A number of state agencies engage in intergovernmental climate cooperation coordinating activities through the Intergovernmental Climate Action Team (ICAT).

NBER Program(s):Environment and Energy Economics, Public Economics Cap and trade systems are emerging as the front-running policy choice to address climate change concerns in many countries. Our challenge is to build a zero carbon society that also enhances our quality of life.” — Marc Lee Project Director. Addressing the effects of climate change is a top priority of the Energy Department. What are the main policy alternatives for addressing the climate change problem? Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada’s leading progressive voices in public policy debates. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social, economic and environmental justice. Conservatives and Climate Change. Development of the Climate Action Plan 2050 The coalition agreement of 2013 states "In Germany we will continue to lay down the further reduction steps up to the 2050 target of 80 to 95 percent, taking into account the European targets and the outcome of the 2015 Climate Change Conference in Paris, and support these with measures elaborated in a broad dialogue process (climate action plan)." An alternative approach, cost-effectiveness analysis, stipulates some limit on climate change (e.g., a future limit on human-caused radiative forcing or global-average temperature change) as a fixed goal, without evaluating the climate damages associated with the goal, then compares the costs of alternative emissions and policy trajectories to achieve that goal. In spite of the recent lull, however, the United States’ policy toward climate change could be rapidly transformed, especially with a new president in the White House. The scope of the study focused on broader policy directions, technical alternatives and investment priorities in relation to climate change adaptation. Consultation on the 2015 International Climate Change Agreement: Shaping international climate policy beyond 2020 01/02/2010 Public consultation in preparation of an analytical report on the impact of the international climate negotiations on the situation of energy intensive sectors Due to different thermodynamic and safety properties of the alternatives, there is no ’one size fits all’ solution. Jim Manzi & Peter Wehner Summer 2015. One of the apparent attractions of this approach is the ability to achieve hard limits on emissions over a … While the many possibilities for greenhouse gas regulation have been treated extensively elsewhere, a brief review and definition of the regulatory instruments would helpfully frame the discussion. BC can respect Indigenous rights and better protect our shared waters Keeping our climate commitments.

We have sketched out what the changes could look like if climate were made the central organizing principle of U.S. foreign policy.

Liberals have seized upon outlandishly improbable climate scenarios to urge drastic and immediate action. 2019 02 28 Arctic Policy Framework Comments to GNWT 2019 01 28 Taltson Hydro Expansion Letter 2018 11 30 Comments on Draft Climate Change…