European Environment Agency http://tinyurl.com/23j4kyf Indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union
Posted on April 27, 2010 …
International Governance and Regulation of the Marine Arctic
World Wildlife Federation http://assets.panda.org/downloads/3in1_final.pdf [Website] Arctic nations should sign a comprehensive agreement to protect the environmentally sensitive region as sea ice melts and the Arctic basin is opened up to shipping, oil and gas drilling, and fishing, according to the conservation group WWF. With the likelihood that summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean will … Continue reading »
Climate Competitiveness Index 2010
AccountAbility and the United Nations Environment Programme http://www.climatecompetitiveness.org/ [AccountAbility site which links to a summary report and a technical report] The 2010 Index produced by AccountAbility in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) was launched at the Business for the Environment Summit in Seoul, attended by hundreds of political, business and civil society leaders. … Continue reading »
A U.S.-centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations
Congressional Research Service http://opencrs.com/document/R40001/2010-03-30/?24717 [From summary] Under the 2007 “Bali Action Plan,” countries around the globe sought to reach a “Copenhagen agreement” in December 2009 on effective, feasible, and fair actions beyond 2012 to address risks of climate change driven by human-related emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). The Copenhagen conference was beset by strong differences … Continue reading »
Energy Conservation “Nudges” and Environmentalist Ideology : Evidence from a Randomized Residential Electricity Field Experiment
NBER working papers / by by Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn (NBER Working Paper No. 15939) (RFFers can open this full text version onsite at RFF or by using VPN to access the network and then clicking the URL below.) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15939 [Abstract] “Nudges” are being widely promoted to encourage energy conservation. Dora L. … Continue reading »
Lost in Translation : Closing the Gap Between Climate Science and National Security Policy
Center for a New American Security / by Will Rogers, Jay Gulledge http://www.cnas.org/node/4391 [Website] National security policymakers point to climate change as a key trend that will shape the current and future global security environment, but do not always have the scientific information they need to plan and prepare for the security challenges it may … Continue reading »
Nanotechnology : a Policy Primer
Congressional Research Service http://opencrs.com/document/RL34511/ [From summary] Nanoscale science, engineering and technology—commonly referred to collectively as nanotechnology—is believed by many to offer extraordinary economic and societal benefits. Congress has demonstrated continuing support for nanotechnology and has directed its attention primarily to three topics that may affect the realization of this hoped for potential: federal research and … Continue reading »
