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By Klaus Müller, Member of State Parliament adn former Minister for the Environment and Agriculture, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. October 4, 2005.
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By Dr. Hermann E. Ott, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. October 5, 2005.
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By Siobhan Peters, Head of G8 and International Climate Change Policy Unit, DEFRA. October 4, 2005.
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By Kurt Waltzer, Clean Air Strategy Coordinator, Ohio Environmental Council. October 4, 2005.
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Pershing, J. and Bradley, R. (2005), “A Climate Solution Concept,” Center for American Progress, Washington, DC.
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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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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December 2003, Pew Center on Global Climate Change. This report examines U.S. technology and innovation policies in relation to greenhouse gas reduction policies.
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On October 23, 2003, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the German Embassy Washington DC and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) co-hosted an expert roundtable discussion focusing on state initiatives in Germany and the United States, state-to-state cooperation, and the relationship of federal and state levels in promoting renewable energies in both countries. Key questions were approaches taken by states in the United States and Germany to promote renewable energies, experience and lessons learned from existing programs and transatlantic synergies as well as opportunities to move forward with renewable energies on the state level.
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By FCM-CH2M Hill. This collection of best practices profiles municipal actions on renewable energy and other forms of community energy planning and climate protection in Canada.
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August 2002, Resources for the Future. This article by Allen Blackman summarizes some of the key findings of economics literature on the diffusion of new technologies, and assesses the implications of these findings for technology-based pollution control strategies.