State of California http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/adaptation/index.html [Website] A first-of-its-kind multi-sector strategy to help guide California’s efforts in adapting to climate change impacts is available below. In cooperation and partnership with multiple state agencies, the 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy summarizes the best known science on climate change impacts in seven specific sectors and provides recommendations on how … Continue reading »
Posted on December 7, 2009 …
United States : A Collision Course For Prevention Of Significant Deterioration And Title V Program Regulation Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
A posting by Barnes and Thornberg on mondaq.org http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/article.asp?articleid=89134 [WSJ Environmental Capital] The legal folks at Mondaq summarize the logic behind the tailoring rule and its possible pitfalls quite nicely: According to EPA the cost of processing these permits [for the whole economy] would be about $15.9 billion, and the cost to the regulated community … Continue reading »
Port of Spain Climate Change Consensus : The Commonwealth Climate Change Declaration
Secretariat of the Commonwealth Nations http://tinyurl.com/yg8wf3n [PEN-e posting] This Declaration of consensus by the Commonwealth nations seeks a binding international agreement to reduce greenhouse gases.
The New Harvest : Agricultural Innovation in Africa
Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project, Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. http://tinyurl.com/yzuyneb [Project Background and Rationale] African agriculture is at the crossroads. Persistent food shortages are now being compounded by new threats arising from climate change. But Africa faces two major opportunities that can help transform its agriculture and use it as a force for … Continue reading »
