| 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. |
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| FEATURES | | Event: Extreme Weather and Climate Change | | A panel of experts discusses how climate change will increase the risk of extreme weather events and the role of regulators, government, and the insurance industry in responding to this challenge. Video available | | EPA v. Climate Change | | Visiting Scholar Nathan Richardson argues that the Environmental Protection Agency’s case for regulating greenhouse gases may may be weaker than many think. | | View All Features |
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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. |
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| RESEARCHERS | | Brennan, Timothy J. | | Brown, Stephen P.A. | | Burtraw, Dallas | | Cohen, Mark A | | Cropper, Maureen L. | | Darmstadter, Joel | | Fell, Harrison | | Fischer, Carolyn | | Fraas, Arthur G. | | Fri, Robert | | Harrington, Winston | | Ho, Mun | | Kopp, Raymond J. | | Krupnick, Alan J. | | Morgenstern, Richard D. | | Palmer, Karen L. | | Parry, Ian W.H. | | Paul, Anthony | | Purvis, Nigel | | Richardson, Nathan | | Ross, Heather L. | | Sedjo, Roger A. | | Shih, Jhih-Shyang | | Siikamäki, Juha V. | | Walls, Margaret A. |
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| RELATED SUBTOPICS | | Adaptation, Allowance allocation, Cap and trade, Carbon dioxide, Carbon seqestration, Carbon sinks, Carbon taxes, Coal, Emissions standards, Emissions taxes, Emissions trading, Energy efficiency, Energy security, Facilities siting, Greenhouse gases, Kyoto protocol, Natural gas, Nuclear energy, Oil and Gas, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Renewable energy, Safety valve, Solar energy, U.S. climate policy, Wind energy |
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