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- Domestic Climate Change Policies and the WTO
- The Kyoto Protocol gives Annex 1 countries considerable flexibility in the choice of domestic policies to meet their emissions commitments. Possible climate policies include carbon/energy taxes, subsidies, energy efficiency standards, eco-labels, and government procurement policies. This paper explores the potential interaction between these domestic climate policies and WTO rules. It...
- White papers 2002-11-01
- Between the United States and the South: Strategic Choices for European Climate Policy
- This paper discusses Europe's strategic choices in current climate policy. It argues that the future climate governance architecture must pass four tests: credibility, stability, flexibility, and inclusiveness. Drawing on this, the paper reviews the strategic choices for Europe, structured around three levels of analysis in political science: climate polity, that...
- White papers 2005-06-17
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- Apple Leaves U.S. Chamber of Commerce Over Climate Policy
- Apple is now the latest company to quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Apple sent the organization a letter this week that said the company disagrees with the business group's climate change policy. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc. on Monday became the latest company to quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
- News items 2009-10-06
- White House Officials Admit Climate Policy Would Increase Emissions
- White House Officials Admit Climate Policy Would Increase Emissions White House Officials Admit Climate Policy Would Increase Emissions
- Research articles 2002-07-12
- ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE POLICY.
- According to International Energy Agency analyst Nicolas Lefevre, energy security and climate change mitigation is set to become determining drivers' of future nationalaenergy policies. Lefevre's publication, Energy Security and Climate Policy', examines which policies will maximise realisation of the two objectives on the basis...
- Research articles 2007-04-20
- ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE POLICY.
- According to International Energy Agency analyst Nicolas Lefevre, energy security and climate change mitigation is set to become 'determining drivers' of future nationalaenergy policies. Lefevre's publication, Energy Security and Climate Policy', examines which policies will maximise realisation of the two objectives on the basis...
- Research articles 2007-04-04
- Apple Resigns From Chamber Over Climate
- Apple has become the latest company to resign from the United States Chamber of Commerce over climate policy. "We strongly object to the chamber's recent comments opposing the E.P.A.'s effort to limit greenhouse gases," wrote Catherine A. Novelli, the vice-president of worldwide government affairs at Apple, in a letter dated...
- News items 2009-10-05
- Does it matter that Apple pulled out the Chamber of Commerce over climate change?
- Posted by: Adam Aston on October 06 After all, companies routinely come and go from professional bodies with little notice. And with some 3 million business members, the Chamber is the world's largest commercial federation. So what difference does one less computer maker mean? Apple's brand power is a new...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Policy uncertainty dogs clean energy.
- Byline: Nigel Wilson Apr 25, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The International Energy Agency IEA says investment in low-carbon technologies is being undermined by uncertainly over climate policy. The IEA's book, "Climate Policy Uncertainty and Investment Risk", says the...
- Research articles 2007-04-25
- EPA Administrator Launches Climate Leaders Program; Members Commit To Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Emissions Reduction Targets
- WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a ceremony today, EPA Administrator Christie Whitman launched a key component of the Administration's new climate policy, Climate Leaders. This new voluntary partnership challenges business to reduce their greenhWASHINGTON, Feb. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a ceremony today, EPA Administrator Christie Whitman...
- Research articles 2002-02-20
- Secretary Abraham to Keynote Global Climate Change Conference
- News Advisory: Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham will offer keynote remarks at a global climate conference sponsored by the Brookings Institution and Pew Center for Global Climate Change on Thursday, June 24, 2004. Secretary Abraham's remarks will begin at 1 p.m. The two-day conference, entitled U.S. Climate Policy: Toward...
- Research articles 2004-06-22
- Exelon Ditches U.S. Chamber Over Climate Policy, Who Will Leave the "Voice of Business" Next?
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's stance on climate-change legislation continues to alienate its member base. This time it's Exelon, the third utility to desert the U.S. Chamber in a week. It's not quite a exodus. But momentum is building against the powerful lobbying group -- described as...
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Tipping Point? Republican (Murkowski) Hints at Support for Climate Change Bill
- It would be a stretch to call it an endorsement. It's more like a hint at support -- the tiniest of wavers in what has been a rigid stance by Republican senators on climate change legislation. Funny, this hint of support isn't for the actual climate change bill...
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Climate Hoax Burns U.S. Chamber, Lobby Group Turns to Law Enforcement
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sure sounded like a different organization this morning as a spokesman threw around phrases like "support a strong climate-change bill quickly" and "the Kerry-Boxer bill is a good start." Could it be that the U.S. Chamber had made a sudden and unexpected U-turn? Was the...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- EU should be given more power on climate policy: British minister
- LONDON AFP — The European Union should be given more power in tackling climate change, and London should work closer with Brussels on certain policy areas, a British minister said in an interview with The Guardian. Ed Balls' comments come after the publication of the Stern review on Monday, which...
- Research articles 2006-10-31
- Calling climate leaders
- THE EPA HAS LAUNCHED the new Climate Leaders Program, which EPA Administrator Christie Whitman calls a key component of the administration's new climate policy. The voluntary new program challenges businesses to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and, according to EPA, provides a significant opportunity to achieve the greenhouse-gas-intensity reductions set forth...
- Research articles 2002-05-01
- Apple abandons U.S. Chamber of Commerce over climate policy
- By Sam OliverPublished: 07:45 PM EST Related AppleInsider articles:Steve Jobs expands on Apple's green goalsApple reports carbon emissions, touts green...Apple, other phone makers agree on standard...Apple absent from universal phone charger pushApple lays claim to greenest notebooks ever in...In response to recent comments opposing efforts to limit greenhouse gases, Apple...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Arctic indigenous peoples slam US climate policy
- REYKJAVIK AFP — Arctic indigenous peoples blasted the United States' policy on climate change and accused Washington of thwarting efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which are causing temperatures to rise in the Arctic at an alarming rate. "The short-term economic policy of one country should not be able...
- Research articles 2004-11-12
- Climate trading: the case for the "Climate Protection Authority"
- Upon taking office, the new US president will immediately face major decisions on domestic and international climate policy. The United States and the rest of the international community have set December 2009 as the deadline for concluding a new global climate agreement. The controversial 1997 Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012,...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- Auto Industry and Green Groups Agree on Landmark Climate Policy
- In a swift bit of Congressional maneuvering September 24, the U.S. Senate rejected a proposed amendment from longtime global warming skeptic Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) that would have effectively killed President Obama’s plan to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. What’s interesting is that the auto industry itself opposed...
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
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