Learning From 30 Years of Cap and Trade
A cap-and-trade system is a market-based environmental policy that places a limit on harmful pollutants and establishes a market-based price on emissions.
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Future-Proof Your Climate Strategy
Many companies are protecting themselves against “climate risk”—the damage they might suffer from heat waves, flooding, and other effects of global climate change.
Iran Oil Sanctions: A Rare Case Where Transactional Diplomacy Should Work
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s most recent announcement on Iran policy has raised some eyebrows.
The Role of Electric Vehicles in Decarbonizing China’s Transportation Sector
The Chinese government has repeatedly embraced a goal of developing and deploying electric vehicles (EVs) as it attempts to transition its passenger fleet away from conventional gasoline and diesel-fu
Transitioning to Long-Run Effective and Efficient Climate Policies
A combination of factors pose significant barriers to developing effective and efficient sets of policies to achieve long-run climate policy objectives.
Halving Warming With Idealized Solar Geoengineering Moderates Key Climate Hazards
Solar geoengineering (SG) has the potential to restore average surface temperatures by increasing planetary albedo, but this could reduce precipitation.
Exploring Accumulation-Mode H2SO4 Versus SO2 Stratospheric Sulfate Geoengineering in a Sectional Aerosol-Chemistry-Climate Model
Stratospheric sulfate geoengineering (SSG) could contribute to avoiding some of the adverse impacts of climate change.
Saving Natural Gas through Regulation
Washington should protect the future of the planet and the American economy.
A Few Keys to Saving the Planet Cost-Effectively
Virtually every activity a personundertakes on a typical day — driving to work, charging a phone, cooking dinner — contributes to carbon dioxide emissions.
Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings
Economics of the Environment, Seventh Edition is a compendium of the best, most timely articles by a dream team of environmental economists, together with an original introductory chapter by the edito
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