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Valuing equally the environmental goods in rich and poor countries in a Post-Kyoto world

This paper discusses how the valuation of environmental goods in different countries affects assessments of carbon abatement schemes.Abstract:"The optimal pollution abatement levels are found by maximizing global social welfare in a permit and no-permit trade systems under the constrain that environmental goods are evaluated equally in rich and poo ...
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Dritan Osmani
Forschungsstelle Nachhaltige Umweltentwicklung, Working Paper 187, Hamburg, Germany: 25 August 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists

Vision California - Charting Our Future - Rapid Fire Model

This paper from the Vision California project discusses the Rapid Fire Model, which analyzes the impact of land use decisions on carbon emissions. From the Introduction: "This technical summary provides an overview of the key features and functionality of the Rapid Fire model developed by Calthorpe Associates as part of the ...
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Calthorpe Associates, California High-Speed Rail Authority, California Natural Resources Agency, California Health and Human Services Agency, California Environmental Protection Agency
Berkeley, CA: June 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts

Vision California - Charting Our Future: Statewide Scenarios Report

This report discusses the Vision California project, which seeks to encourage smart growth transportation policies in California, and their Rapid Fire modeling tool, which measures the impacts of varying land use patterns. From the Introduction: "This report accompanies the California High Speed Rail Authority’s public relea ...
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Calthorpe Associates, California High-Speed Rail Authority, California Natural Resources Agency, California Health and Human Services Agency, California Environmental Protection Agency
Berkeley, CA: May 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public

Voluntary Carbon Markets: How can they Serve Climate Policies?

This paper discusses lessons from existing voluntary carbon markets and how they might be applied to legislated climate policies. Abstract: "In this paper, we aim to examine how voluntary carbon markets can provide a valuable contribution to strengthening domestic and international climate policies. Voluntary markets are def ...
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Pierre Guigon, BlueNext
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Environmental Working Paper No. 19, OECD Publishing, Paris, France: 3 August 2010.
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Specialized Analysts

Voluntary Environmental Improvement Bond (VEIB) Program

The VEIB Program was developed by the Environmental Finance Advisory Board to the US EPA from examples of creative finance for environmental projects collected from states and localities. This document is the transmission letter and description of the VEIB idea to the EPA Administrator, asking Administrator Jackson to promote the idea across the ...
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Voluntary Environmental Improvement Bonds

From the Introduction: “This Report …identifies specific state and local initiatives that could, with modest changes, including specific risk management, underwriting and consumer protection actions, result in programs that would provide a dramatic breakthrough in financing programs to mitigate risks of climate change through the reduction of g ...
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US EPA, Environmental Financial Advisory Board
Environmental Financial Advisory Board June 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Voting in International Environmental Agreements - Experimental Evidence from the Lab

This paper discusses how different voting schemes effect the outcomes of international environmental agreements.Abstract:"This paper experimentally analyzes the effects if signatories to an international environmental agreement (IEA) apply different voting schemes to determine the terms of the agreement. To this end, unanimity, qualified majority v ...
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Astrid Dannenberg
Zentrum fur Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW), Centre for European Economic Research, Discussion Paper No. 10-072, Mannheim, Germany: 27 July 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists

VT. Vermont: Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast

This summary was prepared by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) based on "Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: Science, Impacts, and Solutions," a report of the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (NECIA, 2007). NECIA is a collaborative effort between the UCS and a team of independent scientific experts to assess how global warmi ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists
Union of Concerned Scientists: 2007
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public

Vulnerability of National Economies to the Impacts of Climate Change on Fisheries

With climate change already destroying ocean reefs, and the threat of pushing salt water into freshwater habitats and producing more coastal storms, millions of struggling people in fishery-dependent nations of Africa, Asia and South America could face unprecedented hardship, according to a new study published today in the February issue ...
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Edward H. Allison, Allison L. Perry, Marie-Caroline Badjeck, Neil Adger, Katrina Brown, Declan Conway, Ashley S. Halls, Graham M. Pilling, John D. Reynolds, Neil L. Andrew, and Nicholas K. Dulvy
The Worldfish Center, Pelang, Malaysia, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public