Regional Climate Change and Adaptation — the Alps Facing the Challenge of Changing Water Resources

European Environment Agency
http://tinyurl.com/ybkm95s
[Abstract] Spanning the centre of continental Europe, the Alps play a crucial role in accumulating and supplying water to the continent. As such, they deliver vital ecosystem services both within and beyond the region, underpinning social and economic wellbeing in vast lowland areas. Troublingly, the alpine climate has changed significantly during the past [...]

Russian Energy Policy Toward Neighboring Countries

Congressional Research Service
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34201/
[Abstract] Russian oil and natural gas industries have become key players in the global energy market, particularly in Europe and Eurasia. Another trend has been the concentration of these industries in the hands of the Russian government. This latter phenomenon has been accompanied by an authoritarian political system, in which former intelligence officers play [...]

Energy Technology Transitions for Industry : Strategies for the Next Industrial Revolution

OECD
http://www.sourceoecd.org/9789264068728
(RFFers will need to access the SourceOECD username and password on the library’s welcome page top left frame under “databases by title”.)
[Abstract] Industry accounts for one-third of global energy use and almost 40% of worldwide CO2 emissions.  Achieving substantial emissions reduction in the future will require urgent action from industry.  What are the [...]

IEA Statistics Annuals : Renewables Information, Coal Information, Electricity Information, Nuclear Energy Information, Natural Gas Information 2009

International Energy Agency
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Renewables Information 2009
Coal Information 2009
Electricity Information 2009
Nuclear Energy Information 2009
Natural Gas Information 2009
[Abstract for Renewables Information] Part I of the publication provides an overview of the development of renewables and waste [...]

European Community Emission Inventory Report 1990-2007 Under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)

European Environment Agency
http://tiny.cc/AKYT7
[From executive summary] Under the LRTAP Convention, Parties (including the European Community) are obliged to report emissions data for a number of air pollutants, including sulphur oxides (SOX), nitrogen oxides (NOX), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), ammonia (NH3), carbon monoxide (CO), primary particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), heavy metals (HMs) and persistent organic [...]

Climate Change Compass: The Road to Copenhagen

EIRIS (Experts in Responsible Investment Solutions)
http://www.eiris.org/files/research%20publications/ftse300climatechangepaper09.pdf
[SRIadvisor.com] A new report compares corporate responses to climate change from among the 300 largest companies in the FTSE All World Index to its 2008 analysis.
The report found that of the 300 companies analyzed, 55% have short-term targets on climate change, up from 48% in 2008. In addition, 91% of [...]

An Economic and Environmental Assessment of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Power Plants – A Case Study for the City of Kiel

Kiel Institute for the World Economy; (D-24100 Kiel, Germany) / by Sören Lindner, Sonja Peterson and Wilhelm Windhorst
http://www.ifw-members.ifw-kiel.de/publications/an-economic-and-environmental-assessment-of-carbon-capture-and-storage-ccs-power-plants-2013-a-case-study-for-the-city-of-kiel/kwp-1527
[Abstract]  In the next years several power plants throughout Europe have to be replaced and the questions is whether to build coal fired power plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS). In a study for the city of Kiel [...]

The Arctic Climate Change and Security Policy Conference : Final Report and Findings

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace / by Kenneth S. Yalowitz, James F. Collins and Ross A. Virginia
http://carnegieendowment.org/files/arctic_climate_change.pdf
“This Report produced by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace presents the The Arctic Climate Change and Security Policy Conference Final Report and Findings (December 1–3, 2008 at Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire USA).
“The report finds that the pace [...]

Exploring Opportunities and Enabling Technologies for Carbon Capture and Storage in China

Belfer Center, Kennedu School, Harvard University / by Hengwei Liu ( Presentation at ETIP Seminar Series. Cambridge, Mass.: Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group)
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Hengwei%20Liu.pdf
[Website] In this presentation, Liu: (1) explores major opportunities for deployment of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies in China; (2) identifies critical enabling technologies for CCS to underpin future [...]

Emerging State Centralism in the Russian Energy Sector : Precedents from the Gulf?

Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard University / by Justin Dargin
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/xstandard/Chapter%20Russia%20and%20GCC%20Dargin.pdf
[Website] In his contribution to the recent book Russian and CIS Relations with the Gulf Region, DI Fellow Justin Dargin discusses Russia’s energy relationship with the GCC.