| 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 | | 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. |
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| 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 | | | | View All Publications |
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| RESEARCHERS | | Aldy, Joseph E. | | Brennan, Timothy J. | | Burtraw, Dallas | | Cohen, Mark A | | Cropper, Maureen L. | | Darmstadter, Joel | | Fischer, Carolyn | | Fri, Robert | | Harrington, Winston | | Kopp, Raymond J. | | Krupnick, Alan J. | | Morgenstern, Richard D. | | Palmer, Karen L. | | Parry, Ian W.H. | | Purvis, Nigel | | Ross, Heather L. | | Sedjo, Roger A. | | Shih, Jhih-Shyang | | Siikamäki, Juha V. | | Vajjhala, Shalini | | Walls, Margaret A. |
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