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Electricity: Ready for Centre Stage (Part 6 – Conclusion)

March 16, 2010 by Jim Burpee
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In our last post in this series, we looked at more new priorities for governments and industry to address for the future of electricity. Here is the last of these five priorities, and where they leave us… The world will need better regional, national and international governance – more effective and inclusive decision-making... [read more]

What’s the Proper Role of Individuals and Institutions in Addressing Climate Change?

March 8, 2010 by Robert Stavins
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This may seem like a trivial question with an obvious answer.  But what really is the proper role for individuals and institutions in addressing climate change?  An immediate and natural response may be that everyone should do their part.  Let’s see what that really means. Decisions affecting carbon dioxide (CO2)... [read more]

Considering Institutional Authorities and Climate Change

February 9, 2010 by A Siegel
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Recently, I realized that one of the reasons why it is so interesting to focus on energy and climate change issues is the incredibly complexity of issues, interconnections, and feedback patterns/cycles in these interactions. If one is serious in these domains and is even slightly curious in nature, it is essentially impossible to learn... [read more]

Another Copenhagen Outcome: Serious Questions About the Best Institutional Path Forward

January 5, 2010 by Robert Stavins
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Whether you like it or not, for the time being the most important product of the December meeting in Copenhagen of the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP-15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the “Copenhagen Accord,” which I assessed in my December 20th blog post (“What Hath Copenhagen... [read more]