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2. Implicaciones metodológicas e inconsistencias de la Tercera Comunicación Nacional sobre Cambio Climático de Colombia.
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Arias, Paola A., Villegas, Laura D., Mesa, Oscar J., Pabón, José D., Arango, Jacobo, Arango-Aramburo, Santiago, Armenteras, Dolors, Berrouet, Lina, Barahona, Rolando, Barco, Janet, Cardona, Yuley, Carvajal-Escobar, Yesid, Ceballos-Bonilla, Lina I., Cerón, Wilmar L., Escobar, Jaime H., González, Catalina, Hoyos, Isabel C., Hoyos, Natalia, Jaramillo, Carlos, and Jiménez-Sánchez, Giovanni
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,GREENHOUSE gases ,ECONOMIC expansion ,GOVERNMENT policy ,CLIMATE change ,DECISION making - Abstract
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- 2022
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3. The role of policy in supporting SSS – the case of Quebec.
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Talbot, David and Boiral, Olivier
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SEMI-structured interviews , *GREENHOUSE gases , *DATA analysis , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change - Abstract
Since the early 2000s, short sea shipping (SSS) is often associated with significant social and environmental benefits. To encourage a modal shift, several nations around the world have developed public SSS policies. However, the policies' effectiveness are increasingly being questioned in the public arena. Therefore, the current article's primary objective is to assess one of these SSS public initiatives' legitimacy. In particular, we analyzed Quebec's PREGTI initiative, which is designed to both reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and promote local SSS development. Our findings are based on a triangulated analysis of official PREGTI documents and semi-structured interviews with local marine-sector specialists (N = 36). The data analyses inspired the development of an integrative framework that includes four components that could explain the lack of SSS program credibility and interest. Our framework identified critical issues for consideration in SSS program development, including: 1) the institutional framework's relevance; 2) its implementation challenges; 3) the program's predictability; and 4) the credibility of government authorities. Ultimately, the present article provides a better understanding of the significant discrepancies between public SSS programs development and the needs of local maritime sector stakeholders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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4. O papel das políticas públicas na redução das emissões veiculares de gases de efeito estufa no estado de São Paulo.
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da Silveira CACHOLA, Celso, Costa de ANDRADE, Ana Clara Antunes, Schneid LOPES, Letícia, dos SANTOS, Edmilson Moutinho, and PEYERL, Drielli
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GREENHOUSE gases ,LITERATURE reviews ,GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,GROSS domestic product ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
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- 2022
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5. Accelerating the Take-Up of Climate Change Innovations.
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DALE, ANN
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *MUNICIPAL government , *CLIMATE change research , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GOVERNMENT policy , *EMISSIONS (Air pollution) - Abstract
The paper explains the findings of the MC3 Project (Meeting the Climate Change Challenge). This project brought together over 100 researchers, practitioners, civil-society leaders, and policy-makers, led by researchers from Royal Roads University, Simon Fraser University, and the University of British Columbia, with 12 major research partners from the public and private sectors, including the Union of British Columbia municipalities. Researchers conducted a detailed evaluation of 11 leading, yet different, municipalities across the province to identify the leading innovators and innovations on climate action. The case studies revealed the following key drivers of innovation, in order of prominence: the legislative and policy framework, supported by provincially led incentives and tools, access to partnership funding and intermediary support, and framing the issue as critically important. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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6. The politics of climate change policy design in Korea.
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Kim, Eun-sung
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GOVERNMENT policy , *CARBON taxes , *EMISSIONS trading - Abstract
The climate change policy design of the Lee Myung-bak administration was the outcome of interest group politics around the greenhouse gas and energy target management scheme, carbon taxes, and the emission-trading scheme. Using qualitative methods, this research examines powerful stakeholders and their interests at play in Korea’s climate change policymaking processes. It also links the political economy of climate change policy to the legacy of the ‘developmental state’ and examines environmental developmentalism in the design of the three climate change policies. The Lee administration strongly promoted environmental developmentalism, which created a new growth engine in an environmental field, while bolstering manufacturing businesses and excluding the views of environmental non-governmental organisations from the target-management and the emission-trading schemes. The Lee administration also sought to facilitate pro-business measures such as low taxes, which led it to reject a carbon tax. Therefore, environmental developmentalism was central to the politics of the Lee administration’s climate change policy design. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2016
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7. Brazilian Energy-Climate Policy and Politics towards Low Carbon Development.
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Viola, Eduardo and Basso, Larissa
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation , *GOVERNMENT policy , *EMISSIONS (Air pollution) , *ENERGY industries - Abstract
Climate change has proved to be one of the greatest threats to human survival on Earth. Its mitigation requires that the greatest Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emitters adopt low carbon development, reducing emissions substantially. Brazil is among them. Although deforestation is still the main source of Brazilian emissions, since 1990 emissions from energy systems and industrial processes have increased and their shares in total Brazilian emissions have been consistently larger. It is the objective of the article to analyse Brazilian energy-climate policy and politics from 1990 to 2014 in order to clarify Brazilian progress towards low carbon development and Brazilian positions in the international climate change regime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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8. Toward a Comparative Measure of Climate Policy Output.
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Schaffrin, André, Sewerin, Sebastian, and Seubert, Sibylle
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ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *POWER resources , *GREENHOUSE gases - Abstract
Comparative policy studies face a number of methodological challenges where conceptualization of the object of comparison-policy output-is the most fundamental. On the basis of three common approaches of the study of policy output, we reconsider this widely applied concept and propose a refined measure as a function of both density (number of policy instruments) and intensity (content of policy instruments). We theoretically derive six policy-intensity measures (objectives, scope, integration, budget, implementation, and monitoring), which are used for weighting national policy instruments on an Index of Climate Policy Activity. The article presents an empirical application of this measurement approach. Focusing on national climate policy instruments in the energy production sector in Austria, Germany, and the United Kingdom, we investigate changes in the countries' policy portfolios from 1998 to 2010. The article demonstrates that our Index of Climate Policy Activity provides a reliable and valid measurement for national policy output that can be applied for comparative analyses of policy output. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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9. A Tale of Two Cities: Climate Change Policies in Vancouver and Melbourne - Barometers of Cooperative Federalism?
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JONES, STEPHEN
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,UNITED Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992). Protocols, etc., 1997 December 11 ,COOPERATIVE federalism ,GREENHOUSE gases ,GOVERNMENT policy ,MUNICIPAL government ,AUSTRALIAN politics & government ,BRITISH Columbia politics & government - Abstract
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- 2012
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10. Sharing the Emission Budget.
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Grasso, Marco
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *CLIMATE change , *ECONOMICS , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation , *GREENHOUSE gases , *CLIMATE change mitigation , *GOVERNMENT policy , *EMISSIONS (Air pollution) - Abstract
Scientific evidence suggests that to have a 75 per cent chance of limiting warming in 2100 to 2°C above the pre-industrial level, the cumulative emissions of CO2 over the period 2010-50 should be capped at 657.1 Gt. The objective of this article is to examine the distribution of such an emission budget by applying different ethical perspectives. In particular, the article first analyses the paths for sharing the emission budget, that is, the major families of distributive patterns that vindicate a number of elementary principles and criteria of distribution. Subsequently, it presents and discusses the shares of the emission budget attributed to states, regions and groupings of states according to the paths investigated and it draws some reflections on the implications of such shares for the ethics of mitigation. Finally, it advances some lessons for international climate policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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11. Climate Policy Outcomes in Germany: Environmental Performance and Environmental Damage in Eleven Policy Areas.
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Karapin, Roger
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GERMAN Unification, 1990 , *POLITICAL ecology , *GREEN movement - Abstract
Germany has reduced its emissions of greenhouse gases more than almost any other industrialized democracy and is exceeding its ambitious Kyoto commitment. Hence, it is commonly portrayed as a climate-policy success story, but the situation is actually much more complex. Generalizing Germany's per-capita emissions to all countries or its emissions reductions to all industrialized democracies would still very likely produce more than a two-degree rise in global temperature. Moreover, analyzing the German country-case into eleven subcases shows that it is a mixture of relative successes and failures. This analysis leads to three main conclusions. First, high relative performance and high environmental damage can coexist. Second, we should see national cases in a differentiated way and not only in terms of their aggregate performances. Third, researchers on climate policies should more often begin with outcomes, work backward to policies, and be prepared for some surprises. Ironically, the most effective government interventions may not be explicit climate policies, such as the economic transformation of eastern Germany. Moreover, the lack of policy-making in certain areas may undercut progress made elsewhere, including unregulated increases in car travel, road freight, and electricity consumption. Research on climate and environmental policies should focus on somewhat different areas of government intervention and ask different questions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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12. The constrained influence of discourses: the case of Norwegian climate policy.
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Tellmann, SiljeMaria
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ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GOVERNMENT policy , *EMISSIONS trading , *CARBON taxes ,NORWEGIAN politics & government, 1945- - Abstract
Norwegian climate policy has been marked by several shifts with regard to adopted targets and measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Three knowledge-based discourses – respectively a tax discourse, a quota discourse and a technology discourse – have been influential throughout. By tracing the development of Norwegian climate policy from 1989 until 2008, it is shown, however, that while significant in early phases of policymaking, the discourses lose influence in the phase when policy solutions are designed and implemented. Those ideas and ambitions that characterise the ruling discourses in Norwegian climate policy are not necessarily materialised in actual policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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13. Multilevel Governance and American Influence on Canadian Climate Policy The California Effect vs. the Washington Effect.
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HARRISON, KATHRYN
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,UNITED States politics & government ,GREENHOUSE gases ,GOVERNMENT policy ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation laws ,ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,ENVIRONMENTAL law ,CANADIAN politics & government, 1980- - Abstract
The article compares and contrasts what the author terms the California Effect and the Washington Effect upon Canadian climate policy as of 2012. According to the article, the political relationship between the U.S. and Canada concerning climate change policy includes state-level policy initiatives and national level influences. The author argues that Canadian governments have been negatively influenced to implement greenhouse gas emission policies because of a lack of U.S. commitments to mandate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The article examines the possibility of regulatory action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its potential impact upon Canadian climate change policy.
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- 2012
14. Cooperative versus Competitive Federalism Outcomes and Consequences of Intergovernmental Relations on Climate Change Issues in Canada.
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BROWN, DOUG
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL cooperation ,GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,CANADIAN federal government ,CANADIAN politics & government ,GREENHOUSE gases ,DECENTRALIZATION in government ,GOVERNMENT policy ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,PUBLIC opinion ,CANADIAN politics & government, 1945- - Abstract
The article examines the impact of federalism on Canadian environmental policies and attempts to establish a pattern of intergovernmental cooperation and competition concerning the outcome of environmental policies on climate change as of 2012. The article discusses public opinion concerning environmental costs, regional differences in economics and ecology, and decentralized jurisdictions attempting to enforce environmental regulations. The author argues that there is no Canadian consensus on national policies concerning greenhouse gas emission (GGE) reductions.
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- 2012
15. Carbon Taxation and Policy Labeling: Experience from American States and Canadian Provinces.
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Rabe, Barry G. and Borick, Christopher P.
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ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *CARBON taxes , *ENERGY tax , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *CANADIAN provinces , *U.S. states politics & government , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GASOLINE taxes , *LABELING theory ,CANADIAN politics & government - Abstract
A vast economics literature embraces taxation of the carbon content of fossil fuels as the superior policy approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, experience around the world suggests that carbon taxes face exceedingly difficult political hurdles. Federal experience in the United States and in Canada confirms this pattern. This article reviews sub-federal policy development among American states and Canadian provinces, a great many of which have pursued climate policy development. With one major exception, explicit carbon taxation appears to remain a political nonstarter. At the same time, states and provinces have been placing indirect carbon prices on fossil fuel use through a wide range of policies. These tend to strategically alter labeling, avoiding the terms of 'tax' and 'carbon' in imposing costs. The article offers a framework for considering such strategies and examines common design features, including direct linkage between cost imposition and fund usage to build political support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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16. Preparing the design of robust climate policy architectures.
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Verbruggen, Aviel
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,CLIMATOLOGY ,UNITED Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992). Protocols, etc., 1997 December 11 ,RENEWABLE energy sources ,SUSTAINABLE development ,GREENHOUSE gases ,CARBON offsetting ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The design of climate policy architectures depends on how its multiple designers identify the climate problem, on the principles they adhere to, and on the criteria they apply for assessing the performance of the constructed agreements. This article presents five core features of the climate policy problem, five principles demanding respect when designing policy, and a particular specification of the four general criteria: efficacy, efficiency, equity, and institutional feasibility. The central policy problem of climate change is the phasing out of non-sustainable energy use by orchestrating trillions of decisions by billions of people. Principles like universality, realism, and transparency are important, but when balancing a global agreement, taking into account diversity and sovereignty are outstanding. For addressing the climate change challenges, the equity criterion should be taken more seriously by the negotiating countries than at present. In a diverse world, equity conflicts are likely to be further exacerbated by attempts to impose uniform approaches like global carbon trading or a harmonized global carbon tax rate. The uniform approaches, lauded by economists and policy makers as superior, are also criticized here as not being so effective and efficient as pretended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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17. Can developed economies combat dangerous anthropogenic climate change without near-term reductions from developing economies?
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Waldhoff, Stephanie T. and Fawcett, Allen A.
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DEVELOPED countries -- Environmental conditions ,GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,DEVELOPING countries environmental conditions ,GOVERNMENT policy ,GREENHOUSE gases ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation - Abstract
Developing economy greenhouse gas emissions are growing rapidly relative to developed economy emissions (Boden et al. ) and developing economies as a group have greater emissions than developed economies. These developments are expected to continue (U.S. Energy Information Administration ), which has led some to question the effectiveness of emissions mitigation in developed economies without a commitment to extensive mitigation action from developing economies. One often heard argument against proposed U.S. legislation to limit carbon emissions to mitigate climate change is that, without participation from large developing economies like China and India, stabilizing temperature at 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial (United Nations ), or even reducing global emissions levels, would be impossible (Driessen ; RPC Energy Facts ) or prohibitively expensive (Clarke et al. ). Here we show that significantly delayed action by rapidly developing countries is not a reason to forgo mitigation efforts in developed economies. This letter examines the effect of a scenario with no explicit international climate policy and two policy scenarios, full global action and a developing economy delay, on the probability of exceeding various global average temperature changes by 2100. This letter demonstrates that even when developing economies delay any mitigation efforts until 2050 the effect of action by developed economies will appreciably reduce the probability of more extreme levels of temperature change. This paper concludes that early carbon mitigation efforts by developed economies will considerably affect the distribution over future climate change, whether or not developing countries begin mitigation efforts in the near term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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18. Designing Climate Mitigation Policy.
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Aldy, Joseph E, Krupnick, Alan J, Newell, Richard G, Parry, Ian W. H, and Pizer, William A
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CLIMATE change mitigation ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,GREENHOUSE gases ,GOVERNMENT policy ,WELFARE economics ,ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,COST effectiveness of environmental policy ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations - Abstract
This paper provides (for the nonspecialist) a highly streamlined discussion of the main issues, and controversies, in the design of climate mitigation policy. The first part of the paper discusses how much action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the global level is efficient under both the cost-effectiveness and welfare-maximizing paradigms. We then discuss various issues in the implementation of domestic emissions control policy, instrument choice, and incentives for technological innovation. Finally, we discuss alternative policy architectures at the international level. (JEL Q54, Q58) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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19. Climate Change Litigation in Canada and the USA.
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Schatz, Julia
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *GOVERNMENT litigation , *GOVERNMENT policy , *CLIMATE change risk management , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation , *GREENHOUSE gases , *CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
This article examines the growing phenomenon of climate change litigation in the USA and Canada. It explores the expanding context in which this litigation is occurring and highlights key successes and failures of these actions. In the absence of a comprehensive federal framework in both countries, the article shows how litigation is being used by claimants to attempt to require government action in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and to force private entities to do the same and to pay damages. Whether a piecemeal approach to climate change engendered through litigation can provide a solution to this global issue remains to be seen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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20. REORIENTING STATE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES TO INDUCE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE.
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Adelman, David E. and Engel, Kirsten H.
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GREENHOUSE gases , *EMISSIONS (Air pollution) - Abstract
This Article challenges the prevailing view that state action on climate change is misconceived because it cannot meaningfully impact greenhouse gas emissions. We argue that inducing technological change provides an independent ground for state programs; one can think globally and still, act locally. Technological innovation is essential to successful climate policy and subject to a distinct market failure—technology spillovers that undermine investment incentives. State action can significantly enhance technological change, as promoting innovation is less dependent on large-scale government action and its inherent uncertainties favor the diversity sustained by multiple state programs. These observations suggest a two-tiered strategy: primary federal responsibility for reducing greenhouse gas emissions while state policies focus on promoting technological change. This Article concludes by proposing measures designed to support this complementary federal-state framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
21. COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM MODELS.
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Kaswan, Alice
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FEDERAL government , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *CLIMATE change prevention , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GREENHOUSE gases - Abstract
The article evaluates the cooperative federalism models. It mentions that the Warner-Lieberman bill is the most important federal legislation because it provides only a limited role for the states. Among the cooperative federalism models are the decentralized approaches taken by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the Emissions Trading Systems of the European Union, and the Clean Air Act.
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- 2008
22. THE STATE ROLE IN A FEDERAL PROGRAM.
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Kaswan, Alice
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *CLIMATE change prevention , *FEDERAL legislation , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy laws , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The article provides information on the role of the state in a federal program against climate change. It mentions that the federal monopoly on regulatory authority could make an institutional inertia. Policymakers should consider multiple factors in meeting AB 32's environmental justice provisions as part of greenhouse gas reduction strategy. A case study on the environmental provision on climate change legislation in California is also offered.
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- 2008
23. Setting greenhouse gas emission targets under baseline uncertainty: the Bush Climate Change Initiative.
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Strachan, Neil
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GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,GREENHOUSE gases ,GOVERNMENT policy ,CLIMATE change ,POLICY analysis ,RISK assessment of climate change ,EMISSIONS (Air pollution) ,EMISSION control ,ECONOMIC models ,GRAPHICAL projection ,UNCERTAINTY - Abstract
There is substantial uncertainty regarding baseline greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions forecasts--i.e., how GHG emissions will grow over time in the absence of policy intervention. Thus baseline uncertainty should be a key consideration in setting GHG emissions targets as a mitigation strategy to respond to global climate change. At a minimum, the emissions target must be less than the baseline level to induce changing behavior and new investment. Despite this fundamental policy criterion, baseline considerations have played only a minor role in target setting under international climate policy. Baseline uncertainty applies to both absolute and intensity based emissions targets. It is demonstrated that one advantage of intensity targets is reduced uncertainty in the projected baseline, however there will always be some residual uncertainty in model projections. To illustrate the importance of considering baseline uncertainty in GHG target setting, the Bush Climate Change Initiative is analyzed against its projected baseline as a case study of a modest intensity target. Based on comparison with historical data, the range of projections by major energy-economic models, past discrepancies in the accuracy of model projections and the added complexity of sector-specific drivers for non-CO
2 GHGs, it is shown that the Bush Initiative cannot be guaranteed or even expected to deliver actual reductions against an uncertain baseline. This finding emphasizes the importance of setting a target that accounts for baseline uncertainty to achieve genuine mitigation of GHG emissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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24. Organizational Culture, Professional Role Conceptions and Local Swedish Decision-makers' Views on Climate Policy Instruments.
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Von Borgstede, Chris and Lundqvist, Lennart J.
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GREENHOUSE gases ,GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,OCCUPATIONAL roles ,EMISSIONS (Air pollution) ,CORPORATE culture ,GOVERNMENT policy ,POLITICAL science ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Sweden aims at decreasing greenhouse gas emissions by four per cent by 2008-2012 from the 1990 level. The different measures to achieve this effectively involve local-level organizations. A survey was made among 356 local public and private officers in south-western Sweden to tap respondents' views on different aspects of the climate issue. Regression models were used to investigate the impact of (a) environmental concern and (b) organizational and societal norms on (c) support of policy measures against greenhouse gas emissions, where measures were categorized according to perceived level of acceptability. Here, those easily accepted are defined as low-cost, and those not so easily accepted as high-cost strategies. Overall results indicate that acceptance of climate policy measures depends on both organizational affiliation - where you 'sit' - and professional role - what you 'do'. With respect to where you 'sit', there is a strong correlation between (1) views of the seriousness/threat of climate change, the relevance of climate change to respondents' own organization and (2) organizational norms, societal norms and (3) willingness to accept low- and high-cost strategies for both private and public organizations. Finally, the results show that professional roles have an influence over and above organizational affiliation on the acceptance of both low-cost and high-cost climate policy measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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25. Dutch climate policy: A victim of economic growth?
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Minnesma, M.E.
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GOVERNMENT policy , *CARBON monoxide , *EMISSIONS trading - Abstract
The Netherlands has ratified The Kyoto protocol and agreed to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases. Since 1990 the goals were made less ambitious several times, but still the last goal for 2000 was not met. Economic growth surely has been one of the main culprits. The main reason economic growth results in higher CO2 emissions, is the fact that it causes higher energy consumption. So far policy measures to reduce CO2 emissions, including many energy efficiency and energy reduction measures, did not succeed in beating the effects of economic growth. The Netherlands did not manage to decouple economic growth and environmental pressure (measured here as CO2 emissions). Absolute decoupling will require an economy that has a fuel mix with a large proportion of renewables, and a much higher energy efficiency level, and probably some major technological breakthroughs. It is not very likely that current policy measures will lead to the Kyoto goals. Therefore, it is concluded that emission trading and levies would offer good, and efficient options for further reductions of CO2 equivalents. It might, however, make it difficult for The Netherlands to realise 50% of its reduction domestically, as CO2 reduction abroad will most likely be at least five times cheaper. The Ministry of VROM will have to invent new policy measures to meet the Kyoto goals. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2003
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26. The EU as a frontrunner on greenhouse gas emissions trading: how did it happen and will the EU succeed?
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Christiansen, Atle C. and Wettestad, Jørgen
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GOVERNMENT policy , *GREENHOUSE gases , *EMISSIONS trading , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy - Abstract
The objective of this paper is first to provide empirical evidence of what can be seen as a rather remarkable change in EU’s position on the use of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading (ET) in climate policy, from the role of a sceptic in the run-up to Kyoto towards more of a frontrunner. The paper argues that there is a synergistic and multilevel mix of explanatory factors for this “U-turn”, including developments at the international, EU, Member State, sub-national, and even down to the personal level. Second, the paper explores and discusses the philosophy behind the Commission’s proposal for a directive on GHG ET. Third, the paper examines the prospects for ‘success’ of a scheme for EU-wide ET using a multifaceted set of metrics. In brief, we argue that output success—the chances for having a directive adopted—hinges on the resolution of two key issues. First, whether the preliminary phase is to be mandatory or voluntary, and second, incompatibilities with domestic ET schemes. Outcome success—steering and cost-effectiveness—will in turn depend on factors like the coverage of the scheme and inclusion of project-based credits, while more long-term political implications hinges on the successful adoption and operation of the scheme.“The Proposal on emissions trading represents a major innovation for environmental policy in Europe. We are de facto creating a big new market, and we are determined to use market forces to achieve our climate objectives in the most cost-conscious way […]. The emissions trading system will be an important cornerstone in our strategy to reduce emissions in the most cost-effective way”.Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstro¨m. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2003
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27. Spain: words that succeed and climate policies that fail
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Tàbara, J. David
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *EMISSION standards , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GOVERNMENT policy ,SPANISH politics & government - Abstract
Official figures submitted in 2002 showing the trends of GH gases during the period 1990–2000 indicate that Spain is a long way from in attaining its commitments with the international and national programmes on climate change. Both structural and cultural factors are used to explain the evolution in climate politics and the growth of its emissions with particular emphasis given to the lack of public participation in this respect. It is also argued that Spain will have either to buy emission reductions abroad or/and find new ways to reduce GH in a more decentralised manner in tune with its current Autonomous Communities’ (ACs) political organisation. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2003
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28. Will VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS Be Sufficient to REDUCE U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
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Gardiner, David and Johnson, Lisa
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ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Presents an analysis of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush's Global Climate Change Initiative, a proposal which addresses U.S. climate change policy. Question of whether voluntary program swill be sufficient to combat climate changes; Discussion of the greenhouse intensity target and what it means for future emission levels in the U.S.; Voluntary efforts, including the creation of the Energy Star label by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency to assist in identifying energy-efficient products.
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- 2002
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29. CARBON EMISSIONS UP IN B.C.
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LEE, MARC
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GOVERNMENT policy ,EMISSIONS (Air pollution) ,CARBON taxes ,GREENHOUSE gases ,GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,UNITED Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992) ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,BRITISH Columbia politics & government ,TWENTY-first century - Abstract
The article discusses how carbon emissions have been increasing in British Columbia (B.C.) each year since 2010, and it mentions the B.C. government's climate action policies and the proposed impact of a carbon tax on emissions in the Canadian province. The B.C. economy is addressed, as well as the B.C. government's policy on greenhouse gas mitigation. Canada's National Inventory Report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is examined.
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- 2015
30. Revisiting Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
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Erickson, Peter and Lazarus, Michael
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GREENHOUSE gases , *EMISSIONS (Air pollution) , *GOVERNMENT policy , *CLIMATE change mitigation , *CLIMATOLOGY , *MATERIALS & the environment , *EXPORT & import trade of commercial products , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *PROFESSIONAL associations ,ENERGY consumption & climate - Abstract
The article offers the author's insights on the role of assessing the contribution of a community to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in climate change mitigation. The authors say that international organizations have developed protocol for measuring community-scale emissions. They state that communities consume and import materials and goods that are made elsewhere. They cite the significance of measuring emissions for the relevance and usability of GHG inventory. They add that local governments have focused on emissions that are related to in-boundary energy use.
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- 2012
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31. Climate Change.
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GREENHOUSE gases ,GOVERNMENT policy ,ETHIOPIAN politics & government ,GOVERNMENT policy on climate change - Abstract
The article reports on the 64 percent reduction in greenhouse gases emissions targeted by the government of Ethiopia by 2030, which is the most ambitious plan presented to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) and comes despite most Ethiopians depending entirely on wood stoves.
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- 2015
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32. Climate change bills advance in Senate.
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LEGISLATIVE bills , *LEGISLATION , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *CLIMATE change laws , *EMISSIONS trading , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation , *WATER acidification - Abstract
The article reports on the approval of four legislative bills by the Senate committees in December 2007 in the U.S. The bills, focusing climate change issues, include the Climate Security Act, Climate Change Adaptation Act of 2007, Global Change Research Improvement Act of 2007 and Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act. The Climate Security Act establishes a cap-and-trade system for emissions reduction of greenhouse gases while the Climate Change Adaptation aims to develop necessary tools to adapt to climate change. Global Change Research Improvement Act restructures the federal Climate Change Science Program and requires a new 10-year strategic plan. Lastly, the fourth bill determines an acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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- 2008
33. Britain sets up ambition on climate change.
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GREENHOUSE gases ,GOVERNMENT policy ,GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,CARBON ,LEGISLATIVE bills ,GLOBAL temperature changes ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
The article focuses on the British government's goal to cut greenhouse gases by 60 percent by 2050. It states that the goal is the most ambitious after France's similar goal to reduce greenhouse gases by 75 percent. A new package of climate change legislation will be made within a few weeks. It further reports that the British government will establish an independent "carbon committee,"to advise the government on measures and monitor and report arrangements on the measures taken. It will also "create enabling powers" to cut down on emissions.
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- 2007
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34. Clinton struggles to appease all sides over climate proposals.
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Macilwain, Colin
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GREENHOUSE gases , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change - Abstract
Discusses the efforts of President Bill Clinton in bridging the gap between two audiences for his climate change policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2008 as of October 30, 1997. Two key elements to the sketchy domestic policy proposed by the president; The concessions that the United States seeks,including agreement by three countries to participate in joint implementation.
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- 1997
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35. Britain seeks leadership role with ambitious greenhouse-gas targets.
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Masood, Ehsan
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GREENHOUSE gases , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change - Abstract
Looks at Britain's Labour government's attempt to take the high ground in the climate change debate when it confirmed a pre-election promise to cut United Kingdom greenhouse-gas emissions to 80 percent of 1990 levels by 2010. The praise by John Prescott, secretary of state for superministry combining environment, transport and the regions, of his predecessor's attempts to raise the profile of environmental issues.
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- 1997
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36. Clinton climate change plan takes some heat.
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GREENHOUSE gases , *GOVERNMENT policy , *GOVERNMENT policy on climate change - Abstract
Reports that the United States Accounting Office (GAO) has criticized the administration's plan to combat rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Why Congress members have attacked the plan; Defenders of the administration's climate change plan.
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- 1998
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