Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. / presentation by Debra K. Decker at the Society for Risk Analysis Conference, Baltimore, MD, December 9, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/ycrpkm7 [Website] The field of risk management has expanded from some straight forward applications of risk analysis in limited decision frameworks (understanding hazards and helping to analyze choices around specific problems) … Continue reading »
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Draft Text on AWG-LCA 8, item 3 The Outcome of the Work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action Under the Convention 15 December 2009
Cop-15, the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/copenhagen1215.pdf [WSJ Environmental Capital] With just three days left, where do things stand at Copenhagen? Not particularly good… That’s brought home by the latest draft agreement, which leaves for later pretty much everything that’s controversial: How much to cut greenhouse-gas emissions globally … Continue reading »
Black Soot and the Survival of Tibetan Glaciers
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition published online before print, December 8, 2009 (doi:10.1073/pnas.0910444106) http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/12/07/0910444106.full.pdf+html [Abstract] We find evidence that black soot aerosols deposited on Tibetan glaciers have been a significant contributing factor to observed rapid glacier retreat. Reduced black soot emissions, in addition to reduced greenhouse gases, may be required to … Continue reading »
Vice President Biden’s Memo : Progress Report: The Transformation to A Clean Energy Economy
White House, Vice President Joe Biden http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/administration-official/vice_president_memo_on_clean_energy_economy.pdf [WSJ Environmental Capital] Also Tuesday, vice president Joe Biden offered his latest progress report on the stimulus package passed earlier this year. In a memo for the president, Mr. Biden said the clean-energy part of the stimulus plan—some $80 billion out of the $787 billion total—could help create … Continue reading »
The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: Policies and Options for Global Action beyond 2012
OECD — We have this in print, but RFFers can also access it online at http://www.sourceoecd.org/9789264056060. User ID and password are on the library’s landing page top left hand corner. Also available for sale at http://www.oecd.org/bookshop?9789264056060 [Abstract] Against the background of a projected doubling of world greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, this book explores feasible … Continue reading »
Sectoral Approaches in Electricity : Building Bridges to a Safe Climate
International Energy Agency — Free to RFFers on SourceOECD at http://www.sourceoecd.org/9789264068728. User ID and password are on the library’s landing page top left hand corner. Also available for sale at http://www.oecd.org/bookshop?9789264068728 [Abstract] Electricity accounts for more than 40 % of global energy-related CO2 emissions. This issue is most pressing for developing countries where growth in … Continue reading »
Energy Technology Transitions for Industry : Strategies for the Next Industrial Revolution
International Energy Agency – Available free to RFFers at SourceOECD and OECDiLibrary: http://www.sourceoecd.org/9789264068582. User ID and password are on the library’s landing page in the top left hand frame. Also available for sale at http://www.oecd.org/bookshop?9789264068582 [Abstract] Industry accounts for one-third of global energy use and almost 40% of worldwide CO2 emissions. Achieving substantial emissions reduction … Continue reading »
Implementing Energy Efficiency Policies : Are IEA Member Countries on Track?
International Energy Annual — Free for RFFers using SourceOECD or OECDiLibrary at http://www.sourceoecd.org/9789264075689. Our user ID and password are on the library’s landing page top left hand corner. Also available for sale at http://www.oecd.org/bookshop?9789264075689 [Abstract] This book presents 25 energy efficiency recommendations from the IEA which could, if implemented globally without delay, reduce global CO2 … Continue reading »
Technology Roadmap : Carbon Capture and Storage
International Energy Agency http://www.iea.org/Papers/2009/CCS_Roadmap.pdf [From foreward] This roadmap on CCS identifies, for the first time, a detailed scenario for the technology’s growth from a handful of large-scale projects today to over three thousand projects by 2050. It finds that the next decade is a key “make or break” period for CCS; governments, industry and public … Continue reading »
International Experiences in Safety Cases for Geological Repositories
OECD, Nuclear Energy Agency http://www.nea.fr/html/rwm/reports/2009/nea6251-INTESC-eng.pdf [Foreward] Disposal of long-lived radioactive waste in engineered facilities or repositories, located in suitable deep underground geological formations, is being developed as the reference solution in numerous national programmes. A cornerstone of national decision making and societal acceptance of deep geological disposal is confidence that such repositories can protect humans … Continue reading »
