Google Readertag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/label/climate advisersCNqX4-GRtKACMack2011-10-24T20:41:39ZThis feed is the latest news, publications, and projects from Climate Advizerstag:google.com,2005:reader/item/25c922437144b5c92011-10-24T20:41:39Z2011-10-24T20:41:39Z<h4><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/population-growth-taxing-planets-resources/2011/10/16/gIQAD9bMAM_story.html">Population growth taxing planet's resources</a></h4> <p>October 23rd, 2011</p> <p> As the global population reaches the 7-billion mark, ecological distortions are becoming more pronounced and widespread. Sometimes local needs are depleting water, fish and forests; other times food and fuel needs in one region of the world are transforming ecosystems in another. Under either scenario, however, expanding human demands are placing pressure on resources, particularly on world water supply and fisheries. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/population-growth-taxing-planets-resources/2011/10/16/gIQAD9bMAM_story.html">Read more »</a></p>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/b3545532f230216f2011-08-26T14:17:37Z2011-08-26T14:17:37Z<h4><a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2011/08/26/8">Community management produces drop in deforestation rates -- study</a></h4> <p>August 26th, 2011</p> <p> Climate Advisers' Michael Wolosin is quoted in the below ClimateWire article about a few recent studies that show community forest management having as large or larger of an impact on deforestation and fire rates as protected areas. <a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2011/08/26/8">Read more »</a></p>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/92172143a921a3662011-08-15T17:53:29Z2011-08-15T17:53:29Z<h4><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-administration-encounters-opposition-to-international-climate-agenda/2011/08/01/gIQAnRWoFJ_story.html">Obama administration encounters opposition to international climate agenda</a></h4> <p>August 14th, 2011</p> <p>GOP resistance to climate funding means the Obama administration will fall short of its pledge to prevent the slashing and burning of tropical rainforests, among other priorities, says Climate Advisers president Nigel Purvis. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-administration-encounters-opposition-to-international-climate-agenda/2011/08/01/gIQAnRWoFJ_story.html">Read more »</a></p>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/78a6a072134aa4ec2011-05-20T15:46:38Z2011-05-20T15:46:38Z<h4><a href="http://climateadvisers.com/pdf/RFF-IB-11-05.pdf">International Forest Conservation: A Survey of Key Staff in the 112th Congress</a></h4> <p>May 2011</p> <p> The political landscape for efforts to reduce tropical deforestation has significantly shifted from the 111th to the 112th Congress. In a new Policy Brief jointly sponsored by Resources for the Future and Climate Advisers, authors Peter Jenkins and Michael Wolosin present the results and primary insights gained from interviews of 29 key hill staffers of both parties and both chambers during February of 2011. The brief identifies the motivations behind support for, and the feasibility of, various policy options to provide the funding streams and attention needed to reduce deforestation in developing countries. <a href="http://climateadvisers.com/pdf/RFF-IB-11-05.pdf">Read more »</a></p>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/c3babe8138370eb32011-05-10T13:07:56Z2011-05-10T13:07:56Z<hr> <div> <img src="http://www.climateadvisers.com/images/logos/climatewire-logo.gif" alt="ClimateWire Logo"> <h4><a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2011/02/28/5/">Falling Short of International Climate Pledge</a></h4> <p>February 28th, 2011</p> <p>Climate Advisers' director of forest policy, Michael Wolosin's reports that his budget analysis has shown the Obama administration is in danger of not meeting its Copenhagen pledge. <a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2011/02/28/5/">Read more »</a></p></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/c0a70c4e9e3f545c2011-04-15T15:54:03Z2011-04-15T15:54:03Z<p></p> <div> <div> <img src="http://climateadvisers.com/images/logos/gmf-logo.gif" alt="German Marshall Fund Logo"> <h4><a href="http://blog.gmfus.org/2011/04/winning-the-world-bank-energy-fight/">Winning the World Bank energy fight</a></h4> <p>April 15, 2011</p> <p>Climate Advisers president Nigel Purvis and consultant Andrew Stevenson argue that the United States and Europe must rally in defense of poor countries to support the World Bank's new energy strategy. <a href="http://blog.gmfus.org/2011/04/winning-the-world-bank-energy-fight/">Read more »</a></p></div></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/f0fca94efa69d8b92011-03-02T16:49:10Z2011-03-02T16:49:10Z<div><h4><a href="http://climateadvisers.com/pdf/Purvis_Weathering_Mar11.pdf">Weathering the Transatlantic Climate Policy Recession</a></h4> <p>March 2011</p> <p> This essay focuses on promising opportunities for climate action amid the policy recession in the western world. Both Europe and the United States are reforming traditional domestic policies and improved coordination between donor agencies can yield strong bilateral and multilateral low-emission development programs. <a href="http://climateadvisers.com/pdf/Purvis_Weathering_Mar11.pdf">Read more »</a> </p> </div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/2f9db4834597911a2010-12-21T17:29:51Z2010-12-21T17:29:51Z<h2></h2> <div> <div> <div> <a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/Intl-Climate-Finance.pdf"><img src="http://www.climateadvisers.com/images/Intl-Climate-Finance.png" width="86" height="104" alt="International Climate Finance PDF"></a> </div> <h4><a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/climatefinance.pdf">The U.S. Role in International Climate Finance</a></h4> <p>December 2010</p> <p> This paper represents a joint effort between Climate Advisers and Project Catalyst, to help convey an important truth: the United States must find the political will to lead on international climate finance, and doing so is possible despite current economic and political conditions. <a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/12/us_role_climate_finance.html">Read more »</a><br> <a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/Intl-Climate-Finance-Summary.pdf">Document Summary »</a></p></div></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/3d440b0f47626ed32010-11-26T20:23:02Z2010-11-26T20:23:02Z<h4><a href="http://www.gmfus.org/galleries/ct_publication_attachments/Purvis_ClimateFinance_Nov10_final.pdf">Jumpstart Global Green Growth</a></h4> <p>November 2010</p> <p> This paper presents a new theory of change for international climate action based on the concept of green growth. It also aims to connect this way of thinking to today's global climate diplomacy and suggests a practical way forward. The focus is almost exclusively on the challenge of emissions mitigation in developing nations. <a href="http://www.gmfus.org/galleries/ct_publication_attachments/Purvis_ClimateFinance_Nov10_final.pdf">Read more »</a></p>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e76aca5157876d5d2010-11-26T20:22:53Z2010-11-26T20:22:53Z<h4><a href="http://blog.gmfus.org/2010/11/22/cancun-and-the-end-of-climate-diplomacy/">Cancun and the End of Climate Diplomacy</a></h4> <p>November 2010</p> <p> This essay expounds upon the previous paper - <a href="http://www.gmfus.org/galleries/ct_publication_attachments/Purvis_ClimateFinance_Nov10_final.pdf">Jumpstart Global Green Growth</a> - by anticipating nations reactions to the changing climate change politics, specifically at the upcoming 16th annual installment of global climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico. <a href="http://blog.gmfus.org/2010/11/22/cancun-and-the-end-of-climate-diplomacy/">Read more »</a></p>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/6071c04a2ac28ee62010-11-26T20:22:34Z2010-11-26T20:22:34Z<div><h4><a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2010/11/22/archive/4">Treaty talks should focus on 'green growth'</a></h4> <p>Nov 22, 2010</p> <p> ClimateWire interviews Climate Advisers president Nigel Purvis about his recent paper anticipating upcoming policy changes and debates in the coming years. <a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2010/11/22/archive/4">Read more »</a> </p> </div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/db9a1d4ed8995f992010-07-29T16:55:06Z2010-07-29T16:55:06Z<h2></h2> <div> <div> <div> <a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/Comprehensive%20Oil%20Pollution%20and%20Energy%20Security%20Trust%20Fund%20CA.pdf"><img alt="" src="http://www.climateadvisers.com/images/Comprehensive-Oil-Pollution-and-Energy-Security-Trust-Fund-CA.png" width="86" height="108"></a> </div> <h4><a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/Comprehensive%20Oil%20Pollution%20and%20Energy%20Security%20Trust%20Fund%20CA.pdf">Comprehensive Oil Pollution and Energy Security Trust Fund</a></h4> <p>July 2010</p> <p> This paper proposes that policy makers create a new "Comprehensive Oil Pollution and Energy Security Trust Fund" with the funding and mandate to address all of the national security, economic and environmental threats to the United States from oil. <a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/Comprehensive%20Oil%20Pollution%20and%20Energy%20Security%20Trust%20Fund%20CA.pdf">Read more »</a></p></div></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/abdafcb181001a0a2010-07-29T16:54:40Z2010-07-29T16:54:40Z<hr> <div> <div> <a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/International%20Priorities%20in%20an%20Oil%20Pollution%20Bill%20CA.pdf"><img alt="" src="http://www.climateadvisers.com/images/International-Priorities-in-an-Oil-Pollution-Bill-CA.png" width="86" height="108"></a> </div> <h4><a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/International%20Priorities%20in%20an%20Oil%20Pollution%20Bill%20CA.pdf">International Priorities in an Oil Pollution Bill</a></h4> <p>July 2010</p> <p> The purpose of this note is to provide options for promoting a diverse set of U.S. national interests related to the international dimensions of oil exploration, production, transportation and consumption. Climate Advisers believes these ideas could be adopted in the context of an oil pollution bill. <a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/International%20Priorities%20in%20an%20Oil%20Pollution%20Bill%20CA.pdf">Read more »</a></p></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/f722ba7f1a7649152010-07-29T16:54:27Z2010-07-29T16:54:27Z<hr> <div> <div> <a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/International%20Renewable%20Energy%20Investment%20Credits%20CA.pdf"><img alt="" src="http://www.climateadvisers.com/images/International-Renewable-Energy-Investment-Credits-CA.png" width="86" height="108"></a> </div> <h4><a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/International%20Renewable%20Energy%20Investment%20Credits%20CA.pdf">International Renewable Energy Investment Credits Under a Federal Renewable Energy Standard</a></h4> <p>July 2010</p> <p> One of the most widely discussed issues in Congress is the mandatory rates of renewable energy consumption for utilities. Climate Advisers proposes a possible solution of allowing utilities to fund international clean energy and submit this expense for a certain percentage of their domestic compliance obligation. <a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/International%20Renewable%20Energy%20Investment%20Credits%20CA.pdf">Read more »</a></p></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/d714ac26718d8ed32010-06-02T21:40:31Z2010-06-02T21:40:31Z<h2></h2> <div> <div> <div> <a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/International%20Provisions%20in%20U.S.%20Climate%20Legislation.pdf"><img alt="" src="http://www.climateadvisers.com/images/International%20Provisions%20in%20US%20Climate%20Legislation.png" width="86" height="108"></a> </div> <h4><a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/International%20Provisions%20in%20U.S.%20Climate%20Legislation.pdf">International Provisions in U.S. Climate Legislation</a></h4> <p>May 2010</p> <p> U.S. cap-and-trade legislation would generate new funding for international adaptation, clean technology, and reducing deforestation in developing countries. In a brief fact sheet, Climate Advisers shows the expected revenue these allowance allocations will generate. <a href="http://www.climateadvisers.com/pdf/International%20Provisions%20in%20U.S.%20Climate%20Legislation.pdf">Read more »</a></p></div></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/815e483ae724a6742010-05-24T18:40:14Z2010-05-24T18:40:14Z<p></p> <div> <div> <img src="http://www.climateadvisers.com/images/logos/E&amp;EDaily-logo.gif" alt=""> <h4><a href="http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/2010/05/18/3/">WWF emerges as leading lobbyist on Senate emissions bill</a></h4> <p>May 18, 2010</p> <p> Climate Advisers consultant Andrew Stevenson argues that money for clean technologies abroad can drive American jobs. <a href="http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/2010/05/18/3/">Read more »</a></p></div></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/1480523e88a6fef72010-04-18T23:05:56Z2010-04-18T23:05:56Z<h2></h2> <div> <div> <div> <a href="http://www.rff.org/wv/Documents/RFF-Purvis_Stevenson_InvstmtTropForestConsv.pdf"><img src="http://www.climateadvisers.com/images/Tropical-Forest-Logo.png" alt="" width="90" height="83"></a> </div> <h4><a href="http://www.rff.org/wv/Documents/RFF-Purvis_Stevenson_InvstmtTropForestConsv.pdf">The Economic Benefits of Public Investments in Tropical Forest Conservation</a></h4> <p>April 2010</p> <p> We examine here how the U.S. economy and U.S. households would be affected if the auction revenues set aside for tropical forests in Waxman-Markey were to be cut in half or completely eliminated. Because public funding for tropical forests would finance programs to prepare nations to participate in U.S. carbon markets, a decrease in public funding could result in fewer cost-saving international “offsets”. The paper examines optimistic, medium, and pessimistic offset supply responses under different levels of public market readiness funding. <a href="http://www.rff.org/wv/Documents/RFF-Purvis_Stevenson_InvstmtTropForestConsv.pdf">Read more »</a></p></div></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/8f6e56cddfc8c8c22010-04-18T23:05:32Z2010-04-18T23:05:32Z<p></p> <div> <div> <img src="http://www.climateadvisers.com/images/logos/climatewire-logo.gif" alt=""> <h4><a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2010/04/16/5/">Offsets will suffer if climate aid money is slashed</a></h4> <p>April 16, 2010</p> <p> Climate Advisers president Nigel Purvis and consultant Andrew Stevenson interviewed about their findings in a recent paper warning of the consequences of slashing forest aid money. <a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2010/04/16/5/">Read more »</a></p></div></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/c55ae7a8a0325f7d2010-03-12T21:45:25Z2010-03-12T21:45:25Z<p></p> <div> <div> <img src="http://climateadvisers.com/images/logos/climatewire-logo.gif" alt=""> <h4><a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2010/03/08/4/">New report lays out cold climate truths for U.S., China, E.U.</a></h4> <p>March 8, 2010</p> <p> Climate Advisers consultants Nigel Purvis and Andrew Stevenson report that an international global warming treaty is unlikely to emerge anytime soon. They recommend a fundamental shift in thinking. <a href="http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2010/03/08/4/">Read more »</a></p></div></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/01fa7aa22084283c2010-03-12T21:45:08Z2010-03-12T21:45:08Z<hr> <div> <img src="http://climateadvisers.com/images/logos/npr-logo.gif" alt=""> <h4><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124454924">For Developing Nations, Exports Boost CO2 Emissions</a></h4> <p>March 8, 2010</p> <p> Climate Advisers president Nigel Purvis suggests trade regulations need to take into account the carbon emissions of international products. <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124454924">Read more »</a><br> <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&amp;t=1&amp;islist=false&amp;id=124454924&amp;m=124464375">Listen to the Story »</a></p></div>(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/10857046782837549591/source/com.google/link