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An Introduction to Climate Change Legislation

 
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.
FEATURES
Consumption, Happiness and Climate Change
Lessons from the economics of happiness, says RFF Senior Fellow and Vice President for Research Mark Cohen, suggest that when it comes to climate change, there’s room for optimism.
Obama on Energy Policy
In 2005, Barack Obama gave his first major speech on energy policy after his election to the Senate before an RFF Policy Leadership Forum audience. Video and a transcript of his address are available.
PUBLICATIONS
Climate and Energy Policy: Lessons Learned from the United States
Joseph E. Aldy
AICGS Working Paper
 
Understanding Errors in EIA Projections of Energy Demand
Carolyn Fischer, Evan M Herrnstadt, Richard D. Morgenstern
RFF Discussion Paper 07-54 | November 2008
 
Negotiating Environment and Science
Richard J. Smith
RFF Press | February 2009
 
Consumption, Happiness, and Climate Change
Mark A Cohen, Vandenbergh P. Michael
RFF Discussion Paper 08-39 | October 2008
 
Environmental Policy, Fuel Prices, and the Switch to Natural Gas in Santiago, Chile
Jessica Coria
RFF Discussion Paper EfD 08-28 | October 2008
 
Compliance Responsibility And Allowance Allocation In A CO2 Emissions Cap-and-Trade Program For The Electricity Sector In California
Karen Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, Anthony Paul
California Energy Commission | September 30, 2008
 
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