Climate Briefs

Climate Briefs are executive-level summaries of current research and policy issues.

Name Size Published
Carbon Equivalence 186 KB Feb. 2008
Managing the Transition to Climate Stabilization 140 KB Feb. 2008
The Role of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Offsets in Global Climate Policy 58 KB Feb. 2008
Using Forest Carbon Sequestration to Create Greenhouse Gas Emissions Offsets 66 KB Feb. 2008
Economic Analysis of California Climate Initiatives: An Integrated Approach 149 KB Sep. 2007
Interactions of Cost-Containment Measures and Linking of Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs 154 KB Sep. 2007
Updated Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations 184 KB Sep. 2007
Electric Technology in a Carbon-Constrained World 171 KB Mar. 2007
The Economic Implications of Carbon Cycle Uncertainty 200 KB Feb. 2007
Progress in Understanding Natural Climate Variability 197KB Feb. 2007
The Cost of Reducing CO2 Emissions by Redispatch of Existing Generation 266 KB Sep. 2006
The Impact of CO2 Emissions Trading Programs on Wholesale Electricity Prices 74 KB Sep. 2006
Climate Change Impacts and the Electric Sector 59 KB Mar. 2006
Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide: Addressing Potential Barriers to Widespread Use 1.03 MB Dec. 2005
Moving Beyond Concentrations: The Challenge of Limiting Temperature Change 93 KB Dec. 2005
Country Specific Model for Intertemporal Climate (COSMIC 2) 809 KB Sep. 2005
Interactions of Climate Change and Air Quality (Login Required) 300 KB Sep. 2005
Key Lessons from Early Experience with the European Union Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme 100 KB Sep. 2005
The Costs of Key Electric Sector Greenhouse Gas Reduction Actions 61 KB Feb. 2005
Using Discounting to Analyze CO2 Emission Reduction Actions 72 KB Feb. 2005
What Can Electric Companies do to Reduce CO2 Emissions? 61 KB Feb. 2005
Revenue Recycling and the Cost of Climate Policy 82 KB Jan. 2005
Upstream and Downstream Approaches to Carbon Dioxide Regulation 62 KB Jan. 2005
Comparing Projections of the Global Market Impacts of Climate Change 482 KB Dec. 2004
The Impact of Learning-By-Doing on Emissions Abatement 62 KB Dec. 2004
Regional U.S. Economic Impacts of Global Climate Change 471 KB Dec. 2004
A Climate Contingency Roadmap for the U.S. Electric Sector: Phase I Status Report 649 KB Aug. 2003
U.S. Rejection of the Kyoto Protocol: The Impact on Compliance Costs 31 KB Dec. 2001
What’s Wrong with Global Warming Potentials? 385 KB Jul. 2001
The Potential Health Impacts of Climate Variability and Change for the United States 318 KB Dec. 2000
Climate Change and Infectious Diseases 76 KB Nov. 2000
Abrupt Climate Change – The Evidence from Ice Cores 69 KB Oct. 2000
Costs of the Kyoto Protocol to the United States: Implications of a Multi-Gas Strategy 65 KB Oct. 2000
The Economic Costs of the Kyoto Protocol 58 KB Mar. 1999
The Kyoto Protocol in the Context of the Long-Term Goals of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 31 KB Mar. 1999
The Need for a Global Energy Technology Strategy 72 KB Mar. 1999
Comparing Results of Climate Predictions 151 KB May 1998
Insurance Claims as an Indicator of Global Climate Change 90 KB May 1998
The Kyoto Protocol: A Summary of Key Issues 107 KB May 1998
Overview of Climate Change Market Impacts in the United States 84 KB May 1998
Impacts of a Carbon Tax on U.S. Consumers 85 KB May 1998
Regional Impacts of a U.S. Carbon Tax 165 KB May 1998
The Role of Developing Countries in Stabilizing Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations 83 KB May 1998
Trends in U.S. Extreme Weather Impacts 61 KB May 1998
Trends in Weather and Climate Extremes 105 KB May 1998
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 99 KB May 1998
The Value of “Where and When” Flexibility 83 KB May 1998

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