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The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and Experience
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
Because of the global commons nature of climate change, international cooperation among nations will likely be necessary for meaningful action at the global level. At the same time, it will inevitably be up to the actions ...
The Environmental Justice Dimensions of Climate Change
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2011)
Nations around the world are considering strategies to mitigate the severe impacts of climate change predicted to occur in the twenty-first century. Many countries, however, lack the wealth, technology, and government ...
Promoting Clean Energy in the American Power Sector
(Brookings Institution, 2011)
Despite bipartisan interest in advancing American energy policy, comprehensive energy and climate legislation fell short in the Senate last year after passing in the House of Representatives in 2009. The difficulty of ...
Real-Time Economic Analysis and Policy Development During the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill posed near-term economic risks to the Gulf of Mexico region and raised questions about appropriate policies to mitigate catastrophic oil spill risks. This essay reviews the Obama ...
A Preliminary Review of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Clean Energy Package
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included more than $90 billion in strategic clean energy investments intended to promote job creation and promote deployment of low-carbon technologies. In terms of spending, the ...
The Competitiveness Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Policies
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
The pollution haven hypothesis suggests that unilateral domestic emission mitigation policies could cause adverse “competitiveness” impacts on domestic manufacturers as they lose market share to foreign competitors and ...