Meeting: August 5, 2005

Topic: Economic/market-based instruments for control of GHG emissions

Paper(s):

McKibbin, W.J. and P.J. Wilcoxen, The role of economics in climate change policy. Journal Of Economic Perspectives, 2002. 16(2): p. 107-129.

Related Reading:

Pizer, W.A., Combining Price and Quantity Controls to Mitigate Global Climate Change. Journal of Public Economics, 2002. 85: p. 409-434.

Roberts, M. and M. Spence, Effluent Charges and Licenses Under Uncertainty. Journal of Public Economics, 1976. 5(3-4): P. 193-208.

Meeting: August 19, 2005

Topic: Comparing climate policy architectures

Paper(s):

Aldy, Joseph. Scott Barrett, Robert Stavins, Thirteen Plus One: A Comparison of Global Climate Policy Architectures. Climate Policy, 2003. V.3(4): p. 373-397

Meeting: September 2, 2004

Topic: Scientific evidence of climate change

Paper(s):

Hansen, J., et al., The missing climate forcing. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 1997. 352(1350): p. 231-240.

Meeting: September 23, 2005

Topic:  What can we do?   Issues around policy consensus and implementation

Paper(s):

Kolstad, C.D., The simple analytics of greenhouse gas emission intensity reduction targets. Energy Policy, 2005. 33: p. 2231-2236.

Buchner, B., Modeling climate policy perspectives on future negotiations. Journal of Policy Modeling, 2005. 27: p. 711-732.

Related Reading:

Pizer, W., The Case for Intensity Targets. 2005, Resources for the Future: Washington, DC.

Manne, A.S. and G. Stephan, Global climate change and the equity-efficiency puzzle. Energy, 2005. 30: p. 2525-2536.

Meeting: October 22, 2005

Topic:  Climate change policy in California

Cap and Trade Subgroup.  Cap and Trade Program Design Options: For Discussion. October, 24, 2005.  California Climate Action Team

Kyoto Presentation Materials

Kyoto protocol background presentation

Links

EU CO₂ Prices at PointCarbon
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
California's Climate Change Initiative