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Nuclear Energy

The Global Energy Assessment (GEA) brings together over 300 international researchers to provide an independent, scientifically based, integrated and policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging e

Energy Policy Shows Fallacy of a Domestic Debate

The presidential debate on Wednesday night is an opportunity for the candidates to discuss, exclusively, “domestic policy.” But that very division of “domestic” and “foreign” policy has always been fo

Interactions Between State and Federal Climate Change Policies.

Economic research on climate change has been crucial in advancing our understanding of the consequences associated with global warming as well as the costs and benefits of the various policies that mi

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Climate Negotiators Create an Opportunity for Scholars

The 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) launched a process to confront risks posed by global climate change.

Innovation Key to Unlocking Africa’s Horticultural Potential

African agriculture is at the crossroads. Persistent food shortages are now being compounded by new threats arising from climate change.

Africa Must Wake Up to The Reality That Hunger is Now a National Security Issue

The world food outlook for 2013 looks grim as a result of the worst drought in the United States in 50 years.

The U.S. Sulphur Dioxide Cap and Trade Programme and Lessons for Climate Policy

The sulphur dioxide (SO2) allowance-trading programme established under Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) was the world’s first large-scale pollutant cap-and-trade system.

North American Oil and Gas Reserves: Prospects and Policy

Expanding estimates of North America’s supply of accessible shale gas, and more recently, shale oil, have been trumpeted in many circles as the most significant energy resource development since the o

The SO2 Allowance Trading System: The Ironic History of a Grand Policy Experiment

Two decades have passed since the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 launched a grand experiment in market-based environmental policy: the SO2 cap-and-trade system.