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Taking The Long View
This article appeared in Environmental Finance, Dec/Jan 2004 Issue.
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International Climate Efforts Beyond 2012: A Survey of Approaches
With the prospect of new climate negotiations starting in 2005, experts, stakeholders, and governments have begun to assess a range of options for advancing the international climate change effort beyond 2012. This paper offers a broad survey of alternative approaches …
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Beyond Kyoto: Advancing the International Effort Against Climate Change
The report is a compilation of six “think pieces” on core issues in developing an effective international response to global climate change. Working drafts of the papers were the focus of workshops in China, Germany, and Mexico. More than 100 …
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Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries: Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey
One of the most contentious issues in the debate over global climate change is the perceived divide between the interests and obligations of developed and developing countries. Equity demands that developed countries-the source of most past and current emissions of …
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Transportation in Developing Countries: Greenhouse Gas Scenarios for Chile
Worldwide, transportation sector greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are the fastest growing and most difficult to control. In Chile, where the transportation sector is growing even faster than the rest of the economy and accounts for one-third of the nation’s energy …
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Transportation in Developing Countries: An Overview of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies
This report focuses on transportation in developing countries, where economic and social development not climate change mitigation are the top priorities. Yet decisions on infrastructure, vehicle and fuel technologies, and transportation mode mix are being made now that will significantly …
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Transportation in Developing Countries: Greenhouse Gas Scenarios for South Africa
South Africa has relatively high aggregate and per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to other developing countries, and to world averages. Transportation sector emissions are increasing, but climate change competes with urgent economic, social, and public health concerns for …
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Implications for U.S. Companies of Kyoto’s Entry into Force without the United States
This working paper examines some of the potential implications for U.S. business of the Kyoto Protocol’s entry into force – in particular, the effects of the U.S. decision to stay out of the Protocol. The Bonn and Marrakech meetings adopted …
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Beyond Bonn: Forging a Global Agreement
Asia Perspectives The Periodical of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs Almost a decade ago, the nations of the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and acknowledged that “the global nature of climate change calls for the widest possible …
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Transportation in Developing Countries: Greenhouse Gas Scenarios for Shanghai, China
The transportation sector is a leading source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide, and one of the most difficult to control. In developing countries, where vehicle ownership rates are considerably below the OECD average, transport sector emissions are poised to …