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| Economics and Ecosystem-Based Management |
| A new book from RFF Press describes the different economic tools which inform and improve ecosystem-based management (EBM).
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| Estimating the Cost of Oil Price Shocks |
| Nonresident Fellow Stephen P. A. Brown and Stanford economist Hillard G. Huntington explore the security externalities that arise from oil disruptions and show what a policy to integrate these costs into the market might look like. |
| Event: Climate Policy Under the Clean Air Act |
| Panelists debate the legal and practical aspects of greenhouse gas regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency at the March First Wednesday Seminar. Video, audio, and transcript available. |
| Introducing the Forest Carbon Index |
| Watch a virtual presentation of RFF researchers describing an innovative project mapping the world's forest carbon resources. |
| Hospital-Acquired Infections: Costly Killers |
| Sepsis and pneumonia – caused by deadly microbes picked up in hospitals – take the lives of 48,000 patients annually – adding more than $8 billion in health care costs. |
| Can a Price Collar Unleash the Power of Offsets? |
| Emissions offsets are expected to play a big role in cap and trade, but controlling costs will be crucial to make these markets work. |
| Designing Fishing Quota Programs to Net the Biggest Gains |
| Kailin Kroetz and RFF Nonresident Fellow James Sanchirico assess the trade-offs involved in designing market-based individual transferable quota (ITQ) programs for fisheries. |
| 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. |
| Assessing Risk via Expert Elicitation |
| Nature magazine highlights RFF Senior Fellow Roger Cooke’s use of expert elicitation, and recommends that it be used in gauging climate change risks. |
| Rosina Bierbaum: The Changing Climate for Development |
| Watch a virtual presentation of Dr. Bierbaum's talk from last month's Hans Landsberg Lecture, in which she details the disproportionate impact of climate change on developing countries and their role in a low-carbon future. |
| Burtraw Testifies on California Cap and Trade |
| RFF Senior Fellow Dallas Burtraw outlines potential pitfalls in implementation of California’s AB32 climate legislation. |
| Taking a Census of the World’s Forests |
| Can satellite imagery provide improved measurements of global forests? A new RFF Report asserts that space-based observations will give us the best—and most timely—data on forest inventory. |
| The Case for Higher Fuel Taxes |
| Increasing taxes on gasoline and diesel to more than $1 a gallon would produce multiple benefits, according to a new paper by Ian Parry. |
| Measuring the Costs of Air Pollution in China |
| Resources Magazine: China’s booming growth has also brought rapidly rising air pollution. A new study finds that reductions in pollution could save hundreds of thousands of lives. |
| Climate Change in the Developing World |
| Rosina Bierbaum says developing countries can’t afford to ignore climate change, and developed nations must aid poorer nations with financing and technology. The three essentials: Act now, act together, and act differently. |
| Congestion and the Commons |
| Resources Magazine: Carolyn Fischer and Ramanan Laxminarayan explore the interactions between owned and unowned resource pools, using examples from fisheries and antiobiotics. |
| Ocean Zoning: A Venerable Idea Bobs to the Surface |
| As the U.S. closes in on a comprehensive policy to oversee and protect maritime resources, several recent articles draw on RFF research to advocate a “zone-the-oceans” policy to ensure that the world’s seas – and the industries that depend on them – are healthy. |
| Report: Natural Gas Could Bridge the Gap to a Low-Carbon Future |
| Abundant new natural gas supplies can help the United States achieve low-carbon goals, but only if coupled with effective climate policies, according to new findings by RFF researchers. |
| Adapting Environmental Policy for the Developing World |
| Several new Environment for Development discussion papers delve into the challenges faced by environmental policymakers in developing countries, including weak regulatory institutions and urgent competing demands on scarce political and fiscal resources. |
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