OECD (RFFers can access full text through OECD iLibrary. User ID and password are on the library’s landing page, left hand side) http://www.oecdilibrary.org/oecd/content/workingpaper/5kmlcz34fg9v-en [Summary] Much of the current policy debate on adaptation to climate change has focussed on estimation of adaptation costs, ways to raise and to scale-up funding for adaptation, and the design of … Continue reading »
Posted on March 24, 2010 …
Innovative Financing Mechanisms for the Water Sector
OECD (RFFers can access full text through OECD iLibrary. User ID and password are on the library’s landing page, left hand side) http://www.oecdilibrary.org/oecd/content/book/9789264083660-en [Summary] This report examines innovative mechanisms that can help attract new financial resources into water and sanitation services. In particular, it focuses on mobilising market-based repayable financing (such as loans, bonds and … Continue reading »
Pricing Water Resources and Water and Sanitation Services
OECD (RFFers can access full text on OECD iLibrary. User ID and password are on the library’s landing page, left hand side) http://www.oecdilibrary.org/oecd/content/book/9789264083608-en [From summary] In both OECD and non-OECD countries the water sector is facing the challenges of increased competition for water resources, deteriorating water quality, and the effects of climate change and poor … Continue reading »
Residential Construction Trends in America’s Metropolitan Regions : 2010 Edition
US EPA. Development, Community, and Environment Division http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/construction_trends.htm [From an E&E Daily story, registration required] Redevelopment of urban centers has continued to outpace construction in the outskirts of suburbia, according to a recent U.S. EPA study, suggesting a “fundamental shift” has begun in the real estate market as the Obama administration pushes denser development through … Continue reading »
FEMA’s Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program : Overview and Issues
Congressional Research Service http://opencrs.com/document/RL34537/ [From summary] Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM), as federal law and a program activity, began in 1997…From its beginnings as “Project Impact” to its current state, the PDM program has grown in its level of appropriated resources and the scope of participation nationwide… Authorization for the PDM program expires on September 30, 2010. … Continue reading »
FEMA Disaster Cost-Shares : Evolution and Analysis
Congressional Research Service http://opencrs.com/document/R41101/ [From summary] The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (The Stafford Act, P.L. 93-288) contains discretion for the President to adjust cost-shares for the Public Assistance (PA) program, Sections 406 and 407 of the act, that provides assistance to states, local governments and non-profit organizations for debris removal … Continue reading »
An Estimate of the Economic Impact of A Cap-and-Trade Auction Tax On California
T2 & Associates for AB 32 Implementation Group / by Thomas Tanton http://www.ab32ig.com/documents/Tanton%20Study%20FINAL.pdf [from E&E article, registration required] A cap-and-trade system in California would amount to a direct tax on greenhouse gas emitters and cost as many as 485,000 jobs by 2020, according to a new study commissioned by a group that questions implementation of … Continue reading »
