PAST EVENT
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
12:30 PM to 01:30 PM
Washington, DC
In the July 1 edition of The Scouting Report, Brookings expert Adele Morris and Senior Politico Editor Fred Barbash took questions on climate change legislation as it moves to the Senate. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, June 08, 2009
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
On June 8, the Brookings Institution hosted a preview of a forthcoming report on the economic impact of climate change reduction strategies by Brookings experts Warwick McKibbin, Adele Morris and Peter Wilcoxen. Read More
VIDEO
Adele Morris, April 21, 2009
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.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bryan K. Mignone, March 26, 2009, The Energy Daily
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. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jason Bordoff, Lael Brainard, Carola McGiffert and Isaac Sorkin, February 2009, The Brookings Institution
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. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Adele Morris, February 03, 2009, The Brookings Institution
President Obama recently announced his administration would consider California’s request for higher fuel efficiency standards as part of new efforts on climate change. Yet would improved standards really make a difference in the climate change challenge? Adele Morris examines the issues in-depth, and considers how increased regulatory standards would stack up against the other proposals being considered by the new administration and Congress. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Vinca LaFleur, Nigel Purvis and Abigail Jones, February 2009, The Brookings Institution
Climate change and global development are two of the most critical challenges facing global policymakers. In a new report, "Double Jeopardy: What the Climate Crisis Means for the Poor" Brookings experts detail these interrelated issues based on discussions at the most recent Brookings Blum Roundtable on Poverty, featuring Dr. Steven Chu and former Vice President Al Gore, among others. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Warwick J. McKibbin, Adele Morris and Peter J. Wilcoxen, November 2008, The Brookings Institution
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. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Warwick J. McKibbin and Peter J. Wilcoxen, November 2008, The Brookings Institution
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. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bryan K. Mignone, November 2008, The Brookings Institution
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. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bryan K. Mignone, November 2008, The Brookings Institution
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. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, October 30, 2008
3:00 PM to 4:15 PM
Washington, DC
On October 30, the Brookings Institution, in conjunction with the Lowy Institute for International Policy and the International Food Policy Research Institute, will host Professor Ross Garnaut for a discussion on climate change policy. The occasion will also mark the launch of The Garnaut Climate Change Review in the United States. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
October 2008, The Brookings Institution
As President-Elect Obama prepares to lead the United States, what are the top global economic challenges facing the new president and his advisors and how should the new administration address them? A new report by Brookings global economic and development experts ranks the top 10 issues and details specific ideas for how to tackle the toughest challenges. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Barry Rabe, October 09, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Trading of emissions under a cap-and-trade regime has received prominent attention as a possible approach to reducing the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change. On September 25, one regional cap-and-trade program, involving ten Northeastern states, has already begun operation through an initial auctioning of carbon allowances. This poses many important issues of federalism, writes Barry Rabe, as the federal government begins to play catchup with states and will have to give thought to sorting out federal and state responsibilities. 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