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The Montreal Protocol - Proof That Countries Actually Can Cooperate

November 25, 2011 by David Doniger
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I just posted a report on the latest meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol, in Bali Indonesia.  Let me add a personal reflection, as this is the Thanksgiving holiday weekend back home in America.  Bali is a beautiful place, but on the whole I’d rather be sharing turkey leftovers with my family right now. ... [read more]

It’s Time For The U.S. To Study Geoengineering

October 6, 2011 by Marc Gunther
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Geoengineering — deliberate, planetary-scale efforts to counter the impact of climate change — is so controversial that a high-powered 18-member Washington task force that spent almost two years studying the idea couldn’t decide what to call it. [read more]

VIDEO: Lost in the Ozone Again

May 2, 2011 by Michael Tobis
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So Andrew Dessler forwarded comments from Ted Parson on the history of the Montreal Protocol, in response to a point in the recent Nisbet opus.Parson's key claim (repeated here, on Deltoid, and recently on Grist) is:Yes, the claim that Montreal Protocol was easy because there was a substitute in hand is simply wrong, and the detailed... [read more]

Progress on HFCs, the Super Greenhouse Gases? - Good News and Bad News from Bangkok

November 12, 2010 by nrdc switchboard
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This week the parties to the Montreal Protocol, the treaty that saved the ozone layer, met in Bangkok to consider what they can contribute to preventing climate change.  The good news from Bangkok, reflected in a declaration of 91 developed and developing countries (reprinted below), is growing support for curbing the powerful... [read more]

The Curious Case of HFC-23

November 10, 2010 by nrdc switchboard
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A small group of carbon offset projects under the climate treaty is reaping billions of dollars in windfall profits while worsening both global warming and depletion of the ozone layer, according to an NRDC report we’re issuing today at the meeting of the parties to the Montreal Protocol in Bangkok, Thailand.  The report proposes... [read more]

BIG HAMMER. little nail.

November 17, 2009 by Tim Haab
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CFC reductions are often hailed as an environmental policy success story.  The reason CFC reduction policies have been so successful is Congress taxed the bejesus out of CFCs. The Clean Air Act (Title VI) established caps on most CFC's as agreed upon under the Montreal Protocol, with a complete phase out occurring around... [read more]

Delaying climate chaos

October 15, 2009 by Lou Grinzo
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There’s a fascinating and very timely paper that’s just been published in the PNAS, Reducing abrupt climate change risk using the Montreal Protocol and other regulatory actions to complement cuts in CO2 emissions. As you can tell from the title, it’s an examination of ways to slow down the approach of climate chaos by means other than... [read more]

Policies Can Work in Strange Ways

July 30, 2009 by Robert Stavins
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Whether the policy domain is global climate change or local hazardous waste, it’s exceptionally important to understand the interaction between public policies and technological change in order to assess the effects of laws and regulations on environmental performance.  Several years ago, my colleagues ­- Professor Lori Bennear of... [read more]