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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Greenhouse Governance features a number of America's preeminent public policy scholars, examining some aspect of governance and climate change.
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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT
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- November 30, 2009, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
The world and China’s place in it have transformed over the past year in response to pressure from the most severe global financial crisis in decades. While the economic crisis accelerated China’s emergence as a global superpower, it has yet to fully assess the consequences of its new position on the world stage. On November 30, Brookings and the Australian National University will co-host a discussion on China’s emerging position as a global power.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
China’s continued ascension presents policy challenges for both Beijing and Washington. President Barack Obama will make his first trip to China from November 15-18, where he will address a multitude of issues ranging from climate change to trade and the economy to military ties between the two nations. On November 4, Kenneth Lieberthal took questions in a live web chat with Politico senior editor Fred Barbash about President Obama's first trip to China.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:30:00 GMT
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- November 04, 2009, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
China’s continued ascension presents policy challenges for both Beijing and Washington. President Barack Obama made his first trip to China from November 15-18. Kenneth Lieberthal and Fred Barbash, Politico's senior editor, took questions about the president’s trip to China in this edition of the Scouting Report.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT
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- November 04, 2009, 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
As attention to U.S. climate legislation has been increasing on Capitol Hill, Brookings hosted a discussion on a new series of papers on U.S. climate policy design. These papers acknowledge the complexity inherent in climate policy; explain the fundamental challenges involved in addressing a particular set of design features; and suggest a credible path forward, calling attention to tradeoffs where they exist.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In December, the 15th Conference of Parties will attempt to reach an agreement on new international climate change and emissions regulations. Charles Ebinger and Govinda Avasarala note that any agreement is likely to use a plethora of technologies which many nations do not have access to, and they propose solutions to the intellectual property rights issues involved.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Much is in question today as Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chairman Barbara Boxer tries to push ahead with work on climate-change legislation, with Republicans threatening a boycott of the markup. Mark Muro and Jonathan Rothwell examine the costs of cap-and-trade regulations for the U.S. economy and families.
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:30:00 GMT
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- November 02, 2009, 1:30 PM to 5:45 PM
On November 2, the Center on United States and Europe and the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings co-hosted a conference on the European Union’s Eastern Partnership with the Embassy of Poland, the Delegation of the European Commission, the Embassy of Sweden and the Heinrich Boll Foundation. The Frontiers of Europe conference discussed the Eastern Partnership’s potential—and the challenges it will face—in achieving its stated goals of promoting democratic values and good governance; strengthening energy security; and fostering stability and economic development.
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Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMT
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- October 30, 2009, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
On October 30, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings and the Slavic Research Center at Hokkaido University hosted leading experts from Japan and the United States for a conference on the U.S.-Japan alliance in relation to nuclear energy and nuclear nonproliferation. Topics included trends in international nuclear markets, the U.S. approach to nuclear energy and the future of nuclear nonproliferation.
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT
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- October 29, 2009, 3:00 PM to 5:15 PM
On October 29, the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings, the Institute for Environmental Security, CNA, E3G and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars hosted a discussion on the real dangers for conflicts and disputes resulting from resource shortages, water rights and natural disasters.
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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Charles Ebinger and Lea Rosenbohm say President Obama's decision to use $3.4 billion dollars of stimulus money to begin developing a smart grid is a welcome development. Ebinger and Rosenbohm look to how the smart grid will help benefit providers and consumers while noting additional steps that will be required moving forward.
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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
A number of climate policy observers and U.S. policymakers have expressed concerns about the implications of climate policy for the U.S. industrial base. In this paper, Carolyn Fischer and Richard Morgenstern show that specific concerns about industrial competitiveness and emissions leakage could be realistically addressed in the context of a cap-and-trade system without unduly distorting the incentives that are essential to realizing an economically efficient outcome.
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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
A cap-and-trade system of the sort envisioned by the current generation of Congressional proposals would create a new market in carbon allowances worth potentially hundreds of billions of dollars. In this paper, Adele Morris discusses the likely distributional implications of a U.S. cap-and-trade system and how policymakers could manage these implications by altering the way in which allowances or allowance revenues are distributed throughout the broader economy.
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Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In this chapter of Fighting Chance, prepared for a September 2007 conference, Steven Pifer assesses potential challenges posed by a more assertive Russia. Pifer examines demographic, societal and economic trends in Russia that could create strategic shocks for the region and world over the next several decades.
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Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Senators Kerry and Boxer recently unveiled their climate bill calling for the creation and funding of a string of energy innovation hubs that are dedicated to clean energy technology development and deployment. Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman reviewed the bill—especially as it impacts metro and regional areas—and noted its similarities and differences with the House of Representative's climate bill, Waxman-Markey.
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Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Kenneth Lieberthal analyzes the politics of U.S.-China cooperation, recommends how to structure a bilateral agreement on clean energy, and describes how the two countries can work together to shape a more successful UN climate change conference in Copenhagen.
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Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Concerns about the economic costs of climate policy and the potential for volatility in the future carbon market have led to a proliferation of possible mechanisms to mitigate these concerns. Bryan Mignone shows how a coherent "cost containment" policy could be constructed by considering two key substantive objectives – price stability and cost viability – and then tailoring policy instruments to meet these objectives.
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Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Binding greenhouse gas emissions targets are the backbone of any cap-and-trade system, but the appropriate stringency of domestic reductions remains an unresolved issue in US legislation. In this paper, Bryan Mignone shows how available scientific information could be coupled with a variety of judgments about climate risk and international burden-sharing to yield a plausible range of domestic cap-and-trade targets.
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Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Craig Pirrong writes that current legislative attempts to regulate derivatives trading in the climate and energy context are severely misguided. While arguing that the ex post enforcement regime should be strengthened to deter price manipulation, he suggests that overly restrictive clearing and exchange requirements will dramatically increase the costs of managing carbon price risk.
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Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:45:00 GMT
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- September 11, 2009, 8:45 AM to 1:00 PM
On September 11, the Brookings Institution’s Energy Security Initiative and Metropolitan Policy Program hosted a discussion on the challenges of modernizing the electricity grid.
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Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
As the financial crisis continues to take its toll on the global economy, another serious challenge looms large: preventing the planet from warming more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Brookings experts and colleagues from the public and private sectors develop strategies and provide recommendations to policymakers who are now faced with the daunting task of stabilizing the climate without dampening economic recovery.
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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The global financial crisis proves how unforeseen macroeconomic conditions can affect policies aimed at reducing and stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions. This paper outlines an example that shows that a price collar can have a negligible expected impact on the outcome that matters most for the climate—increasing emissions.
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Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Peter Singer believes the issue of energy security has too long been looked at through only the environmental lens. He argues that it is also a national security issue, noting the U.S. military spends roughly $20 billion a year for petroleum alone, that diverts funds which would be better served elsewhere.
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Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The U.S. Department of Defense is the world’s single largest consumer of energy, using more resources than 100 nations. Peter Singer and Jerry Warner analyze what can be done to better manage defense energy security by implementing steps to increase energy efficiency and substituting alternative forms of energy to meet the military’s fuel needs.
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Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:09:13 GMT
President Obama recently signed a law adding $2 billion to the wildly popular "Cash for Clunkers" program that has given automakers a boost after months of declining sales. Barry Bosworth says despite the program’s quick uptake, there are probably better ways to help stimulate the economy.
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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT
Brookings Trade Forum provides comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics. Practitioners and academics contribute to
each volume, with papers that provide an in-depth look at a particular topic. The 2008/2009 edition focuses on climate policy and its impact on trade.
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Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Erica Downs examines what is behind the recent Iranian invitation to China to invest $43 billion in Iran's oil industry. Downs argues that Iran is aiming to lessen the impact of additional international sanctions by adding to its meager refining capability, but she also believes there are several reasons China will be unwilling to deliver everything Iran wants.
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Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
A regional nonprofit plans on using ARRA funds to boost its current retrofit and weatherization activities in the short-term while promoting greater regional cooperation and expanded services in the long-term.
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Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings experts Adele Morris, Peter Wilcoxen and Warwick McKibbin analyze the economic effects of a potential U.S. cap-and-trade program and offer insights to policy-makers on how to limit climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions with little risk to the economy.
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Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
As the Senate moves to consider the House approved cap-and-trade legislation, hurdles still remain. Brookings experts Adele Morris, Peter Wilcoxen and Warwick McKibbin argue that sponsors of the Senate cap-and-trade bill could strengthen its prospects by establishing a price collar as a way to make it more politically and economically attractive.
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Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Kemal Derviş testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on America’s critical role in supporting climate change adaptation in the world’s most vulnerable communities. Derviş stressed that although global economies are facing serious financial challenges, time is of the essence to protect those most affected. He provided recommendations to enact globally acceptable and enforceable policies to tackle climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:30:00 GMT
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- July 22, 2009, 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM
Brookings Managing Director William Antholis, who served at the National Security Council during the Kyoto Protocol negotiations, and Fred Barbash, senior editor of Politico, took questions on the domestic and international implications of climate change and the outlook for international cooperation on addressing global warming in this edition of the Scouting Report.
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Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
As the world community gears up for another round of climate change talks, a central issue will be how to bring developing countries—especially rapidly growing India and China—into a climate-change pact. William Antholis examines the "per capita" emissions reduction standard favored by India's Manmohan Singh and argues that it is too simple a metric by which to achieve equity in global carbon reductions between the developed and developing worlds.
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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the first visit to India by a top Obama administration official, engaged her hosts on two major issues facing the world: nuclear non-proliferation and climate change. Brookings President Strobe Talbott writes that Indians, like many Americans, still need to be persuaded to see the urgency of prompt action on these two issues.
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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:30:00 GMT
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- July 15, 2009, 9:30 AM to 3:45 PM
On July 15, the Center on the United States and Europe and the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings hosted leading experts from Turkey, Russia and Europe for a conference focusing on Turkey’s and Russia’s roles in European energy security and the role of energy in shaping cooperation and stability in neighboring regions.
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Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT
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- July 13, 2009, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
On July 13, the Latin America Initiative at Brookings hosted a discussion on the recently released book, Brazil as an Economic Superpower? Understanding Brazil’s Changing Role in the Global Economy (Brookings Institution Press, 2009), edited by Brookings Political Economy Fellow Leonardo Martinez-Diaz and Lael Brainard, former vice president and director of Global Economy and Development at Brookings.
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Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
One controversial issue in the larger cap-and-trade debate is the proper use and certification of carbon offsets related to changes in land management. Bryan Mignone, Matthew Hurteau, Yihsu Chen and Brent Sohngen show how reversal risk associated with such instruments could be properly internalized in a crediting framework and how this framework itself could be used to manage prices in the future carbon market.
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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
As the Senate discusses the Waxman-Markey bill, Brian Mignone writes that architects of climate policy would do well to heed key lessons from the House debate. Mignone believes well-designed guidelines toward carbon offsets should enhance three key objectives, including political support for cap-and-trade, and preserve or enhance the environmental integrity of the broader policy.
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Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In this op-ed, Ted Gayer argues that in supplementing their cap-and-trade program with expensive mandates, Congress levies heavy costs with no environmental gain.
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Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Major topics of discussion at the upcoming G8 summit will be energy and climate change policy. Charles Ebinger assesses where the United States currently stands on the issues and outlines what needs to be done to formulate sound policy for the future.
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Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Following a narrow House vote on Friday to pass climate change legislation, President Obama called on the Senate this weekend to follow suit. Mark Muro urges an even greater investment in energy innovation to catalyze a radically cleaner future.
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Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Ted Gayer argues that the House of Representatives' has decided to ignore its painful lesson in the pitfalls of carbon offsets in the cap-and-trade bill.
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Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:30:00 GMT
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- June 18, 2009, 8:30 AM to 10:00 PM
- June 19, 2009, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
On June 18 and 19, 2009, the Foresight project held its second major regional symposium in Washington, D.C. Organized by the Alfred Herrhausen Society in partnership with Policy Network and the Brookings Institution, it provided a unique opportunity to advance the task of forging a new global consensus on the shape of the emerging world order and the role of the United States within it.
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Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Robert Puentes argues that a new federal interagency partnership, debuted before the Senate this week, could provide the federal leadership necessary for a unified vision of transportation, housing, and environmental policy designed to tackle our interrelated economic, energy, and climate challenges.
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Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kenneth Lieberthal addressed the growing need for U.S.-China climate cooperation and how it is in the interest of both countries. Lieberthal testified that an important step is for the U.S. to have a realistic understanding of the reasons China's emissions are growing so rapidly, and he offered suggestions for the future of the relationship.
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Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In this Saban Center working paper, Lydia Khalil examines the unresolved challenges relating to Kurdistan, particularly the status of Kirkuk, oil claims and internal governance, to determine the prospects for long-term Iraqi unity and stability. In presenting this analysis, Khalil offers a series of recommendations for the Obama Administration, placing a priority on strengthened diplomacy and support of mediation efforts that strike a balance between resolving the issues and not alienating the parties.
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Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:30:00 GMT
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- June 03, 2009, 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM
In the June 3 edition of the Scouting Report live web chat, Brookings policy expert Mark Muro and Politico senior editor Fred Barbash discussed how "The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009" is more than just a cap-and-trade bill. The bill has significant components dedicated to energy innovation and clean energy technology development and deployment.
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Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Ted Gayer explains why forcing the market to produce large amounts of renewable fuel will harm consumers.
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Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The climate change bill now winding its way through the House of Representatives has significant components dedicated to energy innovation and clean energy technology development and deployment. However, Mark Muro argues, funding the Department of Energy’s budget request for innovation would more immediately establish American alternative energy leadership.
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Wed, 20 May 2009 14:40:26 GMT
In proposing higher fuel efficiency standards for new cars, President Obama has intervened in the private sector. Cliff Winston explains how consumer demand alone for fuel efficient cars was clearly not strong enough to drive the market in that direction. But, he warns of such unintended consequences as cars being less safe and driven more.
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Tue, 19 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT
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- May 19, 2009, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- May 20, 2009, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
On May 19 and 20, the Center for Hydrogen Fusion Power at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the Brookings Institution co-sponsored the conference Hybrid Fusion Systems: What Can They Do and Can They Do It Soon. The conference considered the role of current and near-term energy future technologies in the larger energy environment and the current regulatory picture. Presenters explored interdisciplinary topics such as: fusion, fission, and hybrid systems, waste treatment, non-proliferation, and regulation.
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Sun, 10 May 2009 18:00:00 GMT
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- May 10, 2009, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
The Brookings Doha Center hosted a discussion on prospects for oil and gas cooperation in the Middle East and South Asia. The panel was addressed by Adel Ahmed Albuainain, the general manager of the Dolphin Energy Limited pipeline project in Qatar; Saleem H. Ali, who has been undertaking research on the topic; and H.E. Mithat Rende, ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the State of Qatar.
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Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
As utilities rely more and more on energy efficiency in their portfolios of energy resources, it is important to recognize that making energy efficiency (EE) a sustainable and scalable business requires a partnership among utilities, regulators, legislators, and customers. Lisa Wood and Roland Risser examine how efficiency programs can offset sitnificant growth in demand for electricity over the next 20 years.
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Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Mark Muro and Teryn Norris urge policy-makers to move innovation and commercialization to the fore of America’s outdated energy policy. They advocate creating regional energy partnerships—or e-DIIs—to accelerate the development of reasonably priced alternative energy technologies and bring them to the marketplace.
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Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:27:10 GMT
Nearly 40 years ago, Earth Day was founded to increase awareness about our protecting the environment. Adele Morris says the call for action to control climate change is greater than ever and urges President Obama and other world leaders to work together on this critical issue.
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Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:30:00 GMT
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- April 22, 2009, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Earth Day is an opportunity to discuss global environmental issues including climate change, conservation and sustainable development. On April 22, Brookings expert Bryan Mignone and Fred Barbash, senior editor of Politico, took your questions in a live web chat.
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Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:51:07 GMT
Mauricio Cárdenas, director of the Latin America Initiative, says the focus of the fifth Summit of the Americas will be the global economic crisis. He also explains that the nations need to agree on strengthening regional development banks and that certain countries need open trade.
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Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT
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- April 14, 2009, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
The Obama administration faces a number of challenges in Latin America. The fifth Summit of the Americas offers leaders of the Western Hemisphere an opportunity to partner on a new and robust agenda that spans global economic, social, energy and climate change issues. On April 14, Brookings experts discussed the critical issues facing the leaders attending the summit and proposed recommendations for action.
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Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Leaders of the Western Hemisphere gathered in Trinidad and Tobago on April 17-19, 2009 for the fifth Summit of the Americas. In a series of commentary articles focused on the summit's agenda and key challenges, Brookings experts discuss critical economic, social, energy and climate change issues facing the leaders attending the summit and propose recommendations for policy action.
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Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:30:00 GMT
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- April 08, 2009, 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM
The Obama administration faces any number of challenges in Latin America, from Cuba to Colombia, from Bolivia to Venezuela. Mauricio Cárdenas previewed the upcoming Summit of the Americas and took your questions on U.S. policy in the region during a live web chat with Politico's Fred Barbash.
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Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings gathered scholars and policymakers from Brazil,
Europe, and the United States to examine the present state and
likely future of Brazil’s economy. Their findings can be found in
Brazil as an Economic Superpower? The authors’ analysis focuses
particularly on five key topics: agribusiness, energy, trade, social
investment, and multinational corporations.
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Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
America’s national economic crisis is also a metropolitan crisis, because metropolitan areas are the true engines of the national economy. So it matters intensely how well the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) empowers metropolitan leaders to boost prosperity. This paper finds that although ARRA is limited in its support for creative metropolitan-area implementation, it delivers critical investments in what matters to metros and holds out significant opportunity for metropolitan empowerment and problem-solving.
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Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Of all the controversial elements of cap-and-trade policy, none has proven more difficult to resolve than the debate over “cost containment.” Bryan Mignone explores two key objectives for architects of climate policy to grapple with while framing the issue.
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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
A strong cap-and-trade program seems unlikely to pass given the economic downturn, writes William Galston. Since a majority of Americans say economic growth should be given the priority and Midwestern states depend more heavily on coal-fired power plants, President Obama’s options for cap-and-trade legislation are limited.
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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT
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- March 23, 2009, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
On March 23, the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion featuring a wide range of American and Indian perspectives on issues related to the nuclear agreement and its impact on broader relations. The public event examined the agreement’s implications on American and Indian policy pertaining to energy, economics and technology; non-proliferation and nuclear strategy; and overall U.S.-India relations.
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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT
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- March 23, 2009, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Amid a growing global recession and financial and energy challenges, a new U.S.-Russia relationship offers promise for new models of cooperation aimed at long-term solutions. On March 23, Brookings hosted a panel of Russian and American experts to discuss international cooperation on energy security, the financial architecture, and other key challenges.
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Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Some say America needs to deploy existing green technology quickly while others say the nation needs to stress new scientific breakthroughs. Mark Muro says both camps are right, and that MPP’s proposal for the federal government to create a series of energy discovery-innovation institutes (e-DIIs) suggests a way to make progress on both counts.
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Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Ukraine and Ukrainians will be tested over the course of 2009. Anders Åslund, Jonathan Elkind and Steven Pifer discuss U.S. interests in a successful Ukraine and describe four key challenges currently facing Kyiv. They also offer recommendations for strengthening U.S.-Ukrainian relations and for helping Ukraine to meet these challenges and continue its transformation into a modern, successful European democracy.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The United States has been largely unsuccessful in reducing its petroleum consumption by regulating the fuel economy of motor vehicles. Pietro Nivola proposes a move towards a comprehensive carbon tax, which could reduce gasoline consumption more effectively and curtail carbon emissions from other, more damaging sources.
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Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In this U.S.-Islamic World Forum discussion paper, Shibley Telhami, Ben Smith, Michael Ross and Steven Heydemann explore issues of governance reform in the Middle East. Their comments and essays provide insights into the slow reform efforts and move the discourse away from the distorted emphasis on religion and culture.
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Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT
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- February 13, 2009, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
On February 13, the Brookings Institution hosted Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), for a discussion on the need for enhanced global dialogue on energy policy, with an emphasis on energy security and climate change.
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Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
As U.S. policy-makers focus on how to strengthen the U.S. economy in the midst of the financial crisis, Brookings competitiveness experts stress the need for a longer-term view with policy priorities focused on how to rebuild American competitiveness through investments in people, infrastructure, ideas and green transformation.
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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:00:00 GMT
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- February 09, 2009, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
With new national leadership committed to investing in clean energy technology, now is the time to explore new research paradigms in America. At this event, the Blueprint for American Prosperity released a new report that examines the role of expanded energy research in reinvigorating America’s metropolitan economies, tackling security challenges and responding to global climate change.
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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:00:00 GMT
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- February 09, 2009, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
On February 9, the Center on the U.S. and Europe (CUSE) at Brookings and the Heinrich Böll Foundation hosted Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg for a public address on the transatlantic relationship.
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Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT
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- February 05, 2009, 10:00 AM to 11:45 AM
The John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted a discussion on overcoming obstacles to U.S.-China cooperation on climate change, focusing on ways in which cooperation can gain sustained political support in both countries. Brookings experts Kenneth Lieberthal and David Sandalow present the findings of their recent report, which identifies key obstacles, provides information about each country for the leadership of the other and makes nine recommendations.
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Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:53:06 GMT
Describing a proposed national network of regionally based Energy Discovery-Innovation Institutes, Mark Muro highlights how these institutes would be aimed at creating jobs of the future and at transforming our metropolitan economies.
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Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
America’s economic revitalization and future energy security compel the transformation of U.S. energy policy. To push innovation to the center of national reform, this Blueprint for American Prosperity report argues that the federal government should establish a national network of regionally-based energy discovery-innovation institutes (e-DIIs) to serve as the hubs of a decentralized, commercialization-oriented research network.
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Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
This important book examines the role that the U.S. government can and should play
in promoting the widespread use of plug-in electric vehicles.
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Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
As the economic crisis deepens, pressures grow on President Obama to defer campaign pledges like addressing energy security and climate change. Yet, according to William Antholis and Nigel Purvis, postponing major action would be a major mistake. They say Obama should move forward now by working with Congress to create a new Climate Protection Authority.
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Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The days of $25/barrel oil are not far off, according to Charles Ebinger and Evie Zambetakis. The status of U.S. refinery capacity may be greasing the wheels because the world's focus on fuel has shifted from the production of gasoline to ethanol and diesel.
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Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Energy efficiency and conservation should be the cornerstone of President Obama’s economic stimulus program and energy efficiency plan, writes Charles Ebinger. He argues that the Obama administration should pursue measures that insure the middle class and those making $50,000 or less benefit from these types of programs.
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Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Opportunities for collaboration in fighting climate change are plentiful, including during Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent trip to China, but moving forward at the scale needed will require high-level political support. Kenneth Lieberthal and David Sandalow analyze the U.S.-China relationship and offer recommendations on how both countries can move forward to cooperate on the issue.
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Following a dispute between Russia and Ukraine, Gazprom halted natural gas shipments through Ukraine, prompting shortages across Europe and growing calls of alarm. In an interview on the Diane Rehm Show, Clifford Gaddy discusses the essence of this dispute and the risks for Russia’s reputation.
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Jonathan Elkind and Edward Chow examine the causes of a chronic gas war between Ukraine and Russia. They offer suggestions for Kiev to push ahead with reform that could help Ukraine receive urgent and coordinated support from Western friends.
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The incoming administration needs to act quickly to stimulate our ailing economy. Jason Bordoff suggests that one way to stimulate the economy and prevent the collapse of the auto industry, tackle climate change and promote oil independence, is to offer “cash for clunkers”—drivers would be given vouchers toward the purchase of newer, more fuel-efficient vehicles, with the old vehicles scrapped to get them off the road.
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
While oil prices have decreased they won't remain that way due to demand and tight supplies. Jason Bordoff argues that faced with this reality, policymakers need to take measures now, while prices are low, to encourage both conservation and development of alternative energy sources.
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Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Political leaders repeatedly point out that our current addiction to foreign oil is a matter of national security. In a Brookings paper, Pietro Nivola challenges the assumption that the less oil the U.S. buys from abroad, the more insulated our economy will be from vagaries of the international oil market.
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Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Nevada, Idaho and Colorado lead the way in ending car dependence, according to a first-ever ranking, as do the metro areas around Austin, Indianapolis and Atlanta. A new Brookings report by Robert Puentes and Adie Tomer shows that other modes of transit grow in popularity, even as gas prices drop, suggesting a need for dramatic shifts in the way we fund transportation, build our communities and address greenhouse gas emissions.
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Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The escalation in the price of oil over the past seven years has allowed the Middle East and Gulf states to reap an incredible windfall. The oil boom has neither saved nor doomed the Middle East, but rather opened new possibilities and heightened existing problems. Suzanne Maloney argues that international interest in ensuring the free flow of energy resources should prompt serious efforts by Washington and other capitals to enhance regional integration, encourage meaningful reform and promote long-term cooperation in cultivating a more stable, prosperous and sustainable future for the Middle East.
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Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Today’s fiscally-constrained environment demands a new approach to infrastructure policy both for short-term stimulus and long-term prosperity. In this backgrounder, Robert Puentes outlines a strategic infrastructure investment path to upgrade our existing system, expand choices in moving people and goods and move us closer to energy independence.
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:30:00 GMT
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- December 03, 2008, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
On December 3, Brookings will host a discussion exploring the key questions of our national support for transit projects by examining the construction of the Purple Line, a proposed 16-mile rapid transit line in the Maryland suburbs. Panelists will discuss the federal evaluation process, the role of the state in funding and the challenges in securing support from local communities.
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Writing as the UN Conference on Climate Change occured in Poland, William Antholis and Bryan Mignone argued that over the past decade, the evidence for human-induced climate change has become one of the most widely accepted scientific findings of our time. They offer four recommendations for President Barack Obama to carry out a comprehensive and economically sensible approach to the issue.
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Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Warwick McKibbin and Peter Wilcoxen write that as a mechanism for controlling climate change, the Kyoto Protocol has not been a success. They offer an alternative framework for international climate policy, the McKibbin-Wilcoxen Hybrid3 as an approach that focuses on coordinated actions rather than mandated, inflexible outcomes.
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Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The global financial crisis underscores the importance of developing global climate change policies that can withstand major economic disruptions. In a new working paper, Warwick McKibbin, Adele Morris, and Peter Wilcoxen examine the effects of unexpected economic shocks on three potential climate change policy regimes.
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Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The economic costs of a cap-and-trade system will depend on the extent to which the program facilitates compliance flexibility. Bryan Mignone compares the costs of different cap-and-trade policy architectures and estimates the economic value of realizing flexibility with respect to the timing of emissions abatement.
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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Establishment of a mandatory cap-and-trade system in the United States remains an essential element of a comprehensive response to the global climate problem. Bryan Mignone considers the expected evolution of allowance prices in the future carbon market and what this implies for the design of provisions to limit the economic costs of such a program.
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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT
With the opportunity of a new U.S. administration and Congress, Brookings’s Partnership for the Americas Commission released its final report noting the need for a new hemispheric partnership to address key transnational challenges and providing specific policy recommendations on five key areas: energy and climate change, migration, trade, organized crime and drug trafficking and U.S.-Cuban relations.
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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:30:00 GMT
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- November 24, 2008, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
On November 24, the Brookings Institution hosted the Partnership for the Americas Commission for the release of their report, “Re-thinking U.S.-Latin American Relations: A Hemispheric Partnership for a Turbulent World," which offers a set of policy recommendations to the next U.S. administration to meet the challenges facing the U.S. and Latin America, from economic and poverty policies to security, foreign policy and energy.
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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:30:00 GMT
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- November 24, 2008, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
On November 24, 2008 the Brookings Institution and the Heinrich Boell Foundation convened a panel of US and European climate experts to discuss the outlook for the upcoming climate negotiations and the potential new relationship between the United States and Europe on the issue of climate change. The panel examined two aspects of the relationship – the domestic situations on both sides of the Atlantic and how the realities on the ground will play into the international negotiating positions at Copenhagen.
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Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT
In a new op-ed outlining the recommendations by Brookings’s Partnership for the Americas Commission, co-chairs Ernesto Zedillo and Thomas Pickering detail the need for stronger hemispheric relations and outline five areas for potential policy partnerships for the next administration.