BOOK
Carlos Pascual and Jonathan Elkind, November 01, 2008
Assuring long-term energy security remains one of the industrialized world’s most pressing priorities, but results thus far have been tenuous. This insightful volume assesses exactly what we’re talking about, what it means in several contexts, and where we go from here. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
October 2008, The Brookings Institution
America’s 44th president will take office at a moment of consequential global challenges that require leadership and cooperation. In a new report, Brookings experts identify and rank the top 10 global economic issues faced by the next U.S. president and propose policy recommendations to help guide the new administration. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, September 18, 2008
1:45 PM to 5:00 PM
Washington, DC
On September 18, experts from the Brookings Institution, the Earth Institute of Columbia University and the Academy of Macroeconomic Research under the National Development and Reform Commission of China discussed China’s economic outlook within the context of climate change, the potential for alternative energy use in China and the specifics of China’s greenhouse gas emissions challenges and water crisis. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Christopher P. Borick and Barry Rabe, September 2008, The Brookings Institution
The 2008 presidential race may be the first in which the candidates’ positions on climate change have some influence on electoral outcome. Barry Rabe and Christopher Borick examine public attitudes toward climate change, with particular emphasis on policy options, including how to design and implement policies with states that have very different levels of capacity and patterns of emissions growth. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bryan K. Mignone, September 15, 2008, The Washington Times
With cleanup from Hurricane Ike now underway across Texas and the upper Gulf coast, Bryan Mignone argues it is time to work to mitigate the costs of climate change. He writes that reducing carbon dioxide concentrations will help counter threats posed by extreme conditions such as drought and sea-level rises, in addition to lowering the growing risk of large hurricanes. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Carlos Pascual and Strobe Talbott, August 28, 2008, The Washington Post
Global warming—among the most complex economic, political and diplomatic challenges of our time—has become a central focus of the presidential campaign, with both candidates supporting the creation of a cap-and-trade system that would limit national emissions. Strobe Talbott and Carlos Pascual argue that the U.S. must take the lead now in facing the annual buildup in greenhouse gas emissions that threatens global catastrophe. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jane Nelson, August 2008, The Brookings Institution
The 2008 Brookings Blum Roundtable recently convened representatives to focus on how the poor of the world will cope with climate change. With a few notable exceptions, the climate adaptation challenge, and the links between climate change, economic growth, human rights, and poverty alleviation, has not been high on the corporate agenda. Jane Nelson, an expert in corporate social responsibility, recommends the corporate community take action to address climate change adaptation in the developing world. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lael Brainard and Nigel Purvis, August 2008, The Brookings Institution
For years, global poverty eradication and climate change mitigation have been two prominent but separate struggles yet in order to solve both challenges, policymakers will need to consider linked issues across both fields and understand how solutions for one might affect the other. In a new paper for the 2008 Brookings Blum Roundtable, Lael Brainard and Nigel Purvis examine the issues facing climate change and global development and offer recommendations for how to address the urgency of both policy imperatives. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Kristin M. Lord, August 15, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Kristin Lord examines public opinion relevant to the transatlantic relationship; transatlantic opinion regarding terrorism, climate change, and international trade; and public diplomacy and how it might advance the transatlantic agenda. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, August 01, 2008
to
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Aspen, CO
In its fifth annual gathering, the Brookings Blum Roundtable addressed the challenges of climate change and development and convened leaders from both the development and climate change communities to discuss and debate policy ideas that could benefit both fronts. By examining common challenges—accountability, effective deployment of resources, agenda-setting, mobilizing the public and financial resources, and achieving scale and sustainability—the roundtable established a solid foundation for collaboration among the climate change and development communities and fostered ideas for policy action. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ralph Ashton and Warwick J. McKibbin, July 2008, Terrestrial Carbon Group
In a new report by the Terrestrial Carbon Group, Senior Fellow Warwick McKibbin and co-author Ralph Ashton, argue that policymakers should consider action to unlock the potential of terrestrial carbon, including trees, soil and peat, to help alleviate climate change. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Christopher P. Borick and Barry Rabe, July 2008, The Brookings Institution
During the past two years, public perceptions of global warming have shifted significantly in the U.S. In the first of a two-part series, Barry Rabe and Christopher Borick examine the factors that drive individual views on global warming. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jason E. Bordoff and Pascal J. Noel, July 2008, Hamilton Project Discussion Paper
The current lump-sum pricing of auto insurance is inefficient and inequitable. In a discussion paper for The Hamilton Project Jason E. Bordoff and Pascal J. Noel propose Pay-As-You-Drive auto insurance as a more effecient means of pricing for the auto insurance industry. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Warwick J. McKibbin, Peter J. Wilcoxen and Wing Thye Woo, July 2008, The Brookings Institution
Climate change may be the key obstacle in preventing China from reaching equivalent living standards with the Western world. Warwick McKibbin, Peter Wilcoxen, and Wing Thye Woo analyze the future of international climate change agreements and offer recommendations on how to engage China, continue growth and establish an effective framework. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Walter Kälin, July 16, 2008, ECOSOC Panel on Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness: Addressing the Humanitarian Consequences of Natural Disasters
Climate change is happening and one of its visible impacts is the increasing numbers of persons displaced by natural disasters. In the course of the past year, more than 400 natural disasters affected over 234 million persons, cost over 16,000 lives, and also displaced millions of people. According to Walter Kalin, the existing system is only partially equipped to deal with this challenge and it's necessary to develop appropriate humanitarian responses. Read More