Resources

 

Because the Climate Policy Design Pro-series will condense and cover a large territory in a short time, this resource list provides links to more detailed reports on specific design considerations.

 

The syllabus for Energy Resources 291, the graduate level companion course offered at UC-Berkeley, contains an extensive list of reports and articles organized by topic in approximately the same order as they will be covered in the Pro-Series.

 

Introduction to Climate Change

 

Because the pro-series is designed to start above a “101” level discussion, all participants are encouraged to take advantage of ample online resources to get comfortable with basic frames for the challenge.  Even weathered veterans are likely to benefit from the latest materials on these sites.

 

IPCC: Frequently Asked Questions on Climate Science

 

IPCC Synthesis Report 2007: Summary for Policy Makers

 

Introduction to Cap and Trade

 

Pew Center for Global Climate Change

 

Center for Climate Strategies

 

Union of Concerned Scientists

 

World Resources Institute

 

CO2 and Energy: France and Worldwide

 

 

 

Targets, Time Tables, and Technology

 

Confronting Climate Change: Avoiding the Unmanageable and Managing the Unavoidable By leading panel of U.S. scientists for the U.N. Foundation

 

The Energy Innovation Imperative: Addressing Oil Dependence, Climate Change, and Other 21st Century Energy Challenges By John Holdren

 

National Security and the Threat of Climate Change By military advisors to the CAN Corporation

 

Target atmospheric CO2: Where should humanity aim? By Dr. James Hansen

 

Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations Prepared for the federal U.S. Climate Change Science Program

 

A Plan to Keep Carbon in Check By Socolow and Pacala

 

Tackling Climate Change in the U.S.: Potential Carbon Emissions Reductions from Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by 2030 By the American Solar Energy Society

 

 

 

Politics of a Durable Deal:  Justice as Realism

 

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (especially Articles 2-4)

Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World by the United Nations for the Human Development Report 2007/2008

Greenhouse Development Rights – Executive Summary of the Second Edition by EcoEquity

A Climate of Change: African Americans, Global Warming, and a Just Climate Policy for the U.S.  by Hoerner & Robinson for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative

The California Environmental Justice Movement’s Declaration Against the Use of Carbon Trading Schemes to Address Climate Change

Climate Justice and the China Fallacy by Dan Farber

Adaptation to Climate Change: Who Should Pay by Dan Farber