North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) http://www.nerc.com/ With the recession affecting electricity demand throughout North America, forecasts of future electricity demand are less certain for both short- and long-term planning horizons. It is vital to understand what the impacts might be on reserve margins if the North American economy recovers quickly. For this reason, the … Continue reading »
Posted on August 3, 2010 …
Environment Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Environmental Programme http://www.unep.org/pdf/GEOLAC_3_ENGLISH.pdf [From Reader's Guide] Chapter I. Predominant development models in Latin America and the Caribbean. Pressures for environmental change: Examines the currently prevalent model of development in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and identifies the primary motivating forces and pressures that influence the environmental change affecting the region. … Continue reading »
Land and Natural Disasters: Guidance for Practitioners
UN-HABITAT, the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), FAO and the Early Recovery Cluster http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/getElectronicVersion.aspx?nr=2973&alt=1 These guidelines provide a holistic approach to addressing land issues from the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster through early recovery and reconstruction phases. It is targeted at humanitarians and land professionals, as well as government officials. The Guidelines take an … Continue reading »
Meaningful and Cost Effective Climate Policy: The Case for Cap and Trade
Pew Center on Global Climate Change / by Janet Peace and Robert N. Stavins http://www.pewclimate.org/node/7838 The Pew Center paper examines fundamental questions about market-based approaches to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reasons why cap and trade is the most promising option to address the risks of climate change. In Meaningful and Cost Effective Climate … Continue reading »
PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment
Public Policy Institute of California http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=949 Some findings of the current survey: Opposition to offshore drilling has jumped 16 percent since last year. A slim majority say state action is needed right away to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Among likely voters, Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman are about even in the race for governor, with … Continue reading »
Evaluating Sustainability of Projected Water Demands Under Future Climate Change Scenarios
Tetra Tech for the Natural Resources Defense Council http://tinyurl.com/22rardp This report drafted by the National Resources Defense Council Dated July 2010 finds Climate change will impact water supplies, exacerbating existing pressures on water resources caused by population and economic growth. Given the combination of these stressors, the sustainability of water resources in future decades is … Continue reading »
State of the Climate Report
NOAA (a special supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society) http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate The 2009 State of the Climate report released today draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable. More than 300 scientists from 160 research groups … Continue reading »
