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An Introduction to Climate Change Legislation

 
Resources for the Future scholars are engaged with the linked issues of energy and climate policy on numerous fronts. Much of the work in this area is conducted within two RFF programs, the Climate Policy Program and the Electricity and Environment Program. Issues studied include how to cost-effectively constrain greenhouse gas emissions and limit cost uncertainties, strategies for promoting developing country engagement, policies to reduce emissions through averted deforestation and afforestation, and the question of climate change adaptation. Additionally, RFF researchers are tackling the question of U.S. energy security by examining options for reducing U.S. dependence on oil.
FEATURES
NGO Strategy and Corporate Behavior
A new book from RFF Press brings together leaders from the social sciences, NGOs, and corporations to assess how environmental NGOs seek to influence business, and what causes them to succeed or fail.
Estimating the Cost of Oil Price Shocks
Nonresident Fellow Stephen P. A. Brown and Stanford economist Hillard G. Huntington explore the security externalities that arise from oil disruptions and show what a policy to integrate these costs into the market might look like.
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PROJECTS
Toward a New National Energy Policy: Assessing the Options
RFF's three-year project to analyze and assess U.S. energy options and provide tools for decision makers to use in formulating future policy choices.
Forest Carbon Initiative
A project to support the integration of forestry policy into emerging global greenhouse gas emissions markets has been launched by RFF. The work holds promise for future international climate agreements efforts to maximize sustainable development around the world.
U.S. Global Leadership Initiative
An initiative to develop new ideas for United States leadership in articulating a post-kyoto vision for international climate policy.
The Global Adaptation Atlas
This project will develop a dynamic new online tool to allow scientists, policymakers, and citizens to visualize the climate impacts likely to affect their region(s), what adaptation efforts activities are underway, and what gaps need to be filled.
PUBLICATIONS
The Bioeconomics of Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration in Developing Countries
Wisdom Akpalu, Anders Ekbom
RFF Discussion Paper EfD 10-07 | October 2010
 
From Science to Applications: Determinants of Diffusion in the Use of Earth Observations
Molly K. Macauley, Joseph Maher, Jhih-Shyang Shih
RFF Discussion Paper 10-03 | March 2010
 
Designing Climate Mitigation Policy
Joseph Aldy, Alan J. Krupnick, Richard G. Newell, Ian Parry and William A. Pizer
Journal of Economic Literature | Forthcoming | Related Discussion Paper 08-16
 
The Treatment of Uncertainty in EPA’s Analysis of Air Pollution Rules: A Status Report
Arthur G. Fraas
RFF Discussion Paper 10-04 | February 2010
 
Adaptation to Climate Change in Public Lands Management
Joel B. Smith, William R. Travis
Issue Brief 10-04 | February 2010
 
Reassessing the Oil Security Premium
Stephen P.A. Brown, Hillard G. Huntington
RFF Discussion Paper 10-05 | February 2010
 
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