Report

• Wind and Solar Electricity: Challenges and Opportunities

  Jun 23, 2009 - Report examines three primary obstacles to deployment of wind and solar power: cost, variability of generation, and lack of transmission.

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• Coal Initiative Reports: White Paper Series

  Jun 12, 2009 - The Pew Center undertook a major initiative to identify policy options for reducing coal-related GHG emissions. This initiative produced a series of papers.

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• The Competitiveness Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Policies

  May 06, 2009 - This comprehensive Pew Center on Global Climate Change study projects modest competitiveness impacts under cap and trade for energy-intensive manufacturers.

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• Legal Form of a New Climate Agreement: Avenues and Options

  Apr 03, 2009 - This paper identifies the potential legal avenues for an outcome or outcomes under the Bali Action Plan and the Kyoto Protocol Article 3.9 process.

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• Measurement, Reporting, and Verification in a Post-2012 Climate Agreement

  Apr 02, 2009 - The Pew Center released this report outlining options for measurement, reporting, and verification of countries' actions in a post-2012 global climate agreement at a side event held during the international climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany.

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• A Roadmap for U.S.-China Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change

  Feb 05, 2009 - This report released by the Pew Center and the Asia Society outlines a roadmap for a more comprehensive program of United States-China collaboration on energy and climate change.

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• Coverage of Natural Gas Emissions & Flows Under a GHG Cap-and-Trade Program

  Dec 15, 2008 - This paper provides an overview of the different point-of-regulation options for covering greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas under a cap-and-trade program.

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• Congressional Policy Brief Series

  Nov 19, 2008 - Developed by Pew Center on Global Climate Change staff with input from a variety of outside experts, these briefs walk policy makers through important design choices and the strengths and weaknesses of various policy approaches.

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• Pew Center on Global Climate Change at 10 (Fall 2008 Trust Magazine briefing)

  Oct 01, 2008 - When the Pew Center on Global Climate Change was established in 1998, global warming was hardly of great public concern. Ten years later, it tops the list of issues facing world leaders.

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• The Candidates and Climate Change: A Guide to Key Policy Positions

  Sep 30, 2008 - This brief guide discusses a few notable details of the presidential contenders’ plans to combat global climate change.

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• Climate Change Mitigation Measures in India

  Sep 29, 2008 - Pew Center on Global Climate Change brief summarizes India's national policies in the areas of energy efficiency, transportation, and renewable energy.

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• Development of a Policy Framework for CO2 Carbon Capture and Storage in the States

  Sep 02, 2008 - This paper presents the background and policy issues surrounding development of a commercial market for captured carbon dioxide (CO2).

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• The Role of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery in Ohio's Economy and Energy Future

  Aug 29, 2008 - This report analyzes the Ohio-based industries and employment that might play a role in an Ohio market for exhaust-stream CO2.

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• The Causes of Global Climate Change

  Aug 25, 2008 - This document features updated graphs and facts reflecting the most recent data related to global warming.

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• Biofuels for Transportation: A Climate Perspective

  Jun 27, 2008 - This paper offers an introduction to the current state of play for biofuels: the technologies, their greenhouse gas emissions, and associated policy issues.

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• White Paper: Economic Costs of a Market-based Climate Policy

  Jun 09, 2008 - Report offers a comprehensive analysis of a suite of climate policy initiatives associated with a cap and trade program with the goal of identifying those empirical and design issues that most influence the economic consequences of their enactment.

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• Toward a Constructive Dialogue on Federal and State Roles in U.S. Climate Change Policy

  Jun 02, 2008 - Precisely how to delineate state and federal roles in a comprehensive nationwide climate change program should be the focus of a constructive national dialogue. This paper evaluates several possible approaches along a continuum from heavy reliance on federal action to heavy reliance on state action.

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• The European Union's Emissions Trading System in Perspective

  May 08, 2008 - Report examines the development, structure, and performance of the EU-ETS to date, and provides insightful analysis regarding the controversies and lessons emerging from the initial trial phase.

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• White Paper: Economic Models Provide Insights Not Numbers

  Apr 16, 2008 - As the climate policy debate evolves, it is increasingly important that stakeholders understand the strengths and limitations of economic models and look to them for broad insights, not absolute answers.

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• Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach

  Apr 16, 2008 - Report outlines a sensible business approach to analyzing and adapting to the physical risks of climate change.

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• White Paper: State-Level Economic Impacts of a National Climate Change Policy

  Apr 15, 2008 - Report analyzes as a first step, the potential costs of a moderate national cap-and-trade policy that seeks to stabilize emissions at year 2000 levels.

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• Climate Change 101: Cap and Trade

  Feb 25, 2008 - Report explains how a cap-and-trade program sets a clear limit on greenhouse gas emissions and minimizes the costs of achieving this target.

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• Climate Change 101: Adaptation

  Feb 25, 2008 - Adaptation planning at the local, state, and national levels can limit the damage caused by climate change.

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• Congressional Testimony on Global Warming by Philip Clapp, Deputy Managing Director of the Pew Environment Group

  Dec 19, 2007 - Congressional Testimony of Philip Clapp, Deputy Managing Director of the Pew Environment Group

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• Towards an Integrated Multi-Track Climate Framework

  Dec 17, 2007 - Report outlines options for negotiating a post-2012 climate agreement and recommends a multi-track approach to commitments for major economies.  

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• Regional Impacts of Climate Change: Four Case Studies in the United States

  Dec 04, 2007 - A key theme emerges from these four case studies: pre-existing problems caused by human activities are exacerbated by climate change, itself mostly a human-induced phenomenon. Fortunately, manmade problems are amenable to manmade solutions.  

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• Notes from the President: By Degrees (Summer 2007 Trust Magazine)

  Sep 06, 2007 - Introduction to the Summer 2007 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's President Rebecca Rimel.

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• Climate of Agreement (Summer 2007 Trust Magazine article)

  Sep 06, 2007 - Some like it hot. Even so, there’s widening interest in addressing the problem of global warming.

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• Climate Change 101: State Action

  Oct 12, 2006 - Report highlights states' efforts as they respond to the challenges of implementing solutions to climate change.

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• Climate Change 101: Overview

  Oct 12, 2006 - An overview of the report on the understanding of and response to global climate change.

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• Climate Change 101: The Science and Impacts

  Oct 12, 2006 - Overview of the most up-to-date scientific evidence on climate change.

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• Climate Change 101: Technological Solutions

  Oct 12, 2006 - Report on technological solutions for mitigating effects of climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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• Climate Change 101: International Action

  Oct 12, 2006 - Report on response of the world's major economies to the problem of climate change.

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• Climate Change 101: Local Action

  Oct 12, 2006 - Report on how local governments are addressing climate change with their own solutions.

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• Climate Change 101: Understanding and Responding to Global Climate Change

  Oct 12, 2006 - A report focusing on the science and impacts of climate change, potential technological and business solutions and international, state and local action.

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• Climate Change 101: Business Solutions

  Oct 12, 2006 - Report on the new risks and opportunities presented to businesses by climate change.

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• Changes in the Air (Spring 2006 Trust Magazine article)

  May 01, 2006 - Whether humans are implicated in the observed warming of the planet, says an expert, "is an argument that is over." Now what?

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• Evaluation: Environmental Progress in the Electric Sector (Winter 2004 Trust Magazine article)

  Feb 01, 2004 - Toward a cleaner electric sector.

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• Considering the Context - Lifecycle of a Social Issue

  Aug 01, 2003 - Few people would equate grantmaking with farming, but the comparison may be apt. Farmers adapt their crop decisions to different variables of soil and climate

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• Coastal and Marine Ecosystems and Global Climate Change: Potential Effects on U.S. Resources

  Aug 01, 2002 - According to a new study by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, U.S. coastal and marine ecosystems will become increasingly challenged in the next century by the potential impacts of climate change.

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• Aquatic Ecosystems and Climate Change: Potential Impacts on Inland Freshwater and Coastal Wetland Ecosystems in the United States

  Jan 01, 2002 - Global climate change poses a serious threat to lakes, streams, rivers, and wetlands throughout the United States, according to this report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.

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