues in developing an effective international response to global climate change, including "A Long-Term Target: Reframing the Climate Effort," by Jonathan Pershing of the World Resources Institute and Fernando Tudela of El Colegio de México. This particular segment looks at long-term technology investment vis-à-vis climate change policies.